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San Francisco Reef Divers
Volume XLIII No. 7
July 2015
master Dario led the dive, and had us descend to 90
ft or so along the wall. Turtles were seen, as was a
nurse shark or two. Lots of life. The dive finishes
along the shallower part at around 60 ft. With steel
120s on our back, our first dive in Cozumel was a
signature Aldora dive, awesome and long.
COZUMEL DIVE TRIP
By Bhushan Mudbhary
Blue water nice boat
Maracaibo is so deep
The rest of our first dive day in Cozumel was
spent between a second dive at Francesca. Lunch at
La Choza, and eventually a night dive at
Yucab/Tormentos where the highlight were these
couple of huge lobsters making a meal of a dead
sting ray. Octopi were seen too.
Suunto is nervous
Fellow SF Reef Diver long time member Steve
the well read Neff, and yours truly embarked upon
as Pierre Moneybags Hurter might say , "the most
excellent" adventure.
Steve and I visited la Isla de Cozumel from June
30th to July 7th. The adventure plan followed an
established plot line that some of you are familiar
with. Arrive Cozumel, check into the dive shop
Aldora, arrive at the Vista Del Mar, say hi to Mai,
check in - have a beer. Well Steve executed this
plan perfectly having arrived several hours ahead of
me. He had cold beer in the fridge.
We proceeded to dive all the bid dive sites in
Cozumel. We made the Punta Sur Sur and Devil's
Throat combo dive of course. This is an excellent
dive that starts at Punta Sur Sur and ends with the
passage at Devil's Throat, there are more than one,
but you end up at one or the other. I think I have
been through three separate ones. On this trip, we
took one that had us come out at 115 ft+. This is
also a dive that your Suunto is not going to like.
Accumulating some deco is a near certainty. Steve
and I both had about 5 minutes of deco, which
wasn't a big deal since we had plenty of gas on our
backs. We both noted later when we compared
notes that our Suuntos had cleared by 25 ft or so.
This dive is one of my top dives anywhere. Love it
every time.
For dinner that first night, we went to Pancho's
and enjoyed margaritas in the courtyard and
partook of their toothsome kebabs. On the way
back, I had to take Steve by the Bar with No Name,
where there were no patrons except for us, but the
bar lady from Hidalgo listened to my bad Spanish
as I tried to engage in her about the literature of
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. No, I am lying. About
GGM. Rest is true.
Memo came by Playa Palancar during the long
surface interval and made an interesting proposal.
We listened. Memo by the way is part owner of the
dive shop as I understand it, but is in any case the
Chief Operating Officer and also a long time
Cozumel diver and instructor. He proposed that we
consider joining him on what Aldora calls the
"special ops" diving. Oooh.. Aldora has discovered
with the help of a local fisherman several dive sites
out in open channel, and north of the Island.
Several reefs dot the otherwise chasmic channel.
The reefs are deep. Mostly a flati 90 ft profile or so,
but can get deeper in places. There are various
caverns in these reefs and in the caverns there can
be sleeping sharks, Caribbean reef sharks in a
I kept thinking of the two hungover Marines on a
dive boat off of Wilmington NC many years ago.
They were young and could handle it. Steve and I
weren't as young, but we also hopefully were nearly
not as hungover as the Marines were. But we had to
make some effort. We go to the boat on time.
Colombia Deep makes for an excellent dive
regardless, and I think is a great way to get right
down to business in Cozumel. The site consists of a
wall on the deep side, while away from the wall
towers and domes of coral and limestone are
punctuated by deep valleys of the whitest sand. All
of this is often bathed in the deep azure of the sea.
A current is running most of the time, and in our
case a mild current, gently pushes you along. Dive
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Volume XLIII No. 7
July 2015
REEFER’S RAP - 2015
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
01 - New Year’s
10 - Sanctuary Boat Dive - K Dock
19 - Martin Luther King Day
21 - Velvet Cantina 3349 23rd St,
between Mission and Valencia at
7:00 PM
02 - Groundhog Day
14 - Valentine’s Day
16 - Presidents Day
17 - Shrove Tuesday - Mardi Gras
18 - Pig & Pie on 24th St in the
Mission
08 - Daylight Savings Time Begins
14- Sanctuary Boat Dive - K Dock
18 - Broken Record 116 Geneva
20 - Vernal Equinox
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
TBD - Abalone Opener
15 - Sunset Reservoir Brewing Co.
