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Met up with a couple of my die hard dive budies to hit a honey hole of mine. We all met up in monte rio at 8:30 and headed on out. Once we made our way up out of jener we could see good old lake pacfic and it even had the blue color that the ocean should have. We got to the spot and geared up and kicked out we had a solid 10ft vis we dove for a good 2hrs looking for that elusive 10 inch ab but no luck. I ended up with a 9 5/8 and 9 1/2 my buddy dan ended up with a 9 15/16 and my buddy ron with a 9 1/4.

went to my cove i like to call nine inch cove saturday. i cant believe how flat the ocean was. the vis was about 6-8 feet with alot of kelp starting to grow. i had a really nice time pulling a 9 7/8 and 9 1/2. i thought i had my first ten but the meat was between the shell and the gauge(damn). just thought id give a report on what i seen for conditions. seems to be clearing a bit.

Met up today with some fellow divers Jason and his buddy Jerry and Dan Anderson for some trophy hunting. We all met up around 8am and headed out to the coast. Once we hit Jenner we could good old lake Pacific but you could tell right off the bat the Vi's was going to suck the whole ocean had a brown tint to it. We still proceed ed to the desired spot in question. Once their we grabbed our gear and begun our hike. Once we got to the watter edge we could tell it was going to be diving by Braille. We got suited up and headed out. Today we were trying a new area from which we normally dive.

This is a short clip of me swimming throught kelp forest at ocean cove while free diving and of my son on the float tube on 5-17-09 at about 6:30 pm on saturday. here are the you tube links.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mG5L-eU6oo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gbQiliEvjM

met up this morning to take a buddy out for his for a ab dive and for some spearfishing. I met him and his cousin at Gerstle cove camp ground this morning about 7:30am. Upon arrival there was a nice wind blowing. So after a cup of coffee we headed out. I decided to take them to Horse shoe cove. Since it produces lots of good Ab's and is a good spot for rock pickers and divers of all levels. We arrived to horse shoe to pretty darn good conditions. We headed down the hill or should I say cliff. and put on the finishing pieces of gear and headed out.

Met up with a buddy of mine Dan to do a dive. We met up at 7 am and headed out. Once we got to our spot we could see it was not going to easy. So we packed the gear up and headed down. Once we got in we could see we a wonderful 0 to 3ft vis with a steady 3 to 5ft swell constaily hitting us. We anchored up the floats in about 20 ft of water and started our dive. On my 3rd dive I found my trophy but at the time did not know it just thought it was a huge 9. Dan and I dove for a good 2 1/2hrs with the depths of our dives ranging from 17 to 23ft acording to dans dive watch.

Met up with some buddies of mine and fellow members of abalonediving.com, Dan,Rob and Mat B, and my self for an early morning Easter day dive. We decided to go back to where Dan and dove last week to try and find some more trophy's. We got to the spot and got packed the gear up and begun our hike. Once at the spot we could see that the tide was way out and had calm conditions. We all got suited and headed out. We dove for about 2hrs in about 15 to 20 feet of water with about 8 to 10 cloudy vis. We manged to score a three ten's with Dan scoring 2, a 10 7/16 and a 10 3/8, and me a 10 3/16.

6:00 Sunday morning was cold in Petaluma and just as cold when we arrived at the coast. We got to Sunken reef campground around 8:30. The ocean was flat, two foot breakers on the beach with larger swells every 3 to 5 minutes. Surprisingly not very many other divers. As we watched the surf a sea otter came to shore within ten feet from us and began to preen itself. We swam out about 50 yards and picked the first three abbs we found in 15 feet of water with six foot visibility at the bottom. There was no wind and the sun soon came out and warmed us up.

Met up with a buddy of mine This morning at 7am at the Jenner store. We were treated to the usual Opening day water conditions "crap" the ocean was covered in white caps and the wind was a blowing so hard it was moving the truck as I drove down the road. So at that point we called the dive, and just bs a little bit before Mike headed home. Since I took the day off from work I figured I would make the best of it and drive up and check the coast out. On m way up ran into a couple other fellow ab hunters, high school buddies.

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