Finding the Ranger, like any new dive site can be a little interesting. We were following directions from the Northwest Wreck Dives book, which were fairly good, except it would of been easier to find using the gps coordinates. There was one non-submerged piling and we started our search in a northerly direction from the exposed piling. While staying around 20 feet out from the submerged pilings near where the bottom slopes off steeply, we were able to see a row anemones highlighting the hull of the ship. We moved over the white line of anemones and descended to the ship. As the tide went out the visibility continued to drop. This wooden boat appears to be fairly fragile, so be careful if you decide to venture out to find it. There is one forward section that can be swam through, and a small amount of life. There is not a lot to write home about, but if it was dove at high tide it would be worth the trip. As the tide kept going out the vis definitely continued to diminish... After the dive we decided to post pone the other 2 dives in the area and shoot over to Redondo to dive with Kyle and Kelly.
Dive profile of the Ranger dive. The dive computer display on the picture is at the point of minimal no decompression time remaining.
Me next to the Ranger.
Sonia on the Ranger
A random crab.
At redondo, we joined up with Kyle and Kelly for 2 night dives. We saw a bunch of baby octos and had an excellent 2 more dives.
Both of Redondo's dive profiles are below. The dive computer display on the picture is at the point of minimal no decompression time remaining.
Dive 1
Dive 2
The many mini octos and stubby squid that we saw on the Redondo dives.
Stubby squid.
stubby squid
stubby squid
Octo
All photos courtesy of Sonia Brugger.
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