02 - National Explosive Ordinance
(EOD) Day
05 - Cinco de Mayo
20 - The Dark Horse Inn
25 - Memorial Day
06 - D-Day
06 - 07 - Scuba Show - Long Beach
17 - Pig & Pie on 24th St in the
Mission
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
04 - Independence Day
15 – PI Bar - 1432 Valencia St,
San Francisco
TBD - Abalone Opener
19 - Movable Feast - stay tuned
07 - Labor Day
19 - Talks Like A Pirate Day
20 - 22 - Channel Islands - Jim
Vallario - 415.566.0784
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
12 - Columbus Day
31 - Halloween
01- Daylight Savings Time Ends
04 - 07 - DEMA - Orlando, FL
11 - Veterans Day
26 - Thanksgiving
07 - Pearl Harbor Day
22 - Winter Solstice
25 - Christmas Day
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STAMMTISCH
By Pierre Hurter
I ended off last month’s
newsletter with mention of our
second club dive in June. Not
content to spend time on Phil’s
RIB with Curtis we decided to
try it one more time on the
Sanctuary. So along with Norm,
Curtis, his buddy Don, Gerda
and myself we met at K-Dock at
the civilized hour of 8:30 and
headed out with George at the
helm and Josh as our safety
diver.
Our first dive was at Stillwater
Cove, cold, murky, green. The
visibility hovered around 10 feet.
Some claim that it opened up to
as much as 12 feet but I’m
sticking with 10 feet. There was
enough kelp to make life
interesting and plenty of fish
about, good dive to spend with
your nose close to the reef
looking for critters.
For our second dive we headed
back to the bay and Hopkins
Deep. In between we swapped
out Gerda’s HP hose, it had
started to fizzle at both ends,
never a good sign. The visibility
on this dive was a tad less than in
Carmel. I put it at around 8 feet.
Still a day spent diving with
friends is better than a day spent
chasing the cheese in a cubicle or
an endless round of meetings and
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call-ins.
Woke up the other day with a
hankering
for
something
different
for
breakfast,
Outerlands, out in the Avenues
seemed to fit the bill. Sitting at
the counter watching the
comings and goings while I
sipped my coffee and toyed with
my savory daily grain, gruel in a
bowl, but with a beautiful
presentation.
I started my voyage to the
West side by wandering down to
the Castro Station to catch a ride
backwards towards Van Ness
where I could catch the N Judah.
Why is it that the platforms are
always packed? Is it a surprise
that on a workday there would be
lots of folks trying to head
downtown? It reminded my of
the subway packers you find in
Tokyo, white gloved attendants
who squash people into the trains
so that the doors can close.
I was not the only one
scribbling in a journal.
My
partner at the bar was busily
putting her thoughts to paper as
well, I’ll admit that her journal
looked a lot more elegant than
mine, mine is a black paper
backed job, hers looked like soft
black possibly Italian leather
bound around stiff paper. A pot
of tea at her elbow, an elegant
moss green top, linen and silk
I’m guessing, jeans, boots and
thick workman like socks.
The
back
bar
looked
interesting, a solid, you might
even say curated, selection of
amaros, whiskey, scotch, gins
and vodkas, most of which
looked as if would be
comfortable with being called
artisanal. Not so sure how the
brown ceramic Tiki mugs fit in.
Once seated at the counter
steaming coffee at hand, I began
to think I should have my hair
done up in a topknot or at the
very least have an enigmatic, but
vaguely ironic tattoo; black ink
only of course. Fortunately I had
my journal, well a notebook and
pencil that allowed me to pause,
look into the distance as if I was
pondering some existential angst
filled decision … yes, I would
love a refill. The coffee was Four
Barrel available by the mug or
via Chemex. The music, blues,
old style, like the scratchy Lead
Belly records you listened to in
the library in High School.
