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Site Condition |
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| Name: | Bluestar | Entry: | 
3.00
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| Email: | Click Here | Bottom: | 
4.00
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| City: | Alameda | Reef: |
4.00
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| State: | CA | Animal: |
4.00
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| Country: | USA | Plant: |
4.00
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| Diving: | 3 years | Facilities: |
4.00
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| Dives: | 40 | Solitude: |
4.00
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| Roads: |
3.00
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Evaluation |
*Average: |
3.82 |
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| In the month of November I have visited this site 5 times. I will condense my experiences into this one report. Reading previous reviews, I skipped this site for a long time. On one trip early November I was 'kicked' over here by a Reef Campground park ranger due to big waves there, and I discovered how good this site is. Because it is so protected, this site gets a lot of pressure; maybe that is why some reviewers graded this site very low. There are in fact no abs in plain sight in the north cove. But there are plenty of abs in the kelp under the rocks. There are even big ones here and there. My trip yesterday 11/23/2010 yielded a 9.25' ab weighing 5.4 lbs right from the middle of the cove, in 20' of water. On average I find abs every 3 dive-downs; legal abs about every 9-10 dive-downs. That is pretty good considering I can only hold breath for 30 seconds max and usually only 20 seconds. If I just want to get my limit of legal abs I can do it in 30 minutes here, but I usually spend 2 hours in water hunting for the big 3rd ab. I think I would not enjoy the dives as much if big abs are all over the sea floor in plain view waiting to be picked. I like a little challenge finding them, and battling to dislodge them. I frequently have to give up on big abs that are too hard to get because they are too deep in a hole or sandwiched between two rocks. My only complaint about this site is the big vertical distance to hike. Many times I wanted to tank-dive to spear fish, but after ab dive I just got tired of this climb with gears. I love this site so much, that I have not had any inclination to explore other places. | |||
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Enjoyment Level |
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| Snorkel: |
4.00
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| Beginner: |
4.00
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| Intermediate: |
4.00
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| Advanced: |
4.00
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| Night diving: |
4.00
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Seasonal Information |
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| Season: | Winter | ||
| Year: | 2010 | ||
| Visibility: |
3.00 |
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| Current: | 
5.00
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| Surf: |
5.00 |
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