Dive at Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach, CA 14Dec2013

[@brookesworks]

Hi! Love your video! That looks so fun! I was wondering how deep you were? I free dive and was wondering if that might be a cool place.

[@laguna007]

+Brooke Schulte. Hi, thank you for your question. The depth at this location averages about 35-40 ft depending on the tide. Yes, this is an awesome place to dive. It's is a great location because of the variety of fish that frequent this reef. Outside of the typical Garibaldi and Sheephead, we've also recently seen schools of yellow tail jack, pacific barracuda. Late November, a grey whaled had passed while we were in the water. Unfortunately, I didn't catch that on video. The sea lions like to hang out on seal rock. They're curious and like to interact with the divers. This video was taken in late 2013 when there was still a lot of kelp in the area. The kelp is gone for now from the warmer el nino waters and storms from last year. So the ecosystem is a different than what it was in my 2013 video. Typical visibility at Crescent Bay is 15-20ft. This happened to be a 40ft visibility day when there was very little water movement for a time usually around the Nov-Dec timeframe.

[@ConnectedMermaids]

+Jay Atienza Wow! Thank you! I'm aware that harmless leopard sharks can be spotted in that area sometimes however I was also wondering if the presence of Sea Lions attracted bigger sharks?

[@laguna007]

+TheMermaidtetra The only shark species I've run into there are horn sharks, leopard sharks, and an occasional swell sharks. I haven't seen or heard any reports of bigger sharks at Crescent Bay. BTW...Cool mermaid videos! :)

[@mrfreeze1103]

This is a great video. Is the surge usually that nonexistent at Crescent?

[@laguna007]

Thanks! During the November- December months there is very little surge. Around this time the swells are roughly 1-2 ft. With very little movement in the water you may find visibility around 30-40 ft. The typical visibility during the rest of the year ranges from 10-20 ft.

[@BigScreenTony]

siick

[@unrealuknow864]

not many other big fish except the Garibaldi's has it always been like that?

[@laguna007]

The Garibaldi are always present. But, are a variety of fish that appear at Crescent Bay. I have another video where I saw a school of Sargo just above the reef. Here's the link Scuba Diving Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach 11 Jan 2014

[@803brando]

any halibuts in the sand?

[@beatsuser5698]

is the water warm their looks like hawaii

[@laguna007]

I"m just seeing your comment 2 months later. During the year the water temp will range from the high 50's to mid 60's. I had logged a water temperature of 61 degrees that day.