After 10yrs of talking about it the Craig Brothers finally put together a dive trip to Monterey Bay. They waited so long that our Nephews Mathew and Ryan were able to join. Above-Peter and Mathew trying on wetsuits & Ninja moves
San Carlos Beach was the 1st Dive. It was easy access from the parking lot to the water and a great 1st dive with sea lions swimming around everyone, which Lance totally missed while looking down 😢
Everyone but Lance incorporated getting their Advanced Open Water dive certification while on this trip. Lance already has his so he just tagged along for the 6 total dives over 3 days.
Before the 2nd "night dive" off Del Monte Beach, everyone warmed up by dumping warm water into their wetsuits and grabbed a snack. The night dive included many sea creatures not seen during the day. It was very cool since all you can see is what's in the beam of a dive light.
Mathew, Peter, Lance, Aaron & Ryan (Left-Right) in their gear ready to go.
The 2nd day was 2x beach dives learning skills for the Open Water Cert. that included underwater navigation and search & Recovery. They also dove near & under the pier and had a seal swim around them for a while trying to figure out what they were up to.
The final day included 2 dives from a boat out in the bay. The 1st dive was a deep water dive down to 98'. The visibility was 30-40 feet and the abundant life was amazing. This was everyone's favorite dive of the trip. The final dive was in Tanker's Reef, a Kelp Forrest, where a project was underway to control the Sea Urchin population in order to save the Kelp. Info: https://g2kr.com/
Tamara hosted everyone at her house for the trip and took very good care of her brothers. She also had a delivery of her Birthday/Valentines Day present, a new Tesla. It was a great trip and the brothers are already planning the next one. Maybe this time it won't take 10 yrs to bring it all together.
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