My friend and I went to Mission Bay to attempt to free dive for Lobster
. Our original plan was to paddle around the channel to the North side of the jetty wall. Well, conditions were not conducive. I'm not sure if they issued a small craft advisory, but they certainly sure should have.
If you're headed out that way in your kayak be careful and wear a lifejacket.
Water visibility was around 12 feet in the bay (Mariners Basin and surrounding area). The water was a bit chilly but manageable with a wet-suit. We only saw one lobster, which dashed back into the rocks before I could grab him. Needless to say, we ended up with zero. There was however a TON of bait in the water swimming around us, and I saw about a 3 lbs Spottie swim by. There was also a lot of perch and purple sea urchins.
In hopes that the weather had died down while we were in the water, we packed up out kayaks and headed over to the beach side after a few hours. It was quite the opposite. We walked out on the jetty right as chaos unfolded.
1. A small skiff; about a 16 foot Boston Whaler type boat with a small outboard had capsized and the driver was in the water. He eventually was rescued by the lifeguards.
2. A small 12 foot sail boat, (similar to a laser or sabot) was wrecked and washed up on the rocks.
3. A man was sailing his 14 foot sail boat and capsized. His boat was torn apart by the rocks, and finally got stuck. He was washed up on the rocks and must have gotten hurt, because the lifeguards couldn't get him by boat. A helicopter air lifted him out.
There was several life guard boats helping the people in trouble, two hard hull lifeguards boats, an inflatable coast guard boat, two lifeguard jet skis, a coat guard cutter, and a helicopter all involved.
Some of the pictures are low quality since the zoom on my camera is kinda lousy, but you can tell how rough it was.
Thanks goodness for the lifeguards and the Coast Guard. I hope the guy was alright and that his boat is repairable.
If anybody heard more about what happened please chime in.