Continuing on the theme of
discoveries of the month …
Chilango Mexican Restaurant on
Church near Market, squeezed in
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Stammtisch from page 3
between Aardvark Books and the
Twilight Zone, smoke shop, is no
more. Pozole was great as was
pretty much everything else. On
the plus side Taco Orgazmico
has moved into the space
formerly occupied by Blue and
before that Pozole and before
that a place that served great
South
American
pizetas,
delicious mini pizzas. Try the
Tacos.
Shreve & Co. is moving out of
its namesake building. They had
been there since March of 1906,
a month before the earthquake
and fire and have been there ever
since. Same old story, couldn’t
come to an agreement on a new
lease. Don’t get too excited, the
original company was sold to the
North Carolina jewelry chain
Schiffman’s in 1992 and they
already have a new spot near
Gump’s, which you may recall
also had to relocate after almost
100 years in the same location.
Of course that was after a
Japanese department store Tobu
had bought them and canned all
of the formerly unionized
workers.
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notice that when we travel the
High or main streets increasingly
have a look and feel that is
vaguely familiar.
The funky
little shops that specialized in
cutlery or baskets or gloves, are
fast disappearing, replaced by the
local version of Wallmart,
Macy’s or Barneys depending on
the
price
point
and
neighborhood. At this rate there
won’t be much point in traveling,
everything will look the same no
matter where you go.
Walking down Folsom Street
the other day I was struck by
how many blue collar operations
are still alive and well in the
City. There is one auto body
shop after the other, the sort of
place where people still hammer
sheet metal and wet sand Bondo
before spraying a body panel to
match the rest of a car. Tucked in
between the marketing and
branding shops there are still
places where the sparks fly all
daylong.
having a moving sale, up to 60%
off. I looked, but the IWC
Portuguese Chronometer I lust
after is still just a touch out of
reach. Of course I could just
forgo a couple of dive trips and it
could be mine … no, I don’t
think so.
It was an incredibly busy last
weekend
in
June, Randy
Newman was at Stern Grove,
you know who ‘I mean; Baby
take off your coat...(real slow),
Baby take off your shoes...(here
I'll take your shoes), Baby take
off your dress,Yes yes yes, You
can leave your hat on, You can
leave your hat on, You can leave
your hat on.
Or my favorite … Political
Science; No one likes us-I don't
know why, We may not be
perfect, but heaven knows we try,
But all around, even our old
friends put us down, Let's drop
the big one and see what
happens.
We give them money-but are
they grateful? No, they're spiteful
and they're hateful. They don't
respect us-so let's surprise them.
We'll drop the big one and
pulverize them.
Asia's crowded and Europe's
too old. Africa is far too hot.
And Canada's too cold And
South America stole our name.
Let's drop the big one. There'll
be no one left to blame us
There aren’t that many locally
owned big operations, the world
is turning into one big
homogenized retail space. I
Branding, marketing, their
interesting
concepts,
one’s
strategic, the other tactical and
everyone seems to be doing it,
branding I mean ... an attempt to
establish a significant and
differentiated presence in the
market that attracts and retains
loyal customers. Not sure how
that’s working with the Navy
adds or PG&E’s spots, but hey
it’s a living for someone.
Oh, before I forget, Shreve’s is
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We'll save Australia. Don't
wanna hurt no kangaroo. We'll
build
an
All
American
amusement park there
They got surfin', too.
Boom goes London and boom
Paree. More room for you and
more room for me. And every
city the whole world round. Will
just be another American town.
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Oh, how peaceful it will be. We'll
set everybody free. You'll wear a
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Gwin and headed to the movies
to see a recently restored version
of The Third Man, the 1949
British film noir, directed by
Carol Reed and starring Joseph
Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson
Welles, and Trevor Howard.
It starts with a great voice over
by Trevor Howard, Major
Calloway, in the American
release it’s Joseph Cotton, the
Holly Martins character.
Japanese kimono And there'll be
Italian shoes for me.
They all hate us anyhow. So
let's drop the big one now …
Let's drop the big one now.
