Back in the day spearfishing shot

Off Santa Cruz at South rock , way the heck offshore.  its about a two football field sized pile of granite ledges and caves. Top of the rock is 75' deep bottom is 120'  as I remember we lined up the mile buoy with the middle to left KSCO radio tower and the end of the Santa Cruz warf with a third of the way down the biggest drop of the dipper rollercoaster and dropped anchor.  This was the result for a single 72 cuft tank and about 20 minutes of bottom time.  L-R  Dave Faught, Me, Bill Finstad   circa 1982

Cool pic. Looks like a great day

That's what happend to all the S.C fish then ...... man look at that cabbie!!!

Stylin suits and stash! Color of the picture is so 80s, funny how photos from different time periods have different colors. Makes me wonder which is what things really look like? Wish my camera had an 80s setting .

Awesome!!

When I used to rent skiffs out of Capitola I always wanted to try and run out to South Rock!!

Sounds like an awesome spot to dive!

Thanks for sharing!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Stylin suits and stash! Color of the picture is so 80s, funny how photos from different time periods have different colors. Makes me wonder which is what things really look like? Wish my camera had an 80s setting .

Your camera DOES have an 80's setting. It's called Instagram!

Found another oldie of me

early 1980s  San Clemente Island, Freediving with a 6' AMF  3 band Speargun with a SS shaft and a cable tip.  Calico Bass  10 pounds 2 oz

kill shot

Cool pics!

I remember diving southrock, lining up the same way!   We dove with a guy named "Wings" who ran small groups out in his Zodiac, this was in like 1982.   First time I dove there my buddy looks at me when we got to the bottom and pulled her regulator out and tossed it.... WTF???  Turns out she had an empty tank and did not check it and ran out as soon as we hit bottom.   Buddy breathing all the way up.

Found another oldie of me

early 1980s  San Clemente Island, Freediving with a 6' AMF  3 band Speargun with a SS shaft and a cable tip.  Calico Bass  10 pounds 2 oz

kill shot

Too bad you didn't have a GoPro back then.....could have had the BeeGees sound track playing in the background of the clip 

I remember diving southrock, lining up the same way!   We dove with a guy named "Wings" who ran small groups out in his Zodiac, this was in like 1982.   First time I dove there my buddy looks at me when we got to the bottom and pulled her regulator out and tossed it.... WTF???  Turns out she had an empty tank and did not check it and ran out as soon as we hit bottom.   Buddy breathing all the way up.

I knew Wings, good guy.. I was an Assistant Instructor and one of the Sales Guys at Scuba Ventures in the SC Yacht harbor from 81 to 86

Crazy! Wish I had some pics of diving off Greyhound rock or up by Montara same time period. Sometimes felt a bit spooky out there when viz sucked (most of the time). We used to munch jalapeno canned herring on french bread on the way back to classes, there's a wtf for you, but good times!

Found another oldie of me

early 1980s  San Clemente Island, Freediving with a 6' AMF  3 band Speargun with a SS shaft and a cable tip.  Calico Bass  10 pounds 2 oz

kill shot

Too bad you didn't have a GoPro back then.....could have had the BeeGees sound track playing in the background of the clip 

More of a Ramones type guy

Awesome!!

When I used to rent skiffs out of Capitola I always wanted to try and run out to South Rock!!

Sounds like an awesome spot to dive!

Thanks for sharing!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

At 5am all good buddy!

Awesome!