Coronado Islands

Coronado Islands
San Diego, CA.
These pictures are from my SCUBA dive on August 16th, 2001
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Photos by Tim McNew, © 2001 - 2002
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This is the boat I went to the Coronado Islands on. The photo was taken from Dive Connection's Website www.gottadive.com. I highly recommend using their services for anyone interested in making this trip. The crew was curtious and very helpful. They made sure my diving experience was one of the best. This trip is a must even for the newly certified diver.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This photo was taken on the bow of the boat, in the background you can see one of the smaller islands.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	Here I am standing on the rear deck. The boat is moving pretty fast, you have to hold on. Behind me are a couple of the smaller islands. They are known as the "middle grounds".
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	A picture of me sitting on the side of the boat. One of the middle islands is behind me.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This photo was taken while I was in the water with my fuji quicksnap waterproof camera. We are anchored at a spot known as "Lobster Shack" on the North Island. This was our first divesite. The rocky bottom drops down to sand around 50 ft with lots of different kinds of fish.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This view is looking at the dive platform on the rear of the boat. This is where we enter and exit the water. The steep rocky shore is typical of these islands.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	Here we are hovering above a large school of greenback mackeral, there were literally thousands of fish in a school that can only be described as a giant moving wall of fish. This was undoubtedly one of the high points of this dive.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This is another photo showing how densely packed the school of fish was. Unfortunately, I had to photograph them from the surface due to the limitations of the camera.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This photo was taken from the surface looking down about 30 feet. The diver is actually surrounded by the school of mackeral.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This photo shows the edge of the school of fish. I wanted to show some of the bottom so you can see what it looks like.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	This is a photo of the North Island as we are headed toward the Middle Grounds.
Click Here For Higher Resolution Photo	And finally, this is a last shot after we have finished our last dive and are heading for home.