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... it's time to try the new workout that celebs like Jessica Alba, Sandra Bullock, Katie Holmes, and Nina Dobrev of the CW show The Vampire Diaries love: scuba diving!

- http://www.shape.com/blogs/shape-your-life/new-celebrity-fitness-trend-scuba-diving

I'm not sure I want scuba diving to become the latest fad diet of Hollywood celebs. Being a fad diet will just encourage lots of overweight, middle-aged white guys to take up the hobby trying to get fit. And if there's one thing scuba diving has enough of already, it's overweight middle-aged white guys.

Map to Lovers Point on Google Maps

We kicked on a 60degree heading until we were clear of the wall, then dropped down into 20ft of water.

Visibility was quite good, about 15ft. I expected worse. I thought the bad conditions on Saturday would have stirred up the bottom.

We continued on the 60 heading, but it soon got very surgy - 5-10ft. This made it hard to enjoy the view!

Bottom composition was quite interesting, lots of very large rocks to swim around, over and between. Plenty of nooks to peep into.

I figured it might be better if we got a little deeper, but despite continuing out for about 25 minutes, it got neither deeper nor calmer! So at that point we turned around. Logged a max depth of 27ft.

We did see a big fat seal, that spooked me as it appeared from around a rock. Boy, was it fat! Also saw a nice size Ling. A few other nice size perch and rockfish went zipping by in the surge, bit too fast to get a good look at them.

Took me a second to get what's going on here!



Yeah, the bubbles give it away.

It's amazing how the air appears to behave just like a flowing liquid when you view it this way.

I'm sure I wouldn't be able to move around that well upside down.

From http://planetsave.com/2011/08/23/marine-habitat-infographic/

I'm trying to (a) raise some money, and (b) make space for new dive toys. Hence, I want you to buy some of my dive gear that I don't use any more:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/spo/2667584988.html

Yeah, I think it was probably the first time he'd been SCUBA diving too.



Let's critique his technique shall we:
- Poor buoyancy control
- Bicycle kick
- Flailing hands
- Mask on forehead

And what's with that upside down snorkel, and why does he keep holding onto his reg?

As part of the Dive Master certification I had to map a local dive site.

I chose McAbee beach, as it's quite an interesting site, accessible to all levels, yet still has plenty to see - from the small stuff like nudi's, to big guys like seal pups, and a kelp canopy.

Download the PDF for more details, history, the map, profile, things to do nearby, etc.

Dive Site Map PDF