Good day to the group. I've got a buddy I've been diving with on the north coast (Fort Bragg area) and he's been building some serious skills. Diving over 50 feet and has bagged several big lings. He has not had much luck with conditions diving Monterey and south. His birthday is in September and his girlfriend is looking to hire a boat to take us to magical Big Sur territory for some good eats. Does anyone know of a good captain/vessel to hire for a same day out and back? Thanks in advance folks. Photo of our dive earlier this year attached.

Hi guys! I'm new here and also relatively new to spearfishing. Just to introduce myself: my name's Nathan, I'm 21 and a San Jose native, home for the summer from college. I got into spearfishing last year around August with a buddy of mine (Daniel, 26) and we've been getting a decent hang for spearfishing/freediving. So far we've stuck mainly to Stillwater and Pacific Grove, and have reached 50 ft depths pretty regularly and without too much difficulty. We each put decent rockfish on the kayak regularly, mainly with polespears up until a month ago. So I figured it might be time to reach out and just see if I could hopefully connect with you spearos. Would love to learn from y'all! I'd like to go out this Sunday and I'm not sure if my buddy can make it. If anyone's up for some spearing let's do it! I was thinking of maybe trying Del Monte for some Halibut, or just returning to Stillwater for some decent rockfish and the ever elusive ling. I can get access to a kayak this weekend if necessary. I'm also totally open to ideas and can drive anywhere, so if y'all have a spot you'd rather go to and wouldn't mind a noob tagging along, that'd be great. Please shoot me a text or email (or pm if that's a function on this forum): nbyatescollege@gmail.com 4*0*8*7*0*5*3*8*2*3 Hopefully my buddy and I will get the chance to spear alongside you guys soon. Thanks for taking the time to read through! Nathan

I'm planning to dive from my kayak. Unless you have room on your boat :) Swell forecast is looking minimal / flat, let's hope the sun comes out and the wind stays down. We'll have a minus tide (-0.4) just before 8am going up to 3.2 at 3:30pm