Yellow Tail Cove, Catalina
Off of the “Mr. C” Dive Boat

Dove with Nick

In With: 2800 psi
Out With: 1200 psi
Max depth: 35 feet
Waves: Insignificant
Visibility: 20-30 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: About 40 minutes

On the last dive, I had some pressure squeeze on my left eye and, oddly enough, the upper teeth on my left side – It hurt for a while.

Nick left his camera on the boat; we went lobster hunting.

We checked the shallow eel grass, almost accidentally crawling to shore.

We came across a bunch of rocks – similar to the rock quarry.

A lot of lobsters were deep in the holes.

Nick grabbed for a lobster, missed and then went to the other side only to spot a huge eel.

So, lobsters and eels!

I got startled a few times coming across a few eels.

Lobster hunting during the day sucks.

We made it back to the boat with no problems.

Ismus Reef, Catalina
Off of the “Mr. C” Dive Boat

Dove with Nick

In With: 2700 psi
Out With: 900 psi
Max depth: 85 feet
Waves: Some chop
Visibility: 20-30 feet
Water Temperature: Cool, cold thermal cline at depth
Total Bottom Time: About 45 minutes

The Divevets chartered this boat and cut everyone a deal on this trip – $57.

Nick’s mask broke and was going to cancel the dive until I reminded him of Ed’s old saying, “just keep going on;” He fixed it with a tie wrap.

I jumped off the boat with my snorkel in my mouth.

I floated on the surface for a few minutes waiting for Nick.

This is the same spot we went lobster hunting last year.

This is the typical Catalina environment – it stays shallow most of the time, but we followed a part that brought us down to 85 feet – and a really cold thermocline.

Nick didn’t take many pictures; I looked for lobsters and ended up finding a light mounted lobster gauge.

That’s good because I forgot mine.

I have no idea how someone could have lost it without noticing.

We found the boat after peaking on the surface once; we were the last two divers out of the water.