Lobster hunting with the Divevets off the Island Diver

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Solo Diving/night diving

In With: 2700 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: 1-2 feet plus, lots of surge
Visibility: 10 feet
Water Temperature: 53 degrees Fahrenheit
Total Bottom Time: 30 minutes plus

I competed in the Copa Pacifica Ultimate Jiu Jitsu Death Match last week, so I sold my March 2nd tickets.

However, the boat was canceled and I bought another ticket on tonight’s boat from someone who couldn’t make the makeup.

Me, Dan, Bob, Jim P, Walt and a sixth diver… I can’t remember his name were on the boat.

Anyway, apparently divers are catching lobsters shallow again, so Dan suggested that we try a shallower secret spot.

I was the second overboard.

It was colder than I thought; I later found out that the water was 53 degrees Fahrenheit at depth and 57 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.

I got an “ice cream headache” going down.

I grabbed two shorts and kept looking.

This place has many reefs and rocks and the kelp was pretty thick.

Lots of surge…

I kept almost running into reefs looking at the bottom for bugs.

Thirty minutes of fighting the surge and kelp, I surfaced and headed for the boat.

I crawled over a lot of kelp.

I tried submerging and swimming underneath the kelp, but I kept getting caught.

When I boarded, I had so much kelp caught on me that Captain Alec asked, “Do you have a license to harvest all that kelp?”

Some other divers hauled up an anchor that they found.

Dan and a few others caught one or two bugs.

Bob came up empty handed, so I didn’t feel so bad.

Lobster hunting off the “Island Diver” boat with the Divevets Group

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So Cal Buddy diving with Roland B./night diving

In With: 2800 psi
Out With: 1300 psi
Max depth: 50 feet
Waves: Light chop
Visibility: 15 feet
Water Temperature: About 55 degrees Fahrenheit, I think.
Total Bottom Time: 35 minutes

After an hour surface interval, it was back in the water again to look for more lobsters.

I was the second overboard, Tony was the first.

I asked which direction I should go and was told, “just jump overboard,” and did just that.

I believe I went East and trolled over large hills of sand at 50 feet.

Dead kelp at the bottom fooled me for lobster… and then I came across a lobster and pinned it!

I measured it quickly and bagged it.

I kept wondering why the hell anyone would call this place what it’s called.

It’s named for a sunken landmark.

I surfaced, went back underneath the boat, and did large circles trolling for more lobsters.

I figured 30 minutes would be a safe dive.

I trolled and trolled and figured that all I could come back with is one lobster – and quite an expensive one at that.

I surfaced close to the boat, but remeasured my lobster before making my way back.

It must have shrunk in the air; it was slightly short.

I asked why this place was named for a wreck that wasn’t there.

Apparently, there is a sunken craft there, I just didn’t run across it.

Someone asked, “Who was your buddy?”

I said, “Roland.”

He said, “Well, Roland was there, so either you didn’t stay together or you saw it.”

The dives are over, now comes the debriefing!

Sitting near the Captain breaks the wind.

After the Captain threw us off the ship when it docked, the debriefing continued in the parking lot.

Another group shot, I’m to the far right looking as macho as ever.