Stillwater Abs 5/26 - Memorial Day - Monday -7am.

Swells are looking big this weekend so I'll be ab diving from shore on Saturday morning at Fort Ross, but Monday's forcast is looking excellent for my Yaks Maiden voyage for abs.  I've been out of Bodega a couple times just to paddle around.

I'm looking for dive buddy and some help to pack my 80# Cobra Triple from the loading zone at Stillwater to the waters edge and back.  I'm an experienced ab diver, but a rookie in the Yak.  I can paddle myself or take one guy with me.

Meeting time flexible, but I'm thinking around 7am at the loading only zone.  Although Pole fishing is closed spearfishing open. 

Friday at noon will be the last time I'll be checking this post before I head up the coast for a 3 day camping trip.

I'll hookup my old school method with a Wasssup in person, but just wanted to share........

Latest forcast by NWS has finally caught up with what www.magicseaweed.com was showing earlier in the week. 

PZZ540-570-231700-
/O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080524T0000Z/
POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 20 NM-
POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
230 AM PDT FRI MAY 23 2008


MEMORIAL DAY
S WINDS 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL
3 TO 5 FT.

I can hear a Trophy ab (10"+) calling my name right now, this may be the weekend that it happens after looking for that trophy for over 20 years now.

Thanks for that magicseaweed link.

Good luck on your adventure.  If I can offer some not-so-humble but quite valuable advice for getting a 10:  definitely carry a 10" guage, pass up the 9.5's, use an anchor, rockpick while diving - that is, reach under rocks even when you're 10-20' under water.  You'll get a 10.

 

I will be in the area myself tomorrow.......North of Ross, south of Pt Arena......Shorebound......Yakless.....But living with it.