Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Dove with Instructor John, and two of his Advanced Students.

In With: 3100 psi
Out With: 1200 psi
Max depth: 110 feet
Waves: 1 to 3 feet, surf advisory
Visibility: 1-6 feet, horrible deep
Water Temperature: 57 degrees Fahrenheit, according to John.
Total Bottom Time: 25 minutes

This was a deep dive for John’s Advanced students.

We submerged and followed John down the shelf.

I’m so glad that John found a light on the last dive and gave it to me.

It was so dark off the shelf that it was similar to night diving.

Basically, we went down the shelf to 100 feet.

John turned around, checked the students’ air and motioned to go back.

I guess I’ll call this a “boomerang dive.”

We did a “safety stop” once out of the canyon and made it ashore with no problems.

A pretty uneventful dive, just the way I like it with students in tow.

Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Dove with Instructor John, his Open Water student Lurch and two of his Advanced Students*

In With: 2500 psi
Out With: 800 psi
Max depth: 45 feet
Waves: 1 to 3 feet, surf advisory
Visibility: 1-6 feet
Water Temperature: Cold
Total Bottom Time: 35 minutes
*Student names have been changed.

I’ve been helping John with his classroom and pool for my “Training Assistant” specialty.

We told Lurch that “we have another Pedro in class, his name is Cheech.”

Lurch told us, “Good luck.”

We were in the water fairly quickly.

This was a checkout dive for all students and was suppose to be a “take the mask off and swim for two minutes” exercise for the Advanced students.

After the checkout part of the dive, they did a navigation run – North, East, South, West and back to us.

They missed us by a few yards, but that was due to the current, I think.

Lurch pointed out to me that he was at 800 psi; we turned back and went in.