I’ve been wanting to dive Monterey, Ca. ever since I went up there for my buddy Jason’s wedding reception. I finally got my chance. After some prodding on both sides we convinced each other to head to Monterey for a dive weekend.
We only ended up doing one dive on Sat. and one dive on Sun. but both dives were enjoyable. I would be more enthusiastic but we’re both idiots so the diving was not as good as it could have been. Jason had purchased a guide to diving Monterey that had all of the details on the various dive spots but we forgot it at the restaurant we had dinner at Friday night so we totally missed the actual dive spot at the Breakwater. The best part of the dive site starts at the break wall and goes out from there. We started at the break wall and headed in towards shore missing out on the good stuff.
Sunday was a little better. We were supposed to take a 2pm boat but at 2pm there was no boat and both of us had long drives home (5 + hours for me). Instead of waiting any longer for the boat we headed up to Lover’s Point Beach to do another shore dive from there. Diving Monterey is a lot like diving Catalina, Anacapa or any of the local So. Cal. spots but with little twists. For instance, as we were kicking out an otter goes scooting by us. Jason said that another one buzzed right over us after we descended but I didn’t catch that one.
On the way in, we came in close to this grouping of rocks sticking up out of the water and perched on the rocks were some harbor seals. I wish they had been in the water playing with us but as we swam by they just looked over and acknowledged us but didn’t seem in the mood.
All in all, even though we only got in two dives (and botched one of them) it wasn’t bad. There’s a ton of marine life that we don’t get down south so it’s always fun to dive something new.
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