<\/p>\nHappy New Year!<\/p>\n
I woke up sort of late, from trying to sleep through the New Year’s gunshots in the Long Beach Ghetto.<\/p>\n
I arrived about 8:30 AM, and instead of taking a look at the conditions myself, I relied on the judgement of the experts.<\/p>\n
Apparently, it was a little surgy in The Cove and a little rough but “doable” at The Point.<\/p>\n
I decided to head off The Cove with Dennis G. and go right.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #399<\/p>\n
Dove with Dennis G.
\nTerranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA USA<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 1000 psi
\nMax depth: 47 feet
\nWaves: Surgy in the surf zone
\nVisibility: 10 feet to shitty
\nWater Temperature: 54 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 74 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes<\/p>\n
The entrance was easy.<\/p>\n
I followed Dennis, surface swimming to about half way to The Point.<\/p>\n
I wondered why we didn’t enter off The Point, if we were going to swim all that way?<\/p>\n
We submerged in about 20 feet of water and swam for about 15 minutes in the direction of The Point, making it down to 47 feet at the deepest.<\/p>\n
Visibility was shit – 10 feet at the best, but I’ll take 10 feet over 5 feet, any day.<\/p>\n
The only decent picture that turned out was of Dennis…<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
However, I must say, it was a nice, but green, dive!<\/p>\n
We turned back and made an uneventful exit at The Cove.<\/p>\n
We saw a few fisherman – they probably have no idea that this part of Palos Verdes is a fishing preserve.<\/p>\n
I’ve been trying to find out exactly where the fishing preserve begins and ends – from what I’ve heard it’s from Point Fermin to the Light House at Palos Verdes.<\/p>\n
I’m not an environmental nazi, but having seen the fish decline over ten years of diving here, I can’t really object to the fishing ban.<\/p>\n
I haven’t even bothered to spear fish for the last several years here, because there’s nothing to shoot.<\/p>\n
Making it back to the parking lot, two dry divers inquired about the conditions – they each had lost one fin upon entry, while getting pounded at The Point.<\/p>\n
Apparently, some in the group made some pretty hairy entrances – I think Dennis had our dive plan right.<\/p>\n
And for all the bravery that it took to enter off The Point, the reward was visibility that was worse than our dive – 8 feet was the report.<\/p>\n
I broke in our new ghetto grill by turning the heat all the way up, to burn off the Lead based Chinese paint.<\/p>\n
I filled the new grill with the old lava rocks from the previous ghetto grill, to keep the flavor consistent.<\/p>\n
Beer Brats, Beer, Jello Shots and a New Year’s Champagne toast ended the debriefing.<\/p>\n
May 2012 be a great year for everyone!<\/p>\n