{"id":2035,"date":"2011-07-10T23:25:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T06:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2011-07-11T08:39:49","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T15:39:49","slug":"sunday-dive-conditions-report-and-4th-of-july-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2035","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Dive Conditions Report and 4th Of July Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Promptly showing up at 8:15 AM, I noticed that the free lot was almost full and divers were starting to gear up. <\/p>\n<p>But I didn&#8217;t recognize any of the divers; where were the regulars?<\/p>\n<p>I decided to check out the conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about starting immediately?<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/usdiverboxes3443.jpg' alt='Diving equipment boxes near the trash.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Three boxes of cheap snorkel gear was by the trash.<\/p>\n<p>A group must have just came from Big 5 and decided to see if their gear fits &#8211; I am guessing.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/omlfoam77yfs.jpg' alt='The Cove at Terranea' \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cove looked foamy, I met the group of regulars who were walking from The Point.<\/p>\n<p>In Nice Bob&#8217;s words, &#8220;You would be risking your life entering off the Point, for barely any visibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Conditions at the Cove looked divable from and entry and exit point of view, but the conditions looked crappy.<\/p>\n<p>A few divers dove here and later reports confirmed five to eight feet of visibility.<\/p>\n<p>The group decided to check out Honeymoon Cove; I followed.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/honeymooncove5552.jpg' alt='Honeymoon Cove' \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s some kind of construction going on at Honeymood cove; probably another mansion.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/honeymooncovetrail332.jpg' alt='The trail at Honeymoon Cove' \/><\/p>\n<p>Dive conditions looked good, but the trail still sucks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=612\">I have dove here before<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1401\">have been here when the group decided to dive.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trail fucking sucks, and I had a lot of stuff to get accomplished today, so I called the dive &#8211; by the way, I didn&#8217;t get much done regardless.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the group decided to dive Honeymoon Cove, but I split and ened up in San Pedro at Rebel&#8217;s Bar to watch the FIFA officials try and fix the Womens&#8217; World Cup kickball match in favor of Brazil &#8211; The USA still won!<\/p>\n<p>Ha! Ha! Screw Brazil! <\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m going to start whimping out on macho dives, I think I should go back to Wednesday night dives at Veteran&#8217;s Park &#8211; at least I would get wet.<\/p>\n<p>To get off the subject of diving a little bit, for the past few years I have been helping to set up professional fireworks shows on the 4th of July.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Professional Debriefer Paul was able to document the occassion with two of his award winning videos.<\/p>\n<p>So, this is my one day a year job: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-WL1pJ5sGcs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To view this video on YouTube, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-WL1pJ5sGcs\" target=\"_new\"> click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_OCyI37Gk8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To view this video on YouTube, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_OCyI37Gk8\" target=\"_new\"> click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next weekend is Military Bob&#8217;s last potential dive with us; I think it&#8217;s time for another parking lot party to say farewell. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promptly showing up at 8:15 AM, I noticed that the free lot was almost full and divers were starting to gear up. But I didn&#8217;t recognize any of the divers; where were the regulars? I decided to check out the conditions. Talk about starting immediately? Three boxes of cheap snorkel gear was by the trash. 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