As if that wasn’t enough there
was the Grateful Dead farewell
concert, an A’s game, a Giants
game and of course the biggest
Pride Parade ever. We missed it
all; we opted to head for the
wilds of San Jose to celebrate a
going away celebration. You live
in the Bay Area and you tend to
forget that there are other places
to live and some of them are
spectacular. Bainbridge Island
near Seattle is definitely one of
those places.
Thinking about the way things
were, the 98th and final episode
of
Gilligan’s
Island
was
broadcast on April 17, 1967,
that’s 48 years ago, how is that
possible? Whatever happened to
the cast? Are they still stranded
somewhere in the Pacific?
I never knew the old Vienna
before the war with its Strauss
music, its glamour and easy
charm. Constantinople suited me
better. I really got to know it in
the classic period of the Black
Market. We'd run anything if
people wanted it enough - mmm had the money to pay. Of course,
a situation like that does tempt
amateurs but you know they can't
stay
the
course
like
a
professional. Now the city - it's
divided into four zones, you
know, each occupied by a power:
the American, the British, the
Russian and the French. But the
center of the city that's
international policed by an
International
Patrol.
One
member of each of the four
powers. Wonderful! What a hope
they had! All strangers to the
place and none of them could
speak the same language. Except
a sort of smattering of German.
Good fellows on the whole, did
their best you know. Vienna
doesn't really look any worse
than a lot of other European
cities. Bombed about a bit. Oh, I
was gonna tell you, wait, I was
gonna tell you about Holly
Martins, an American. Came all
the way here to visit a friend of
his. The name is Lime, Harry
Lime. Now Martins was broke
and Lime had offered him, some
sort, I don't know, some sort of
job. Anyway, there he was, poor
chap. Happy as a lark and
without a cent.
One of my favorite scenes
takes place when Lime meets
with Martins on the Wiener
Riesenrad, the Ferris wheel in
the Prater amusement park. Back
on the ground Harry has this to
say;
Holly, I'd like to cut you in, old
man. There's nobody left in
Vienna I can really trust, and
we've always done everything
together. When you make up
your mind, send me a message I'll meet you any place, any time,
and when we do meet old man,
it's you I want to see, not the
police. Remember that, won't ya?
Don't be so gloomy. After all it's
not that awful. You know what
the fellow said - in Italy, for
thirty years under the Borgias,
they had warfare, terror, murder
and
bloodshed,
but
they
produced
Michelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci and the
Renaissance. In Switzerland,
they had brotherly love, they had
five hundred years of democracy
and peace - and what did that
produce? The cuckoo clock.
I’d like to point out that one,
the Swiss do not make cuckoo
clocks and two that when the
Borgias flourished in Italy,
Switzerland had the most
powerful and feared military
force in Europe.
Aside from classic movies and
cuckoo clocks we managed to
round off the month with a
couple of great dives n
For a change of pace we joined
up with fellow Reef Diver Ken
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Monterey, well Carmel. The
water was flat as a mirror,
marred only by the dozens of
whales, frolicking, breaching and
in general roiling the otherwise
smooth passage. While the
whales
enjoyed
a
brief
intermission we were joined by a
large pod of Risso’s dolphins.
Our first plunge was at Arch
Rock, somewhere south of Point
Lobos, close to Yankee Point.
The visibility was around 20
feet, not bad for Monterey, the
water a bracing 52 degrees and
the dive … sublime.
For our second dive we headed
towards the Butterfly House.
You now the place, it sits out on
the rocks looking out over the
ocean, last sold for $16.5
million. Originally built in 1950,
it
was designed
by
the
architect Frank Wynkoop and
built at Carmel Point as a
residence for him and his family,
its hard to miss.
Visibility was down a bit,
around 10 feet, but we had a
great time circling around the
pinnacle and exploring the
fingers branching out from the
anchor.
Finished off the afternoon with
lunch at the Sand Bar and Grill,
fish tacos, sand dabs and a
couple of Jumbo crab club
sandwiches … No, that was all
of us, not just my order! From
there it was a quick run to
Backscatter for some odds and
ends for Gerda’s setup. When it
comes
to
underwater
photography, if it’s no one thing
it’s another.
