Casino Point, Catalina, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his Open Water students Lou, Bud, Harry and Monfret*

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 1800 psi
Max depth: 60 feet plus
Waves: Insignificant
Visibility: 20 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 30 minutes
*Student names have been changed.

This was the “fun dive” that we made after lunch and a significant wait for air.

Everyone dove again, except Leeza; she was just too tired.

I followed the tail end of the group.

Not having to keep my eye on Leeza made this dive a little more enjoyable.

I think John pointed some scallops out to us.

We just hung out at the barge, followed John – same old, same old routine.

The whole dive went smoothly, nothing to report.

When we got back, the wait for air was so long, we decided to leave and luckily enough, we were able to catch the early boat back.

Leeza, Bud, Lou and Monfret graduated the Basic Open Water class today!

Casino Point, Catalina, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his Open Water students Leeza, Lou, Bud, Harry and Monfret*

In With: 1700 psi
Out With: 300 psi
Max depth: 60 feet
Waves: Insignificant
Visibility: 20 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 30 minutes
*Student names have been changed.

I didn’t get a refill on air because John said that 1700 psi should be plenty of air for this dive.

We all went back in the water after a short surface interval.

We followed John to the Jacques Cousteau Memorial then to the barge where we did the traditional “go through the opening in the barge” routine.

With five students, there seems to be always someone who wants to wander off somewhere.

As the dive got longer and longer, I was looking more and more at my gauges – 500 psi.

John was at the front of our student train, but I signaled, “Hey, John, I’m getting low on air here.”

Maybe it was more of a mind-melt, than a hand signal.

I had to reattach one of Leeza’s fins.

I followed everyone in with no problems.