From the OB Pier to the Coaster

A nice group of us left the docks at Aqua Adventures and headed out the channel. The seas were fairly calm and the waters warm. We looped down toward the Ocean Beach Pier and swung back toward Mission Beach. We were almost to the Belmont Rollercoaster, when we heard the call to the lifeguards about a diver in trouble on one of the wrecks.

We kept an eye out as we knew the lifeguard boats would be racing to the scene. We slipped back into the channel, wondering about the diver. We saw the boats returning with the diver on board. He had run out of air. I never found a mention of the incident in the new, so I can only assume he recovered.

Paddling close to the north side of the jetty, I grabbed what I thought was a empty can floating in the water. Instead, it was an unopened can of Coors Light. It was later poured down the drain.

We looped through Mariner's Cove. A few folks did a roll or two in the water. It was nice comfortable paddle, capping three times on the water in the same week.