Thanks for the video of my old hangout. In the 90's I dived Shaw's Cove a lot. The Crevice, Backside, Little Crevice, and the Point were all part different dives. Nice to see the kelp is looking healthy and plentiful. I also dived at Crescent Bay / Seal Rock, Reef Point, Divers Cove (taught there), Cress Street, Woods Cove, and Moss Cove. And then pretty much any other beach dive sites from Malibu to San Diego. I miss SoCal. Btw, that's why my user name is Calkelpdiver.
@@dalgamor, in the 90's do you remember Liburdi's Scuba Center in Irvine. I knew and worked for the brothers who owned it. Dived off of the Sundiver in L.A., Spectre in Ventura, and Truth Aquatic boats in Santa Barbara. Always loved the outer islands and diving there.
Wow, Philip's voice, cadence, the music and the narration took me back to growing up with "Wild Kingdom" and so many of those nature films from the 50s-70s. Thanks much!
Thanks for this video! It reminded me of the 16mm nature films we watched in school back in the 60s and 70s and I always loved those as well. I've dove many times at Shaw's but it was fun to dive along with you guys.
THANK YOU for this video; I did my open water training at Shaw's Cove in the 80's, then part of my divemaster training in the rock crevasses you explore (with a lot more surge). Brings back so MANY great memories! Interesting that you didn't even mention that long stairway from the road down to the beach, and back up!
We're glad you enjoyed it! I didn't mention the stairs simply because, though many, they aren't extraordinary for Laguna. There is a dive site south of here called Thousand Steps Beach. Now, it doesn't actually have 1,000 steps, but it does have significantly more than Shaw's Cove :)
Nice video. I was certified in 1973. Dove there many, many times. Used to regularly see sea lions playing in the surf. Nice to see that the lobster are doing well again.
I've dove this whole area since 1974 and really enjoy the experience. The biggest things I've seen here are large bat rays, many with their tails bitten off. However, having watched several of the drone videos which show the So Cal coastline crawling with Great Whites, I am now reluctant to roll the dice on more dives. It would be a real drag to get mauled and gutted by a "curious" adolescent.
Max depth was about 35' on the outer reef, though most of the dive was more like 15' to 20'. Dive duration was 1 hour 20 minutes, diving a steel 80 cu. ft. tank.
There are many great dive sites. I like Crescent Bay a lot if you swim straight out from the point of rocks on the north end of the beach, going about 50 yards further out than Seal Rock, then drop down and head parallel to the shore (toward Seal Rock) you will hit Dead Man's Reef (it gets up to 60' deep there). That has some amazing sea life. Wood's Cove and Cress St. are also great dives, in southern Laguna.
@@SailingSVLynx thank you..also have you done any diving in crystal cove and how does it compare to laguna, I'm down in sandiego so we have la jolla but lookin ahead to future dives
@@echols2010 Crystal Cove State Park is nice, especially Reef Point (previously known as Scotchsman's). However, the walk down the paved road from parking is huge and steep. They do have showers and bathrooms, but $15.00 parking and that steep walk! I also think that Laguna has better sea life since they have been a complete preserve for so long.
