Went down to Monterey yesterday for a dive trip aboard the Escapade. Well, it was overall quite miserable. The visibility was in the 5ft range. There was a current under the surface and quite a bit of surge. I ended up getting cold. Bah. Not much to see either: a few fish and a couple of blue whales. OK, the blue whales were cool. But that's not all.

Back on the surface, we saw a trio of humpback whales this time that kept breaching to the surface. Quite spectacular. Majestic, in a multi-ton kind of way.

The ocean was very calm, with barely a wave on the surface. Unfortunately, those are the perfect condition for me to get motion sickness. I ended up throwing up abundantly and was quite relieved when we finally returned to the port. I'll have to try again when the weather is a bit more rough :-)