Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Solo Diving

In with: 3100 psi
Out with: 800 psi
Maximum depth: 82 feet
Waves: 4 feet
Visibility: 10-15 feet
Water temperature: Warm, cooler at 80 feet
Total Bottom Time: 40 minutes or so.

I entered the water around 9:15 AM.

As usual, a lot of other divers were there.

I dropped down to 25 feet and went West over the shelf.

I almost ran in to another diver who was hovering at 60 feet – just practicing buoyancy, I guess.

Coming out I saw an unusual number of Bat Rays, many more than on previous dives.

At 50 feet, there were a lot of very small fish hanging around what looks like a budding reef or wanna-be kelp bed.

I went down to 70 feet and started getting dizzy, so I went back up to 60 and felt better.

After getting used to the depth, I proceeded to 82 feet.

I went back and at 60 feet went North.

It’s either not as dead as I thought, or the environment is coming back — slowly.

There were a lot of fish down there.

At 1000 psi, I headed in and surfaced when at 15 feet.

Coming out, I lost a fitting for one of my fins, but recovered it.

The waves were four feet. but breaking close to shore.

I walked up, but almost fell.

My nose was bleeding more than usual.

Long Point, CA
(aka The Old Marineland)

In with: 3000 psi
Out with: 600 psi
Max depth: 25 feet
Waves: 1-3 feet
Visibility: 10 feet
Water Temperature: Felt like room temperature
Total Bottom Time: 45-50 minutes

Dove with Nick

I met Nick at 9:30 AM at Malaga Cove; it was high tide, so I thought it might be OK.

Big, well, nuisance waves made the water look muddy; we chose to move on to Long Point.

Ed was with me; he was going free diving.

Nick, Ed and I entered the water around 10:30 AM.

Ed went West to solo dive; Nick and I went East.

Neither of us were photographing or hunting.

In a case like this, it’s watching Nick annoy all the sea creatures.

Visibility was about 15 feet, well probably 10 feet.

We stayed in water that didn’t go below 25 feet.

Nick found an octopus hole and started messing with the octopus.

All in all, an uneventful dive.

We made it out with no problems.

Ed was concerned that we were gone over one hour – I had told him to wait 45 minutes.

Ed didn’t do much free diving.