September 21, 2019*

It was decided that we would stay at the Rookery for our second dive because of the vicious Sea Lion encounters.

Having been a cage fighter in training for several years, I was not scared.

During our surface interval, there were some reconnaissance Sea Lions that scouted our activity.

Again, I was the first diver off the boat, and swam towards the pack of vicious Sea Lions that had gathered for their next attack.

Logged SCUBA Dive #512

Solo Diving, SoCal Buddy Diving

The Rookery, Santa Barbara Island, CA

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 700 psi
Max depth: 42 feet
Waves: Slight Chop, but pretty calm
Visibility: 15-30 feet depending on where you were.
Water Temperature: 62 degrees at depth
Air Temperature: 76 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes

After about 35 minutes of fighting off Sea Lion attacks, I started to make my way back to the boat.

The boat was not far, the Marine Police were never called – snitches get stitches – and I made my way back from another dive of cheating death.

We anchored at the South-East Kelp forest for our third dive.

More to come, so stay tuned!

*Due to lack of internet access, and too much to do to write while it is happening, there has been a delay in these posts. Pretend you are in 1990.

The end of July will be the last estate sale that I have to deal with, but I have been working all the weekends to make that happen.

I’ve been dry for so long, I may have to take a refresher course, or maybe just a solo dive at Veterans Park to see if I still know how to dive.

However, with surf advisories in the news, I wonder how good the diving is lately.

With little news, relevant to SCUBA diving or not, I would like to share part of my SCUBA diving humor collection.

These are images that I have carefully stolen off the internet and re-posted for your entertainment.