From there it was a race to get
to Any Water Sports before they
closed … we didn’t make it but
Ginny was kind enough to let us
in, well she let Gerda in and I
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tailgated. Our tanks were filled
and Gerda’s bubbling SPG dealt
with. I’ve said it before, but I’ll
say it again, if you want to get
maintenance, information, tips
and encouragement when you
need it, support your local dive
shop. There are things you are
not going to get online or
through a smartphone App, like
fixing a leaky SPG repair before
you leave for a dive vacation. Or
air fills for that matter, or the sort
of advice that comes only from
someone who has years of
experience and has it all at least
twice, if not more.
That’s it for July, as Earnest
Hemingway said in Old Man and
the Sea; He no longer dreamed
of storms, nor of women, nor of
great occurrences, nor of great
fish, nor fights, nor contests of
strength, nor of his wife. He only
dreamed of places now and of
the lions on the beach. They
played like young cats in the
dusk and he loved them as he
loved the boy.
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catatonic states. The sites
promised a diving very different
from anything else in Cozumel,
and Aldora is the only shop that
offers
this.
With
some
trepidation we said ok.
Next morning five divers, two
dive masters (Memo and Steve),
a fisherman (Mumia) and the
galant capitan (Gato) headed out
to the open sea. We hugged the
shore line getting to the north of
the Island and then headed out
until land was no longer visible.
They called it Tiburico. First
dive at Tiburico. Like first
everything.
Anticipation,
excitation. First time out north of
north Cozumel. First time diving
with Memo. First time on Aldora
Six. First breath underwater, into
the blue the descent goes. The
6
BC demands some gas to slow
the descent onto the sand. First
sights. Sand, rays, barracudas,
schools of other fish. A hermit
crab on the sand , Memo is
showing off. He's excited here,
wants to show us everything that
the site has to offer. Fires of his
Hawaian sling, the projectile
traces an arc returning to the
sand, first principles, gravity still
works here. That's good. The
Barrcuda are drawn to the
shining steel and get in closer.
Breath in breath out, look into
the blue, take in the sights. I am
pleased. A bat fish sits in a mini
crater, Memo points to it. My
strobe fires, the CMOS imager
converts the photons into a string
of bits, an algorithm runs, stores
the image. Another more evolved
imaging system and neural
computer runs in my head and
distinct from the camera, this
system is wired into awareness.
It's good to be here at Tiburico.
We head to the reef. I look for
Steve, he is not with the group. I
quickly question Memo, he nods
his head and communicates that
Steve is with Mumia who is busy
spearing Lion Fish for lunch.
Steve and Mumia join the group
few minutes later. There is a nice
arch on the reef, and an
overhang, underneath we do not
find a sleeping shark. No matter,
the site is still incredible for
everything else it has to offer.
Another
algorithm
starts
beckoning, my Suunto pouting.
It is time to go up.
We dove La Loma next. A site
very similar in depth and profile
to Tiburico. Our tanks are
switched for us at the boat. A
chaser boat has come along with
us, and between Chino and Gato
they exchange used tanks for
fresh ones. We switch to 36% O2
for the second dive. Memo briefs
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us and stresses the need for a
quick descent, so that we land on
the reef if there is a current
running and are not blown away
further onto the deeper sand. We
roll off the boat with our BCs
empty and quickly descend.
Thankfully no current or maybe
the mildest of current. We get to
the sand at 90 ft or so and head
towards the reef. I look back and
behold the vision of Mumia in
his single lens rubber mask with
his nose pressed hard onto the
glass. He has found a conch, for
the lunchtime ceviche. He has a
hammer with him and there in
the sand he is busy hammering
away at the conch. Harvesting of
food is necessary, but not always
pretty. The reef goes down
towards the deeper sand, and at
110 ft I find Memo beckoning us
and pantomiming what I
understood as relax, breathe easy
and be quiet. To our right there is
a cavern. And Memo points to
Steve and I to go into the cavern,
a sleeping shark has been sited.
