Just imagine diving mano lobo or the pinacles or point lobos for hours on end! Your chance of seeing the big palagics would be higher. If you have easy access to that area, I wouldn't wait, It's some of the best diving i've done cold or tropic.
I've found one thing to be true for diving carmell/monterey...best to get your fill of diving there whenever the weather is perfect so when it's not you're not tempted to put yourself into misserable conditions. when the weather is sub optimal there is so much other fun stuff to do in that area. A rebreather has helped us take full advantage of the times that the water is calm and clear.
but like i said, we've put off having kids a few more years, even put off purchasing a house for a year so we could afford the time and money for rebreathers and adventure travel...it has definitely been a big committment that has come with it's sacrafices, since we are relatively young and not born millionaires.
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Gill - good idea, hadnt really considered a rental-course setup. worth looking into. every now & then i see a small group training when i dive monterey (which is frequent) - that could be my first step. will look thru the forum posts, somethings sure to *surface* many thanks for your reply - phil