I had my first dive of the season yesterday. It was a spur-of-the-moment trip to Monterey, with dive gear thrown in as an afterthought. The conditions were beautiful, the day was bright and sunny...until I got suited up and headed to the water. Then it became overcast, the seas became choppy, and the viz got a bit worse. To add to that, I brought a 3mm, nylon-in wetsuit that doesn't fit terribly well and forgot my weight belt
That said, it was a marvelous time. In spite of the overcast and the chop, viz was probably 10 to 15 feet, which is a treat when you're used to 3-foot viz in the river. I took my sister, who had never been diving in the ocean before, and she enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm so proud of her - she went diving in a bathing suit and with just a mask and snorkel
Conditions - air temperature around 60 degrees, water temperature around 52. We got out after half an hour or so because she was getting cold and I was getting nauseous. It was a good start to the season
