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Visiting Southen California late February/early March 2012

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BatRay said:
Where is that site?
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Its the San Clemente artificial reef, which extends from off the end of the San Clemente pier down to San Mateo Point and the south end of town. The outer edge is about a mile off of the beach and about 45 feet deep.

It was built by Southern California Edison as mitigation for damage to kelp caused by the warm water outflow from the San Onofre Nuclear Power plant, and its been a huge success in growing a kelp bed. Some of it is almost too thick to dive.
 
Bill McIntyre said:
Here is a photo that a friend took at the last spot you dove.
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Stunning visibility in that picture, would be fun to see that side of So Cal too

The kelp was extremely thick in there. Swimming on the surface really wasn't worth it, couldn't do much else than breathing up and going back down. Below it was no trouble though, just nice and dense kelp forest.

Here is a picture that gives you a good idea of the Norwegian kelp forests:



The kelp stalks grow to ca 2 m (6-7') and completely cover the bottom in places. I like to hide between the stalks and peek out to see if the fish are approaching. Especially in visibility like in the picture.
 
What's the water temp in that region, Anders? When I think of Norway, I think of snow and ice
 
On the outer coast (excluding the fjords) the sea water usually never freezes in winter but gets down to 1-2 C depending on how hard the winter is and where you are in Norway. In the summer we can get up to maybe 16-17 C on the outer coast, and as high as 25 C in a protected fjord for a week or so during a particularly warm summer in the south. Up north it usually doesn't go far above 10 C.
 
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