Huge Yellowtail

Paul and I watched this get reeled up while we were out yesterday

paul and i on the way to the ocean today

Kayaking Off Shore Continued

Nice light on the sand

On the way back in a slipped into the kelp at the far edge.  It was barren at the spot, so I came back in after being in the water for only 4 min.  The 1st 300 yard from the beach was really clear, and I wanted to land the kayak and go back for lobster, but it was getting late and I had things to do.  Until next time, Diver Dan.

kayaking Off Shore Continued

View on the return

The sky wasn't dramatic but gorgeous

Would have loved to see this one with a real camera (all images on today's blog were taken with my 2.0 megapixel camera phone).

Off Shore Kayaking

Went out today to find the some "pelagic" action.  Pelagic are free swimming fish like white sea bass, bonito, or yellow tail.  I was planning on paddling out the far edge of the La Jolla Kelp, looking for bait fish from the Kayak, and then get slip in with the speargun to take a nice game fish.

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So I say these large congregations of birds on the distant horizon, and though it was getting late, I said to myself, "What if there are some pelagics driving the fish up that those birds are feeding on from the top.  They were pretty far away and I think I ended up about 3 miles off shore.

I never made it to the far congregation, but there was another closer and there was some action (not huge but the birds grabbed a few fish of the surface). I even saw bits of chewed up fish in the water, and my fishfinder showed larger fish mixed in with lots of little specks on the screen (bait fish I suppose).  I would have jumped in but there was no kelp on with to clip my kayak.  I was in about 130 feet of water according to the depth meter.

Gear

Here is some gear awaiting an adventure...

Kayak 5 Miles searching for GPS spot

Went out looking for New Hope Rock located a mile off the coast of Point Loma. Air visibilty was good so I had nice views of the Coronados.  I thought why not just paddle till I get there?

Never found the high spot that comes to 20 ft of the surface but may have found some structure.  Was using the depth finder on my new used scupper pro.  The conditions were rough and propbably had 20 knot winds almost head on for the return.  One stretch had confused seas which was fun.  Viz was in the 8 foot range once I got out there but probably in the 3 foot range inside.  Was nice to have a paddle where I could really "dig in"and "work" to make the headway.  Had I not left my fins in the the Element I would have slipped in to see what the bottom was like at 28 feet or so.

I'm confident I found the structure however so I'll probably venture forth here again.  It was a pain carrying the kayak up the staircase and I made two trips up for the return carrying all the gear the first trip and the kayak on the final.  Enjoy the pics.

Passionate Debate Over Children's Pool

Coming Soon...

Sharing the Ocean With You

Last night I started thinking how cool it would have been if I had logged a small account of everytime I went into the ocean - what I saw, the temperature, the time of day, what happened, etc.  Since I love the ocean so much I decided I should start now cause I plan on always diving - and if I can swing living in CA permanently I think I will.