Logged SCUBA Dive #329

Secret Location: 53 6f 75 74 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 2c 20 6f 6e 65 20 63 6f 76 65 20 6f 76 65 72 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 67 68 74 68 6f 75 73 65 2e, Palos Verdes

Solo Diving/SoCal Buddy Diving

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 400 psi
Max depth: 60 feet
Waves: Minor swells, but pretty darn flat
Visibility: 15 feet+
Temperature: 57 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 35 minutes

Instructor John and (Newly Certified) Instructor Ron and I took the faithful zodiac out tonight to liberate more lobsters.

We were going to try a deep spot and then, maybe shallower.

Hoop netters were already at one of our secret spots along the edge of the canyon – hoop netting in the exact location.

We decided to try Palos Verdes.

On the way over, we also noticed another hoop netter on the Palawan wreck; are the lobsters deep?

We anchored in 50 feet of water; I was the first to submerge.

Lobsters littered the floor – actually I should state that micro-lobsters littered the floor.

I grabbed and pinned what I thought was a legal bug, but upon measuring it, it was a half inch short; I released it unharmed.

Vis was good at the bottom; sort of murky at the top.

There was a lot of interesting reef structure, ling cod and various other sea life; but, unfortunately no legal bugs.

I was the first one back to the boat; John followed with one legal lobster.

Instructor Ron followed with one legal bug.

We moved the boat further North for the second dive of the night.

Logged SCUBA Dive #328

Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Dove with Not So New Chris and Chris From Michigan

In With: 3200 psi
Out With: 600 psi
Max depth: 45 feet
Waves: Minor swells, but pretty darn flat
Visibility: 10 feet+
Temperature: 55 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 60 minutes

Still a little hung over from attending the Monster Truck event at Anaheim Stadium last night,  I headed to Old Marineland for my traditional Sunday morning dive.

Arriving fashionably late,  I geared up and joined Not So New Chris and Chris From Michigan on a dive to 120 reef.

A lot of the regulars were out of town, on boats, or chained to their wives.

Some how, some way, the nice, flat and fairly sandy portions of the cove are now rock piles.

The coast changes every time there’s a storm, but there hasn’t been one for weeks.

Chris and Chris off of Terranea Resort.

Vis was crystal clear in the cove, but dropped to 10 feet at 120 reef.

A Sunstar crawls along the sand, looking for a home.

We followed not so new Chris on his photo hunt.

A Lingcod?

Yeah, I think so.

A starfish assaults a group of sea urchins.

A Green anemone next to a sea urchin.

Every time I dive here, I always run across a reef formation that I’ve never seen before.

We ran across the small arch.

Heading back in, we lost New So New Chris, but he surfaced shortly after we did.

Even though the beach is a lot rockier than previously, we all made uneventful exits.

After all the walking I did yesterday, I fell behind in the walk up.

The debriefing crew was light today.