Veteran’s Park
Redondo Beach, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his private Open Water student.

In With: 2800 psi
Out With: 1900 psi
Max depth: 65 feet
Waves: 1-3 feet
Visibility: 10 feet over the shelf
Water Temperature: Pretty F’ing cold over the shelf; I think john said it was 55 degrees Fahrenheit
Total Bottom Time: 20 minutes

This was the student’s first time diving in the ocean.

Apparently, he is a surfer and very comfortable in the water.

We did the usual “walk out and feel the bottom” and “skin dive” routines before dawning our SCUBA gear.

We submerged about 9:15 AM and went down to 60 feet – something that John usually doesn’t do on first dives.

However, the student was really comfortable in the water and the visibility sucked until we went over the shelf.

Out with no problem.

The student walked ashore, not crawled; that’s very impressive for a first dive!

Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his Open Water students Franklin and Eleanor.*

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 2000 psi
Max depth: 50 feet
Waves: 1-4 feet
Visibility: 5-10 feet, getting clearer
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees Fahrenheit and getting warmer.
Total Bottom Time: 24 minutes
*Note: Student names have been changed.*

Franklin kept floating up; he had a tough time equalizing.

Eleanor made it to the bottom at 20 feet; I followed her.

Franklin was still having problems for a while but eventually we all made it.

John lead, the couple followed, and often held hands.

Talk about buddy diving!

I took up the rear.

Franklin stopped at the lip of the shelf… he was still having problems equalizing.

Eleanor of course stopped and waited; John had to swim back and find us.

Was this a boring dive?

Not really.

I would rather look at students diving than look at nothing – nothing is often what is seen here off of Redondo.

There is a really hot diving instructor that I saw; maybe she’s from Sea D Sea?

Visibility was better on this dive than on my earlier two.

I was first on shore and helped the couple onto the sand; they were exhausted.