Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his Basic Open Water Students Cheech, Lou (an older guy) and Bud (Lou’s nephew).*

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 2000 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: 1-4 foot ankle breakers
Visibility: 0-6 feet Red Tide!
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 20 minutes
*Student names have been changed.

Lou and Bud did their skin dives.

It was hard to read how comfortable they were in the water; they both seemed really tired.

Visibility was shitty.

John had me dive with Cheech while he dealt with the other two.

Cheech and I went to the shelf, messed around slightly – Cheech picked up a spider crab.

We came across a GI Joe “action figure,” pants and shoe pile on the bottom.

When we surfaced, Bud flagged us down so he could come in; he had problems equalizing, so John had him wait on the surface for us.

We made it ashore with no problems.

Casino Point, Catalina, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his Open Water student Cheech and his two advanced students.*

In With: 3100 psi
Out With: 1200 psi
Max depth: 35-40 feet
Waves: 1 to 2 feet, insignificant
Visibility: 55 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 40 minutes
*Student names have been changed.

We had a 45 minutes surface interval between this dive and last dive.

This was the second SCUBA dive today for Cheech; a fun dive for the Advanced students.

We went to the barge and then back up again.

We saw a jelly fish that the advanced students decided to try and inflate with air.

Cheech decided to wonder off a few times, but kept around us, sometimes ahead.

We exited the stairs with no problem.

The Advanced students decided to continue on their own; Cheech went snorkeling.

I found a weight belt at the beginning of the dive and tied it to one of the buoys.

John retrieved it later and turned it in for air credits.