Thinking that conditions would vastly improve this weekend with the Obama administration in power, I again headed down to the Old Marineland.

Reports from Not So New Chris from Saturday reported that the public parking lot is now closed and that conditions looked sucky.

Sure enough, to the relief of the surrounding community, the public lot is now part of the soon to be nine hole golf course of Terranea Resort.

So, it looks like we access through the main gate now?

The trail was still open, so I parked on the street and checked out the conditions.

Not one other diver was around at 8:20 AM.

The water looked divable, but not that great.

The swell maps from last night showed a pretty hard swell pounding the shore with four to six foot waves.

The cove looked a little muddy, but it was possible to dive.

So where is everyone?

I went to check out Honeymoon Cove where I met up with Not So New Chris.

He said, “Don’t even think about it.”

Honeymoon Cove looked like a surfer’s paradise; definitely Old Marineland would have been the better bet.

I met up with Reverend Al who was looking for the regular crew.

Al said, “I went to the main gate of Terranea Resort, but the guard had no idea that he was suppose to provide beach access.”

It’s the same crap again!

Oh well, I got back in to the mighty Duster and drove to Rebel’s Cocktails in San Pedro for a debrief, and then home, to the ghetto of Long Beach.

The swell map in the morning did not promise very good conditions.

Arriving a little late to Old Marineland, I was greeted by the regulars pulling out of the lot.

“We’re going to check out Hollymoon Cove,” a regular advised me.

Marineland’s cove looked flat, but very muddy.

I headed over to Honeymoon Cove.

Honeymoon Cove was undivable, with surfers enjoying the waves.

Christmas Tree Cove looked muddy also.

Some parts of the coast were getting pounded by waves, others were just plain muddy; it was almost as though we were looking at the after effects of some pretty hard swells.

A report came in from Redondo Beach – Veteran’s Park was “clear and flat.”

Some made their way to Redondo Beach, others went back to the parking lot of the Old Marineland.

One diver, Brian, managed to test the conditions of Old Marineland.

“Vis is four to eight feet, but it was worth it to me,” he said.