Hoping to get some relief from the choking and nauseous fumes from the last day, because of the several fires from around here, I decided to try and, maybe not dive, but breathe a little easier at the Old Marineland, aka: Terranea Resort.

The regulars met, wheezing, coughing and barfing in the thick, choking smoke.

Chris A. and Not So New Chris were the only ones at that time to decide to risk irreversible lung damage.

I left and decided to go back to the Long Beach Ghetto.

The divide between the horrible air and the extremely noxious air became apparent once crossing the bridge from San Pedro.

The air is absolutely disgusting! It is raining soot!

This is the Sun at 11:00 AM.

It was raining soot so bad, some residents opted for protection under umbrellas.

OK, hopefully I can get back to diving in a few days!

The CIA needs to turn their weather machine on and create some rain around here!

Driving from the Long Beach Ghetto to Palos Verdes, I noticed a tremendous amount of wind.

I thought that we probably wouldn’t be diving, but I had to check conditions myself.

At exactly 8 AM, I pulled up to the main gate of the Terranea Resort; the wind was howling, not one diver was around, the security guard was not in sight and the front gates were locked.

I drove to the old “public access” lot and walked to the cliff side…

AngelShark, Reverend Al, Chris A and Not So New Chris were checking the conditions.

Reports from all over Palos Verdes were that conditions sucked!

Waves pounded against the Point; we walked to the other side, over looking Abalone Cove…

The other side of the cove revealed ocean water that resembled mud.

Waves pounded against the cliffs near the nude beach.

Reverend Al said it best… “I didn’t even bring my gear, I just came down here to see how bad the conditions were.”

Later posted on the DiveVets’ message board indicated conditions even at Redondo Beach were “some of the worst conditions… ever seen there.”

I think the lobsters are going to be pushed ever deeper.

I’m on a chartered lobster boat this coming Friday and have an opportunity to go zodiac diving sometime before; hopefully, conditions will improve.