Steve Neff's luck has changed,
the days of getting skunked are
over. It is then as we enter the
cavern that my Suunto has a
meltdown. It has a litany of
complaints to register. The near
1.6 of PPO2 is something it
doesn't care for much. To reward
my behavior it decides that my
"Oxygen Limiting Factor" is at
100%, I am out of time. I note
that the bottom most bar on the
graph is not blinking, so Suunto
is saying my CNS is at 100% and
not the OTU. It's a good thing I
dive with two computers, else I
would have had to ascend
immediately to avoid CNS
toxicity. My other computer an
Aladdin 2G is more sanguine
about the whole thing and notes
a CNS level at 30% or so. So I
decide that the Suunto is just
throwing a hissy fit because its a
July 2015
Suunto and proceed to enter the
cavern. There is a magnificent
shark at the end of it, all six plus
ft of it and it is fast asleep. The
urgent beeping of my Suunto
notwithstanding,
the
Shark
doesn't wake up. I take some
GoPro footage and and a still
shot and back out of the cavern
along with Steve. I ascend to the
shallower part of the reef at
around 80ft and the Suunto stops
beeping but the OLF is still at
100%.
We head to land. The chase
boat "Hurricane" takes us to the
island, the very north of
Cozumel. The only access to this
part of the island is either by boat
or via some very difficult
bushwhacking which I don't
think most people would care
for. There is a big lagoon here,
we wade across the lagoon
towards a small but ancient
Mayan temple ruin. This day has
much to offer besides the diving.
We take in the sights and head
back to the boat. We are back on
Aldora Six. Mumia and Gato
have our lunch plates ready.
Fresh ceviche of lobster, conch
and Lion Fish. There is also
guacamole and chips. It is all
very tasty. We take it easy for the
third dive and dive Gato's reef
which is much shallower. There
is more picture taking, animal
viewing and hunting. Memo and
Mumia dispatch more Lion Fish.
The reef is covered with purple
gorgonians and various sea fans,
there is a lot of life. We ascend.
What a day it had been. This will
be a feature of our Cozumel trip
moving forward, the seas, the
winds and the currents willing.
We proceed to dive other sites
in Cozumel. Barracuda (we had
to abort ten minutes into it on
account of strong current that
was blowing us off the reef), San
Juan
Reef,
Villa
Blanca,
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Maracaibo. Our last dive
interestingly ends at Columbia
Deep also. Another diver Tom
recommends to Li Yang our dive
mistress, that the long tunnel in
CD would be cool to visit. And it
was. I don't think I had done this
one. It is an excellent passage
that is hidden at the bottom of a
coral head at around 60 ft and
emerges on the wall side at about
80 ft. Steve and I had encounters
with turtles to remember our last
and beautiful dive in Cozumel
for this trip.
On the sixth day we woke up
early and took the 5:45am ferry
to Playa. We were picked up by
the shuttle that was sent for us
and two long hours later we
found ourselves in a cabana
listening to Canadian Frenchman
who was emphatically describing
the whale shark adventure that
awaited us. I took away the key
points which were that don't
touch the whale shark, and if you
want to see the whale shark up
close you are going to have to
snorkel. We arrived at the site
which is somewhere between Isla
Mujeres and Isla Holbox. There
were thirty some boats there,
somewhat of a zoo. But with
these things, just like the Manta
dive in Kona, the animal
encounter was just amazing. We
were lucky in that there were 20
odd whalesharks around. Also,
given the general publics
snorkeling abilities in the open
sea and swim fitness "crowding"
the whaleshark was not an issue.
The boats also enforce two
divers in the water at a time, so
that helps as well. The attrition
on our boat was brutal,
the
ranks were reduced to four
snorkelers from nine. With Steve
and I being clearly the strongest
snorkelers who were able to
"keep up" with the whalesharks
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and have amazing video footage
to show for it. After four or five
sessions we were pooped, plus
the time was over. The boat took
us to Isla Mujeres where it
anchored for lunch. Steve and I
did not go for the poor
snorkeling in the area and instead
stayed on the boat enjoying a
couple of Coronitas. The day
was basically done.
