I finally made it down to Laguna Beach again!

Military Bob was nice enough to invite me down for a couple of dives.

It was interesting to note how many divers, fisherman and beach goers can squeeze into residential parking spots.

Military Bob’s regulator was free flowing; I don’t know what we did – we banged on it, shoved a few screw drivers down to try and adjust it and poured water over it – but we fixed it.

“Can you breathe through it?” I asked.

“Yeah.”

“Well I guess we’re good to go.”

Logged Dive #357
Laguna Beach, CA

Dead Man’s Reef from North Crescent Cove

Dove with Military Bob

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 55 feet
Waves: Pretty flat with some waist high swells in the surf zone
Visibility: 30 feet (no joke)
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 45 minutes

After an easy entrance and 100 yard surface swim to the reef, we submerged.

Visibility was spectacular!

Vis was as good as 30 feet.

We found a huge lobster in 25 feet of water, but were unable to dig it out.

The remains of an octopus feast.

A deadly hork shark waits to attack.

We headed back when I was down to 1000 psi; after a short surface swim to the beach, we were out with no trouble.

Logged Dive #356
Palos Verdes, CA

Secret Location: 32 35 30 20 79 61 72 64 73 20 53 6f 74 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 73 70 6f 74 2e

Solo Diving/SoCal Buddy Diving

In With: 2800 psi
Out With: 400 psi
Max depth: 60 feet
Waves: Sort of choppy
Visibility: 15 feet
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 35 minutes

We moved the boat to a deeper spot; I submerged down the anchor line and hit the bottom at 50 feet.

My computer had broke, so I used the tables to guestimate my time; we had to wait for another diver to return to the boat from the last dive – he swam to the wrong boat and had a hell of a surface swim back.

I caught a bug pretty early in my dive and then pinned two monsters; vis was clear, up to 15 feet.

I made it back to the boat; two divers were still on board – one was sea sick and didn’t make a second dive, the other didn’t feel like making another dive, but hung out with Rolando and helped to prematurely deplete our beer supply.

Dan and Hot Biker Chick Donna made it back with three bugs.

For some strange reason, Dan had to go back in the water, at least to waist level.

The other divers made it back; Hollywood and Mike C. limited, while others got one or two bugs or even got skunked.

The ride back was a typical debrief; we all agreed that the lobsters have gone deeper.

I pose with my catch for the night; sucking my gut in makes me look like I have three double chins.

Debriefing continued at Rocky Point; some really weird, but hysterically funny, conversations ensued.

This night, eight divers caught a total of 20 lobsters.