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Coral Street Beach Winter Dive
magicjanice - 12/13/2010 1:35 PM
This past weekend I found myself embarking on an “intermediate-advanced” dive in the cold waters of Monterey Bay, well beyond the skill level of a newly certified student. The conditions appeared good enough for safe diving: magicseaweed reported 3-5 foot swells, the high’s were in the mid 60’s, and the winds were pretty much nonexistent. Upon arriving at the dive shop, there were numerous divers suiting up everywhere and buzzing about 40+ feet visibility in Monterey Bay. For those of you unfami...