And so we said good bye to
Cozumel the next day, not before
the breakfast at Jeannie's. Steve
and I were both surprised how
well everything went for us. We
had an excellent time and were
already planning the 2016
Cozumel trip.
SFRD
JULY’S
FROM THE PAST
BLAST
Once again You are There, the
time is July 1995, here are some
of the highlights of Volume 27
No. VII of The Reef Report,
Newsletter of the San Francisco
Reef Divers. For those of you
wondering how this is possible,
you need only remember Mr.
Peabody of Rocky and His
Friends and The Bullwinkle
Show.
As you may recall, Mr.
Peabody, first name possibly
Hector, a beagle and the smartest
being in existence. A Nobel
laureate, Olympic medalist,
scientist an inventor, despite his
many accomplishments, he is
lonely. So, he decides to adopt.
He meets Sherman a dorky,
bespectacled, red-haired boy.
After saving Sherman from a
group of bullies, Peabody
discovers that Sherman is an
orphan and decides to adopt him.
After a court appearance and a
talk with the President and the
government, Peabody becomes
Sherman's new guardian.
July 2015
As a birthday gift for Sherman,
Peabody invents the WABAC
(Wayback) time machine. He
and Sherman go back in time to
see a Roman speaking in Latin;
Peabody adds a translator circuit
to the machine so that everyone
seems to speak English. Their
next trip is to see Ben Franklin
flying his kite and discovering
electricity, but Peabody and
Sherman realize that they cannot
interact or change the past.
Peabody makes some more
adjustments,
turning
the
WABAC into a "should-havebeen machine". That brings us to
where we are now …
The front-page headline under
June Entertainment was … Carol
Roessler of Sea & Sea Travel
Service of San Francisco. Carol
Roessler is an internationally
known live-aboard scuba diving
travel expert and author of
several underwater photography
and dive travel books. He will
provide us with a slide
presentation of remote and exotic
dive destinations that can only be
experienced through live-aboard
travel.
Mr.
Roessler
will
illustrate the many advantages of
live-aboard travel over shore
diving, such as the ability to
access pristine dive sites and
encounter rare marine life.
Reef Divers, this is sure to be a
great opportunity to learn more
about the best dive locations in
the world! Hope to se you there.
The Reef Rap included the
following:
Unfortunately we must report
that the Reef Diver 4th of July
kayak trip fizzled out and the
Marine Conservation Network is
now staging a Reef Diver Count
by the fish because we were the
most endangered species during
the fish count of July 1-16. I
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hope we weren’t shut out on the
Ab Closer too.
Right Now - Cozumel You
missed out on this one if you’re
reading REEF RAP right now,
‘cause they left on July 13th. It
must be nice being part of the
Reefer Royal Family.
August - 3-5 Channel Islands
Waiting room only for this one
folks.
Contact vigilant Jim
Vallario to be on the waiting list.
Some lucky people might still
get some last minute openings
from the other group that’s
sharing the boat.
Friday - Sunday - August 11-13
Rocksucker Re-Opener at Salt
Point. The Dynamic Duo is back
in action, leading the abalone
starved masses back to the
submerged crevices for the
slurpy sea slugs. Call “precious”
Bill Galarneau or “priceless” Jim
Vallario to make arrangements.
August - 14,16,21,23,26,27
Rescue Dive Class John Senger
is the contact person for this
happening. Call to be a buddy
everyone wants. It’s time for
those already confirmed to send
their checks to “voracious” Jim
Vallario. Err … My check is in
the mail Jim.
Long Shore Currents
September - 23 - Beach Cleanup
Day. (Also coincidentally Mess
Up Your Wetsuit Day). The
latest plan is to combine this
event with a Reef Diver Clam
Bake. We need someone
extremely sanitary yet clammy to
led this event.
The snork may be leading a
southern excursion soon.
Aside from the items in the Ref
Rap there was an article about a
great white shark attack at Point
Lobos resulting in 600 stitches, a
report on the Trinity Alps
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Backpack trip and the potential
July 2015
extinction of the coelacanth.
Pigeon Point in the winter and early spring as the
Eighth Shark Attack victim off North sharks migrate to where the best food availability is.
