We got out to the Gloria today for 2 dives. We were greeted with a 4'-5' ground swell on the way out which continued until midmorning and then it flattened out. We hooked the wreck in the bow on the first try and the pool was open. The surface vis was about 20'-30' but as we descended it became dark and silty. The vis on the bottom was only 10' at best. It seemed as though some areas were brighter with better vis and others were darker and no vis. The bottom temp was 46 degrees and the temp at 20' was 50 degrees. It was a cold one. Given the ground swell there was little or no swell on the bottom and almost no current. We speared two flounders, one 8lbs and 28" long and one 5.5lbs and 25.5" long and also a few sea bass. There were definately quite a few flounders on this wreck and since the water temp was so cold they were slow to move about and thus easy to spear. There were quite a few lobsters but they were all small. This wreck is quite large and due to the lack of visibility, I utlized my line reel to navigate to the boilers and back to the bow. My line reel got jammed midway back and I spent the rest of my dive collecting the line. I almost never use my reel and navigate based on memory and I think I'll go back to that since these reels waste too much time. All in all it was a great day to take a break from the beach and go out diving. Kim Dixon
