Veteran’s Park
8 AM
Redondo Beach, CA

Solo Diving

My friend Nick informed me that he was going to take a lesson at Redondo.

 I haven’t been deep diving in a while, so Redondo Beach was it!

I entered the water about 8:30 AM; there were virtually no waves, a foot at best.

I walked in to the water and put my fins on.

I went down initially to 25 feet and swam West towrds the shelf.

I went down the shelf to 80 feet. It was of course, really cold and dark.

Squid egg sacks were sparse, but were there.

I was at 80 feet for about five minutes.

I started going back up the shelf and paid attention to how many dead crab skeletons littered the bottom.

The floor is pretty barren; but coming back up the shelf, at the top was a huge white starfish, in the middle of nothing.

I swam toward the beach and surfaced when I was at 10 feet.

I took my fins off in the water and walked ashore.

I stayed under about 40 minutes.

In with: 2800 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 80 feet
Waves: 1 foot
Water Temp: Cool
Visibility: 15 feet

I met Nick when I was done, shortly after I got dressed.

All he did was float on top of the water – how Boring!

He wants to know what it’s like to dive.

The water was so calm here, Long Point must be spectacular.

I’ll try Long Point tomorrow.

Long Point, CA
(aka The Old Marineland)

Solo Diving

The weather was nice, the waves were only four feet.

The regular beach divers Dennis, Fred and Al were there; Nick also came down to watch.

Nick’s going through NAUI classes right now.

Always make sure your air is on.

Entering the water, the waves declines sooner than I thought and I was beached until a wave picked me back up.

The water was cool, the visibility was 10 feet and soupy.

I swam around the kelp bed at the tip of the point.

 Under that kelp bed is a bunch of small caves and big rocks.

I saw a huge lobster backed into one of the caves.

I rode a huge wave coming back in.

In with 3100 psi
Out with: 1200 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
water cool
waves 4-6 feet
Underwater 45 minutes

Carrying all my crap back up.