Carolina Coast
Dolphin Jumps into Family’s boat
George Burgess, director of the Florida Program
The Frickman family was enjoying a sunny
for Shark Research, said there are several factors
afternoon
in June, the first day of summer, Father’s
that make North Carolina appear to be a “perfect
Day and also their 18th wedding anniversary when
storm” for shark activity this summer.
they came across the pod of dolphins as they were
The warmer than normal temperatures this month heading back to the Dana Point Harbor.
helped raise the water temperature. A lack of
That’s when their afternoon took a turn for the
substantial rain in North Carolina has meant that the
ocean water is not being diluted with fresh river worse. A dolphin leaped out of the water, hit the rail
water. Sharks like both warm water and high of their boat and flopped right inside with the
family. The dolphin landed on Chrissie Frickman’s
salinity.
legs, breaking both ankles.
There’s also plenty of food drawing sharks closer
to the beaches. With more people in the water, the The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Harbor
odds of unfortunate interactions are bound to Patrol transported them to the dock where Chrissie
was transported to the hospital. The dolphin was
increase.
released back into the water.
Closer to Home - Great Whites
Omega’s $760,000 Dive Watch
At this year’s Baselworld, a convention for the
watch cognoscenti, where all of the biggest names,
some of the biggest names in the industry come to
An unusual gathering of juvenile great white meet and greet, Omega has unveiled a brand new
sharks in the waters off of Aptos, near Santa Cuz, blingedout Seamaster Ploprof 1200M Co-Axial
this week has scientists curious as to why.
Master Chronometer valued at a whopping
Most of the sharks are 8 to 12 foot juveniles, part $760,000.
of a rookery that has been displaced north by the The Plorof features forty carats of diamonds on the
gathering strength of an El Niño. The largest spotted titanium case and ceramic bezel. Although the
so far is in the 18 foot range.
timepiece is traditionally a diving watch boasting
Great whites typically arrive at the Farallon waterproof depths of up to 1,200 meters, the
Islands in the fall, and one or two emerge near company doesn't recommend you testing out this
boy
that
dee
Stinson Beach in the fall and at Año Nuevo near bad
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July 2015
2015 Channel Islands Dive Trip
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
September 20-21-22
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The tradition continues into a new year, we have 14 spots (half of the Peace)
ONLY 4 spots left
The Cost per spot is $450 - still one of the best bargains for Channel Island
diving anywhere.
To secure your spot, send a $100 deposit (per spot) and $25 annual membership
fee if you have not done so yet to our treasurer - Pierre Hurter, 515 Diamond
Street, SF, CA 94114. Spots will go on a first check received basis, so don’t
delay.
The Peace leaves the dock at 10PM on Saturday, September 19th - The first
dive is on Sunday morning.
Bring all of your dive gear, including one full tank. The Peace can refill air or
32% Nitrox. Alternatively, you can rent a tank and have it delivered onboard.
For those diving Nitrox, unlimited Nitrox fills cost $75. If you want Nitrox,
bring your Nitrox certification card and a separate check for $75 payable to the
Peace Dive Boat.
Wine, beer and other adult beverages may be brought on board, but remember,
your 1st drink marks your last dive of the day.
For additional information, directions to the boat, or to rent gear, etc. check out
the Peace website … www.peaceboat.com.
For any other questions, contact Jim Vallario at 415.566.0784 or 415.819.115
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SINCE JANUARY 1ST 1973
ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO REEF DIVERS (SFRD):
The Reef Diver Times is the official newsletter of the San Francisco Reef Divers, a not for profit
community organization dedicated to safe sport diving and the preservation of our ocean resources.
Membership is $25 annually, dues payable to “SFRD”. The General Meeting is held the 3rd Wednesday of
the month. Location is announced one week prior to the meeting. Please check our yahoo site for details
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfreefdivers/ We meet at 7:00pm for socializing, drinks, food and club
business. For more information, visit http://www.sfreefdivers.org or our Facebook page.
SAN FRANCISCO REEF DIVERS
Reef Diver Times
C/O Gerda Hurter
515 Diamond Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
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