Dive Club of Silicon Valley

Local Diving:  

-          Ken and Marcello:  Carmel State Beach – surfaced in kelp and needed a machete to get back; before that, had great conditions with 30′+ vis; found a great wall at about 60′

-          Marcella and Octavio went boat diving with Mike and Tom;  a test run with their new boat; went to the Metridium Fields – lots more fun from a boat!

-          Terry did Monastery Beach a few weeks ago; took a picture of an anemone trying to eat a Salp

-          Kim: enjoys going out to the barge from the Breakwater wall; some kind soul has now attached a survey line from #11 to take you to the barge in about 15 mins; 3 Wolf Eels live there as well as sheep crabs, etc.  Takes at least 45 mins for this dive so you’ll need to be good on your air – make sure you have a signal tube in case you need to surface while still in the boat channel

-          Several members were on the Vision to the Big Sur for 3 days;  rough on the way out; very challenging diving with a lot of swell and surge; difficult exits; fantastic diving with an amazing amount of life on the pinnacles

-          Bob B, Mike, Kari  and others went out on the Peace two weeks ago; got up to 15 dives in 2.5 days;  had strong currents but still had good dives over the trip; went to Catalina and Santa Cruz Islands

Exotic  diving:

-          Char and Andy did 2 drift dives in Palm Beach and 2 more dives in St Martin as well as a bunch of snorkeling; saw the biggest turtle they had ever seen on one of the Palm Beach dives; lots of sharks and a nice wreck, too.

 THE GREAT ANNUAL FISH COUNT:

-          July 26^th, Saturday

-          -RSVP by registering on the website so we can buy enough food for everyone

-          Mike is offering Basic Fish ID classes before then; more info on the DCOSV site

-          See Kari if you want to order this year’s Fish Count t-shirt ($15,or $16 for a v-neck); they are navy blue and  white; sizes available:  children’s all the way to XXL

-          Moving from Lover’s Beach to Breakwater  because the city is closing Lover’s beach that day;

Day-After Dive:

-          6th Annual Pt Lobos Day-After Dive

-          This is one of the best dive sites in our area!!! 

-          Reserve on the DCOSV site or talk to Walt to reserve your spot…

Next meeting:

-           July 16th; Shannon will run that meeting; bring your pictures!!!

Recap of DOCSV Meeting on June 4, 2014

Local Diving:
- David did his Advanced class at Breakwater; conditions were great –  like glass; also did a boat dive at Mono Lobo Wall, with 30′ visibility

- Tim has been diving on Del Monte, looking for the sailboat and the Amtrack; saw schools of either rubber lipped sea perch or pile perch (only Mike would know…);  saw sea hares and pipe fish

 - Jim saw a Starry Rockfish at DP3 near Pt Lobos (as well as a big wolf eel, but now he’s just bragging…)

Exotic  diving:

-          BobB just got back from Palau (he showed  great  pictures); he got to dive on two Japanese destroyers and took a helicopter tour over Palau, which was expensive but worth it!

- Jim organized a Tahoe dive; went to Rubicon Wall; didn’t see any crawfish this time

THE GREAT ANNUAL FISH COUNT:

- July 26^th, Saturday

-RSVP by registering on the website so we can buy enough food for everyone

- Mike is offering Basic Fish ID classes before then; more info on the DCOSV site

- See Kari if you want to order this year’s Fish Count t-shirt ($15,or $16 for a v-neck); they are navy blue and  white; large variety of  sizes available:  children’s to XXL

Day After Dive:

- Sunday, July 27^th, at Pt Lobos

- We have 22 spots.   Talk to Walt and sign up on the website if you want to go!!! There will be snacks and lunch and it is a beautiful easy dive site!!!

Underwater Life ID:

-  The Senorita (Oxyjulis Californica)

- Abundant in SoCal, but seen everywhere in California

- “Cigar-shaped” fish

- Habitats include kelp forests, shallow reefs, open water, and deep reefs; generally swim well above the bottom

- Travels  as singles and as large schools; cleans many species but will also feed on small invertebrates also

Next meeting:

-          June 18th, Dr Steve Lonhart comes to talk about Invertebrates

-        Please try to  send Mike at least ONE picture of something you’d like Steve to identify