Scuba With Bill

We were finally able to get to Santa Barbara Island this last weekend. Several previous trips had to be scrapped due to poor weather conditions but we toughed it out on the Encore and made it despite some pretty big swells. Unfortunately, upon arrival, the viz was pretty poor and there were some ripping currents so the dive conditions were less than optimal.

But, how can a day of diving with the sea lions be bad? Our first dive was the rookery where we had a small group of underwater friends to play with. Second dive we headed up to The Anchorage and our friends were there as well. Last dive we made back at the rookery where it seems conditions had improved slightly.

All in all, not a bad day of diving though it’s a little early in the season for the full sea lion experience as most of the females are just birthing pups and they are too young to come out and play. In a few months when those little guys and gals are more free to roam it should be one heck of a dive.

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