Casino Point, Catalina, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his Open Water student Cheech and his two advanced students.*

In With: 3100 psi
Out With: 1200 psi
Max depth: 35-40 feet
Waves: 1 to 2 feet, insignificant
Visibility: 55 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 40 minutes
*Student names have been changed.

We had a 45 minutes surface interval between this dive and last dive.

This was the second SCUBA dive today for Cheech; a fun dive for the Advanced students.

We went to the barge and then back up again.

We saw a jelly fish that the advanced students decided to try and inflate with air.

Cheech decided to wonder off a few times, but kept around us, sometimes ahead.

We exited the stairs with no problem.

The Advanced students decided to continue on their own; Cheech went snorkeling.

I found a weight belt at the beginning of the dive and tied it to one of the buoys.

John retrieved it later and turned it in for air credits.

Casino Point, Catalina, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his two advanced students.

In With: 3100 psi
Out With: 900 psi
Max depth: 95 feet
Waves: 1 to 2 feet, insignificant
Visibility: 25 feet
Water Temperature: Cool, cold at depth
Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes

This was our after lunch deep dive.

The beginning students were excluded from this dive.

We swam to the edge of the park, to the right of the stair case and submerged to 95 feet.

We followed John to the Sujac.

John started digging around in the crevices at the bottom of the boat – for what, I don’t know.

The advanced students were suppose to take a compass heading before submerging and bring us back to the stairs.

We followed them until it was apparent they had missed the stairs.

John checked everyone’s air, then lead us to the barge.

John went through the opening in the barge, the students followed and then me.

The student ahead of me got caught on kelp or couldn’t find the exit; I backed up.

I found out later he had to cut himself free.

We ended up covering the entire park – the Sujac to the barge.

We exited with no problems.