We walked a quarter mile to Shaws Cove; after such a long commute to this spot, we had to do a second dive.

Logged Dive #358
Laguna Beach, CA

Shaw’s Cove To South Crescent Cove

Dove with Military Bob

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 400 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: Pretty flat with some waist high swells in the surf zone
Visibility: 30 feet (no joke)
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 60 minutes

The view of Shaw’s Cove from the water.

Going through the arch at Shaws Cove.

Evidence of poachers or a group molting.

I have no idea wahat these are – sea macaroni?

I think this is a sculpin?

Hmm? Looks like a bunch of popped zits.

Lots of little arches and interesting reef structure.

A half buried abandoned lobster trap.

We made it ashore right on target after a slight swim against a rip tide; we gave a few autographs to some hot chicks in bikinis – they love SCUBA divers!

We had to debrief with tap water, as drinking in public is illegal.

Stunning video footage to follow soon!

I finally made it down to Laguna Beach again!

Military Bob was nice enough to invite me down for a couple of dives.

It was interesting to note how many divers, fisherman and beach goers can squeeze into residential parking spots.

Military Bob’s regulator was free flowing; I don’t know what we did – we banged on it, shoved a few screw drivers down to try and adjust it and poured water over it – but we fixed it.

“Can you breathe through it?” I asked.

“Yeah.”

“Well I guess we’re good to go.”

Logged Dive #357
Laguna Beach, CA

Dead Man’s Reef from North Crescent Cove

Dove with Military Bob

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 55 feet
Waves: Pretty flat with some waist high swells in the surf zone
Visibility: 30 feet (no joke)
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 45 minutes

After an easy entrance and 100 yard surface swim to the reef, we submerged.

Visibility was spectacular!

Vis was as good as 30 feet.

We found a huge lobster in 25 feet of water, but were unable to dig it out.

The remains of an octopus feast.

A deadly hork shark waits to attack.

We headed back when I was down to 1000 psi; after a short surface swim to the beach, we were out with no trouble.