Carmel River Report Dive report

Mooch~ they're all gonna want to dive and spear with you, after poppin-up with your first WSB!.... iBELIEVEinYOUbrah'!    and didn't even laugh once

If he hunts as well as he fishes then I have to say.....I most definitely wanna be there when that blind seabass goes hara-kiri and plunges itself onto his spear.   

This is a relatively recent picture of him.

Only 40% of that pic is true, you photoshopped my black sea bass to look smaller than it was....I see you working you ain't foolin nobody.

My buddy and I hit Carmel River State Beach a few months ago and it was rough as hell too.  Decided to leave the yaks behind b/c of the conditions and go on tanks rather than free dive.  The surge was gnarly but we got a few fish.  Those waves pounded us as we came in but just as we did I saw a nice Cab in only 6ft of water.  As I was chasing it down by dive buddy grabbed me and pointed to his gauges with a pissed off look in his eyes.  He was out of air and I was out of a Cab.  That place is rough but the vis is great.

MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR BUMMER. I saw this story on the news last night. And it just got worse. Two people died at Monastery beach trying to save a drowning girl on Sunday. This story has got me feeling really sad. The ocean is a very dangerous place. Be careful.
Here's the story:
http://www.ksbw.com/news/15631733/detail.html#

That sucks.  Sounds like the little girl made it though.  Don't know if their rescue effort helped at all...

Bummer about having to call off spearfishing, though starting at noon is a bit late to expect reliably decent conditions.  Water looked beautiful though!

Monastery Beach (Mortuary Beach, not to be insensitive) claims several lives a year.  I've dove there on calm days and still got worked by the waves.  Most of the time I just keep on driving since it's not worth the risk.  An experienced diver died there a few months ago too. 

Monastery Beach (Mortuary Beach, not to be insensitive) claims several lives a year.  I've dove there on calm days and still got worked by the waves.  Most of the time I just keep on driving since it's not worth the risk.  An experienced diver died there a few months ago too. 

Man, that really sucks about the recent fatalities.  That place is no joke!  Now I'm doubly glad we got to just laugh off Mooch's misadventure.  That coulda turned out very badly I guess.

I'm just glad I was out there with Martin and Brian - who both happen to be really good swimmers (just in case I had to be rescued for real). I'd also like to point out that I would have NEVER attempted to swim out to my kayak wearing only a 3 mil farmer john. I was wearing my 7mil free dive suit (with no weight belt) at the time.

I'm also thankful that we all decided as a group to bail on the dive - just as the conditions were getting a little too crazy...there's always a "next time".

Brian's patience does deserve credit. After all, he did drive all the way from Lodi

Brian I owe you a couple of slurrpies