Veterans Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Dove as a safety diver with Instructor John and two of his students Bonnie and Clyde.*

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 2100 psi
Max depth: 50 feet
Waves: 1-3 feet
Visibility: 5 feet, shitty
Water Temperature: 60 degrees Fahrenheit or so
Total Bottom Time: 31 minutes
*Note: Student names have been changed.*

This was their “check out” dive, which was suppose to be the second dive last Sunday.

The surf was a little rough; we entered the water around 6 PM.

John checked Clyde’s air before we were about to venture over the shelf; Clyde was running out of air.

We immediately came up.

Bonnie had trouble inflating her BC.

She was bobbing up and down.

I asked, “Are you OK?”

She nodded.

John asked me to help her put air in her BC jacket.

I fumbled with her inflater hose, but it wasn’t working; Clyde grabbed the hose and inflated it manually.

Coming ashore, I helped Bonnie off with her fins; I didn’t quite throw them clear of the wet sand and ended up retrieving them from a receding wave.

This dive sort of sucked for me.

I really need to pay more attention and realize that these students don’t know how to dive.

Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Dove as a safety diver with Instructor John and two of his students Bonnie and Clyde.*

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 1900 psi
Max depth: 65 feet
Waves: 1-4 feet
Visibility: 5-8 feet, shitty
Water Temperature: Felt about 60 degrees Fahrenheit
Total Bottom Time: About 20 minutes
*Note: Student names have been changed.*

Pacific Wilderness was there also teaching a class.

We did an initial “get wet” introduction to get the students familiar with the force of the waves; of course it was done without gear on.

Bonnie had sort of a hard time getting through the surf zone; at least it took her a while.

John escorted Bonnie through the surf zone, I went out with Clyde.

Visibility sucked, but once out of the surf zone, there weren’t any problems to speak of.

Bonnie was over weighted, she crawled down the shelf.

It took her a while to get down, but once down she was OK; Clyde did fine, too.

It was the typical “follow John” dive – over the shelf, along the shelf, up the shelf.

I was the first one ashore and helped Bonnie out.