I used to do weekly night dives and they were always my favorite. Not only because that’s when the pacific spiny lobster would come out for the taking but it was much more peaceful. I also had an amazing group of people I dove with and we all took turns with underwater navigation. My favorite spot was in Malibu which we dubbed G-City. It was a reef that was only discoverable by navigating underwater. There we’re no visual references from the surface. We had to go out from a certain house, dive down to a specific depth (dependent on the tide), then navigate a specific heading. We found it every time. Not everyone else was so lucky. There were massive reg and yellow gorgonians everywhere. It was untouched and pristine.
A lot of our other dives were tech training dives at the Redondo Beach Pier in the submarine canyon. We would see tons of baby octopus, shovelnose guitarfish, juvenile black seabass (ultra endangered and protected) and random stuff like toilets and bicycles. It’s also where large squid would lay their eggs so frequent bat ray feeding were really cool to watch. I’ve got boring dive stories all day long. I definitely miss those days.
Billy
