I had to take a leak in a new area that I was exploring, so I walked towards the cliffs and stumbled across this really cool cave. I explored it for a bit, and was amazed that it lead right to the ocean! It was such an amazing entry that I had to come back and go spearfish it.
What started off being an awesome morning, quickly turned into a total nightmare by nightfall. The water was really clear and nice in the beginning, but as we got farther out, it just got a lot murkier. We didn’t notice how bad the swell had picked up, and by the time we were heading in, the cave was closing from the surge! It was pretty terrifying!
We waited for the swell to die down, and then I shot into the cave with about 30lbs of gear attached to the bodyboard. I had a small window to swim through the cave, get myself up onto the rock, and take my fins off. My friend made a critical error by climbing onto the rock instead of letting the surge push him up. So when the next wave came in, it bashed him into the rock head first and he did a front flip in the water. Then the vortex pulled him down and held him under the water for a long time! While under the water he was getting his head bashed and his mask ripped off. He thought he was going to die, because he could not swim up to get air. Thankfully the next wave pushed him all the way to the top and he was saved. During all of this, my gun got ripped off the float and I was too scared to jump in and search for it. Amy on the other hand, was thinking about jumping in and looking for it, until a big surge came in and knocked her on her butt.
The next day we had rented a boat, and I ripped the leg off my suit on the boat cleat. I was not having the best weekend lol. Thankfully I got that nice Kali, and Wahanui on my trusty CT9 (www.evolvediving.com/). I also grabbed a fat lobster (filmed in April) which was delicious.
I went back to the cave everyday (1 hour drive each way) and the surge was just to gnarly to jump in. Finally I couldn’t take it anymore and just sent it. Thankfully I found my baby and life was pretty sweet again :)
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