San Diego’s Dive Spots.
Are they getting better? I guess this depends on who you talk to and where they get their information, some environmentalists say as the oceans clean up the big fish will start coming back because the smaller fish are able to feed and the chemicals and junk that we put into the oceans through run off and what not, are being cleaned by natural processes what ever they are.
We are seeing some big fish starting to come back to The area of La Jolla Cove. in San Diego but is this a sign of things getting better or just the water warming up? I would hope its a sign that things are getting better, but if we keep doing what we always do and expect a different out come isn’t that a sign of delusion, we need to change the things we do. We as divers need to pick up some of that trash we come across on a day of diving. We need to clean our playground, make sure that the things that give us the most pleasure are pristine and stay that way. If you see someone throwing something in your yard at home and not picking it up wouldn’t you say some thing to them. Chances are if we do say something to the people littering our beaches we will see that litter on the ocean floor.
Become a advocate for your dive site
La Jolla Shores, La Jolla Cove, Boomers, Children s pool, The Marine Room, all great places when Diving San Diego I love diving those spots, we all do I love being able to walk up from a dive and find my spot on the grass and hang out with friends talking about the dive, going over the next dive with students doing the first two dives of their open water or the last two for those that didn’t want to go off a boat. During this surface interval how many of us watch those that come to the beach to party and have picnics with family cook food and leave trash on the ground, diapers, cans, food, what ever they bring that they don’t use, they leave near the trash not in it and figure it is okay, some one will clean it up. The staff at the Shores and the cove clean ever day the trash the people leave there its a thankless job, and they do it well.
I understand there are only so many trash cans and they only hold so much trash, but people need to take out what they Bring in. When they don’t , It ends up in the water plastic, Styrofoam cans, plastic bags, and so much more. This is Dangerous to the environment and to the aquatic life, Sea lions getting plastic around their fins, Lobster’s die in unattended traps. illegal traps set inside the preserve, fish die on fishing line, not being able to eat due to hooks lodged in their throat’s.
Our area may be coming back as far as some of the feeding areas for bigger fish but there is still so much trash down there, Lobster traps that have been rusted and broke free now catching fish randomly left to die in the traps. Thanks to some divers like the divers from SCUBA DIVER GIRLS, and AL’s DIVING two of the local Dive and Snorkel tour businesses. One of these traps was found and a rescue of a horn shark made, the trap was disabled and later brought to the surface and disposed of. Thank you S.D.G you girls rock.
Al’s Diving found a illegal Lobster Snare trap designed to catch lobster by baiting them and snaring them on a chain which they reported to fish and game.
Can we do anything?
Divers do pick up a lot of trash as they dive but we can’t pick it all up but what we can do is to mention to those people to make sure the trash is picked up and if they through stuff on the ground maybe politely to pick it up, I know now a days asking someone to do something could cause a problem but it still need’s to be done be polite they may not know what they are doing something has to be done. Pitch in everyone let’s clean it up.
Happy Blogging and safe diving.
