It is a great way to get arrested and interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n
Having the Police with you is also a good idea. <\/p>\n
But, by not diving in a harbor, you are not missing anything at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Dove with Instructor John, his friend Jim and John’s Harbor Police Open Water students as part of my Dive Master training.<\/p>\n
In With: 2500 psi
\nOut With: 2000 psi
\nMax depth: 20 feet
\nWaves: Insignificant except for boat wake
\nVisibility: 0-2 feet, really shitty
\nWater Temperature: 60 degrees Fahrenheit, I think
\nTotal Bottom Time: 20 minutes
\nNotable Event: This was the first time I peed in my wetsuit!<\/p>\n
Redondo Beach was closed for a Triathlon, so the Police said that we could dive off of one of their boats inside the harbor.<\/p>\n
We met at 8 AM at the Harbor Police Station and then had to wait an hour for a student who woke up late.<\/p>\n
The “Sarg,” another Officer (they dove Redondo yesterday on the first dive), four students, John, Jim and myself squeezed onto a small Police boat.<\/p>\n
We sped to the inside of the break wall.<\/p>\n
I was the first in to the water after doing a “Jacques Cousteau” style back flip into the water; the current started to take me.<\/p>\n
We tried diving this spot, but pulled anchor and moved across the way. <\/p>\n
Another Police boat made sure none of us got swept into the channel.<\/p>\n
On board, I asked where “the head” was. <\/p>\n
The Pilot said, “You just came out of it.”<\/p>\n
We tried the dive on the other side of the channel.<\/p>\n
For whatever reason, two students didn’t make it into the water; one couldn’t get down.<\/p>\n
Having to urinate so bad, once I was in the water I finally peed in my wetsuit.<\/p>\n
It felt good and warmed me up a bit!<\/p>\n
Anyway, two students, Jim, John and myself submerged for the students to do their basic checkout.<\/p>\n
Vis was so bad, I could barely make out the other divers who were in arm’s distance.<\/p>\n
I thought we were missing a diver, but John motioned that it was “OK.”<\/p>\n
They did the entire basic except for removal and replacement of their weight belt. <\/p>\n
John gave them an exclusion for this dive because he would never have been able to find it if they dropped it. <\/p>\n
They performed the skill in the pool several times previously.<\/p>\n
After the checkout, Jim and I took the woman on a tour of nothing. <\/p>\n
John and the other student went off on their own.<\/p>\n
The woman and I followed Jim, or what we could make of his fins and tank, apparently in circles for several minutes until we got lost.<\/p>\n
We surfaced. <\/p>\n
I gulped a mouth full of harbor water by accident; it was so fucking gross – I think I’m going to get some kind of disease or sickness.<\/p>\n
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John and Jim enjoy the ride in the Police boat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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