• Blue Grotto Retry Dive 1
    Way too much weight this dive. It was a struggle. Eesa and I were fighting buoyancy the entire time. We had Virgil show up during the safety stop and we hung out with her for 15 minutes. It was awesome. It turned a slog dive...
  • Blue Grotto Disaster Dive
    We drove out early in the morning to try and make it first thing in the morning. It was a 2.5 hour drive and we arrived about an hour after they opened. This was going to be Eesa’s first dive in outside of the pool...
  • Blue Springs State Park
    We had to earn this one. The close parking lot was closed for renovations. So we had to hike all the gear to the site. It was a 10-15 minute walk. Then we had to swim against the current to get to the hole. The...
  • Ginnie Spring
    This dive got off to a rocky start. I was underweight and tired myself out fighting the bouyancy. After adjusting my weight we started the dive. We did the tour of the ballroom and Lisa got to expierence the flow. I started to feel sick...
  • Devil's Eye at Ginnie Springs
    So nice to be back in fresh water. Lisa and I dropped down into the eye for a quick refresher and to get comfy in the rented equipment. It was a nice little dive, but I was missing my own equipment. We hung out at...
  • Diving Near Monterey Aquarium - Dive 2
    This dive was skills dive for Lisa so I went off on my own. I went really slow and saw many tiny creatures. The solo dive was peaceful and all I had to think about was my thoughts. It was nice. On the way back...
  • Diving Near Monterey Aquarium - Dive 1
    This dive was outside the monterey bay aquarium. It was Lisa’s first real open water dive and she says she had fun. I shot some photos with my camera and I hope they come out. There wasn’t a lot of fish but the sea stars...
  • Diving Point Lobos - Middle Reef
    This dive was headed out on scooters. I held on to Mike’s leg and we were out at the sand in no time. We droped down and did a nice dive. I did this dive sans camera because it was giving me trouble. I turned...
  • Diving Point Lobos - Hole in the Wall
    This was a shore dive out of point lobos state park. The surface swim was grueling. Once we got out we dropped down and started the dive. I took some photos and saw a lot of star fish. After I hit 1000psi I called and...
  • Getting my Drysuit Cert Dive 2
    This was the second drysuit cert dive. This was done at monolobo in Carmel, CA with Raj on the Silver Prince dive boat. This dive had less viz then the last but was much better. There was a lot of interesting terrain to explore. I...

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