Napa Valley Scuba Diving Club
Ok… for those of you who know Monterey… your going to say… Yeah… it could happen. IT DID!!!!
No LESS than 100′ maybe 110′ of visibility in MONTEREY BAY at Ball Buster (about 2 miles from the harbor).
(Reported from Monterey Express divers, Escapade divers and Beach Hopper divers… and my DM Luke Robert).
Tim
Jayma and Steve are hosting a Dive Club Trip Planning Meeting at their home on July 28 beginning at 6:30pm. Please RSVP if you wish to attend.
Jayma Claus & Steve Kuehn
3328 David Drive
Napa CA 94558
Phone: 252-8388
RSVP: jayma@napavalleydivers.com
Directions: Take First Street and that turns into Brown’s Valley Road. To Stay on Browns Valley Road you have to make a left turn just beyond the Browns Valley Market. Left on Buhman (stop sign), Left at the second street — Twin Oaks, Left at the third street — David Drive, Take the third driveway on the left with a purple and yellow mail box.
Their house is at the top of the hill.
We look forward to seeing you all at this meeting and hearing your thoughts and suggestions about where and when to go diving together.
Napa Valley Divers – Club Picnic – Please join us in Monterey (at Breakwater) – Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 11am until 6pm (we’ll be down there much earlier for those that wish to join us for some morning dives).
Free for Club Members and $10.00 for non-members (those achieving their open-water certifications that weekend through Napa Dive & Sport are welcome as our guests).
For additional information, please contact Jayma by email or by phone 707.252.8388
More details to follow…
Monterey Express – August Night Dives – Maximum diver load is 15 divers NOT 20 as is the norm for the Monterey Express 2 dive charters. Same $90.00
They are 2 dive charters… tanks provided and are set up on the Reservation system at this time.
Saturday, August 9th for a 7pm departure, BOARDING at 6:30 pm
Saturday, August 30th for a 6:30pm departure, BOARDING at 6:00 pm
The times reflect earlier sunset.
Do not expect a return time earlier than midnight so you pretty much can consider both of these as NIGHT Dives.
Contact Captain Tim for additional information.
Roger will be at Breakwater with an Open Water Class on Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27. If anyone would like to join him in Monterey to do some shore diving… come on down!
So far… a superb dive season.
WOW… last weekend tuned out to be the flattest, smoothest sea surface conditions with the least surface winds we have experienced in about 3 months. The Wednesday forecast prior indicated a somewhat higher swell and wind condition (6′ and 15 kts of wind) than the 2 previous weeks. The actual results blew all of us away with the extraordinary and SUPERB diving opportunities.
Everywhere was a Lake. Monterey, Carmel, Yankee Point., Pt. Sur
It really did not matter… EXTREME calm everywhere.
Vis was consistently 20′ to 40′ depending on the depth and Krill proximity and intensity.
This weekend… A slight swell increase to about 6 feet into Friday night and then a gradual reduction starting late Friday night and continuing swell decline through Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday
SW WINDS 5 KT… BECOMING S. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS.
NW SWELL 3 TO 6 FT. PATCHY FOG.
Sunday
SW WINDS 5 KT…BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
NW SWELL 2 TO 4 FT AND S 2 FT. PATCHY FOG.
All in all, the gentle rise and fall of the sea swell and soft surface winds have been of a nature that keeps everything on the sweet side of the dive formula. The best continuous week to week formula for diving in about 2 years
No heavy storm action, no blustery surface winds… gentle changes occurring at a rate commensurate with the season.
THE WAY WE LIKE IT!
The diving all around is 25′ to 30′ where the small shrimp clouds are hanging and 35′ + below.
If you are waiting for the Krill to clear out before you dive this season, you will be diving in this Winters big storm action. There really will be an end to this exceptional dive season so dive while you can… there will be plenty of time to sit and watch the trees bend in the wind this Winter.
Spaces remain for Saturday and Sunday morning on the Monterey Express. The afternoon charters will be coming off the schedule for this weekend.
Tim
Saturday
SW winds 5 to 10kt. Wind waves 2ft or less. NW swell 3 to 5ft and SW 2ft.
Sunday
W winds 5 to 10kt. Wind waves 2ft or less. NW swell 4 to 7ft and SW 2ft.
Vis yesterday (July 9) in Monterey was 25′ to 30′. Seas flat (3′ swells) and very warm (90+) not a hint of a breeze all day… but a sweet day for diving.
Weekend swells will be up another 2′ maybe 3′ feet for Saturday and Sunday but still far below what we typically get for this time of year. Water is blue…but make no mistake about it…krill are still effecting the vis is some places…so no BS.
None today where we dived…but I’m taking a guess it may be with us for awhile so don’t let that keep you away. Remember…krill bring whales and that means healthy water conditions.
Tim
To All Napa Valley Divers:
Our next meeting will be Monday, July 14, 2008
Meeting location:
Filippi’s Pizza Grotto
645 1st Street, Napa (east of Soscol)
Phone: (707) 254-9700
Dinner (Dutch treat) will begin at 6:00pm
(order off the regular menu)
The meeting will begin at 7:00pm
For the July meeting, we’re pleased to announce that we have a guest speaker! His name is Ron Elliott.
In the book ‘Blue Water Gold Rush’ Tom Hendrick called him “Mr. Farallon Islands” on page 250. Ron lives in Marin County and regularly dives the Farallons for urchins and to film/video Great White Sharks. He will be showing two videos. The first is a 9 minute clip of a documentary that is being put together about his diving off the Farallons. The second is a 17 minute video a friend of his put together of Whites. It should be an exciting evening.
It’s time for all members to renew their annual memberships.
You may now renew your memberships online! That’s right… we have added a safe and secure “Store” to napavalleydivers.com and we now accept credit cards and PayPal for your membership renewals.
Check it out and renew your memberships today! Okay, there is always one that likes the way we used to do it by filling out a form and mailing in a check… so here’s the form.
A few additional notes:
There was a bit of a mix-up with the order for Women’s T-Shirts which we’ll need to fix at the July meeting. So, if you ordered a Women’s T-Shirt, you’ll want to be at the July 14 meeting to make sure you get the size, fit, and color that you intended (or would like) to order. Colleen Topper will be there to assist. Men… no worries!
There are many photos posted from the recent Belize & Peace trip. If you have photographs to submit please contact me at david@napavalleydivers.com and I’ll make it easy for you.
If you haven’t done so already, take a look… Roger has a new look at Napa Dive & Sport!
Here is the Club mailing address for those wishing to mail in their membership renewals:
Napa Valley Divers
1325 Imola West, PMB 203
Napa, CA 94559
We look forward to seeing you all at Filippi’s Pizza Grotto!
