| At the southern-most tip of the USA is
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| | years to go before it can compete with
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| beautiful San Diego, California -- my
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| | its older companions as a showpiece of
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| home town and a playground for every
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| | densely populated cover.The Ruby E, a
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| water sport from skiing, sailing and
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| | 170-foot Coast Guard cutter resting in
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| surfing to fishing, snorkeling and scuba
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| | about 70 feet of water, was covered bow
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| diving.As a scuba diver you'll find an
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| | to stern with brilliantly colored
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| exciting variety of marine life in Wreck
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| | Corynactis Californica anemones only a
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| Alley, in various kelp forests and in La
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| | few years ago. But being one of the most
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| Jolla's massive underwater park.The park
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| | beautiful sights for scuba divers' eyes
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| combines La Jolla Submarine Canyon and
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| | brought so much scuba diving traffic that
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| Scripps Canyon, an underwater treasure of
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| | some of the life has disappeared. Yet you
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| marine life including some of the more
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| | can still drift through the wheelhouse
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| bizarre creatures among us.The valley of
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| | and be absolutely dazzled by thick
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| this huge canyon system is about 1600
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| | growths in a stunning array of colors. Be
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| feet down. Its steep walls rise into two
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| | sure to bring a light.Then there's the
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| branches just made for convenient scuba
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| | kelp cutter Del Rey and several smaller
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| diving access from the beach at either
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| | wrecks, all with much more growth than
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| the La Jolla Cove or La Jolla Shores.At
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| | the others because of lighter scuba
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| the La Jolla Shores side you can start at
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| | diving traffic.Now if you want to feel
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| the foot of Valicitos Street and swim to
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| | like you're on an underwater highway, be
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| the buoys that mark the canyon's upper
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| | sure to visit the Ingraham Street Bridge
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| reaches. Better be pretty skilled at
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| | at about 60 feet down. It was demolished
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| swimming in surf. Otherwise, take a scuba
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| | and dumped here in the '50s or '60s to
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| diving charter boat out of Mission Bay.By
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| | make way for a new bridge in Mission Bay
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| the time you've descended to about 30
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| | Aquatic Park. Now with some 50 years of
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| feet you'll be at the Scripps Canyon rim
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| | cover it has become more like a natural
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| and its precipitous, narrow walls that
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| | reef with abundant growths of kelp, fans
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| plunge ever deeper toward the abyss. Be
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| | and algae, great colonies of filter
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| very careful here because the dropoff is
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| | feeders and all the marine life that
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| nearly vertical at some points, often
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| | comes to nibble.Finally, there's NOSC
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| involving overhanging walls.Visibility is
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| | Tower, thanks to a 20-foot wave that
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| good but variable due to upwellings and
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| | dealt a fatal blow in the dark of one
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| occasional strong currents. Winter water
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| | 1988 winter night. For three decades the
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| temperature is in the 50s; summer water
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| | NOSC Tower had served as a research
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| gets up to the high 60s and sometimes low
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| | platform off Mission Beach for the Naval
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| 70s.Scuba divers and scientists alike
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| | Electronics Lab and the Naval Ocean
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| have made the La Jolla and Scripps
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| | Systems Center. Now it's a twisted mass
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| Canyons one of the most-studied undersea
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| | of steel covered with anemones, mussels
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| environments in the world. You can see
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| | and star for fabulous scuba diving in a
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| the prestigious Scripps Institution of
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| | world of stunning color. Bring a light
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| Oceanography and pier from any point
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| | for the show and a sharp knife for the
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| along the La Jolla coastline. La Jolla
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| | fishing line and rope that you're likely
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| Canyon's fan valley was the site of the
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| | to find.Bring your camera too, of course,
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| world's first deep oceanic drillings,
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| | for a great photography dive. Visibility
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| where core samples were retrieved from
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| | averages 15-25 feet and by the way,
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| thousands of feet below the sea floor in
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| | hunting is not wanted here.You can reach
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| 1961.15 minutes south of La Jolla is
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| | this great scuba location on such Mission
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| Wreck Alley, about a mile off Mission
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| | Bay charter boats as Blue Escape
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| Beach. Here you can explore artificial
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| | (619-223-3483), Dive Connection
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| reefs created by eight sunken ships and a
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| | (619-523-9282) and DiveQuest
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| couple of unlikely structures that got
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| | (800-303-3483).Copyright MBPCO 2006 and
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| there by both accident and intent.The
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| | Beyond. Elizabeth Miller is a
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| latest addition is the 366-foot Canadian
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| | professional freelance copywriter for
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| destroyer Yukon, which was intentionally
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| | Miller Direct, and a general partner in
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| sunk here in about 100 feet of water
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| | Miller Bridges Partners. Here's where
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| during the year 2000. The Yukon still has
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| | you'll see more about scuba diving.
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