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Night Diving, Solo Diving – So Cal Buddy Diving with the Divevets off of the Island Diver boat

In With: 3200 psi
Out With: 600 psi
Max depth: 90 feet or so
Waves: Mild Chop
Visibility: 20 feet
Water Temperature: Sort of cold
Total Bottom Time: 20 minutes
Lobsters caught: 3

Another lobster trip on the Island Diver!

The new Captain, six divers and two diving Dive Masters left dock at 7:10 PM.

Our first stop was the Palawan wreck at 120 feet down.

Dan briefs the divers on this deep dive.

I was not overly enthused about this place because I would only have 10 minutes or so to look for bugs.

Dan sent Bob and Chris down with a florescent buoy that he was going to release if conditions and bugs were there.

We waited; everyone was waiting for the marker to pop up.

About 20 minutes later, Bob and Chris emerged with the announcement, “We aren’t close to the Palawan or the pipes.”

Bob had four lobsters stuffed in his bag, but said there weren’t many big ones.

We moved the boat to the location where the rest of us did our first dive.

I went down the anchor line and went South and then South West.

I started to get really narced, but I always maintained my composure.

The first 10 minutes of my dive I didn’t see one lobster, then I looked down and almost bypassed my first catch of the day.

I pinned and bagged it.

I ran across a few more, but only one was legal and I bagged that one.

I turned around and started heading back.

Down to 1000 psi I thought to myself, “This is about the time I run across a big lobster that wants to fight.”

Sure enough, I ran across a big lobster monster and pinned it.

The lobster monster started to try and escape by frantically flapping its tail; I almost lost my grip.

I shoved it in my bag half way and started my ascent, making sure not to repeat my close call from a few dives ago.

I spent a few minutes getting to the surface and emerged to the East of the boat.

After a 200 foot swim back to the boat, I briefed Bob and Chris on the conditions.

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Night Diving, Solo Diving – So Cal Buddy Diving with the Divevets off of the Island Diver boat

In With: 2900 psi
Out With: 1200 psi
Max depth: 55 feet or so
Waves: Pretty flat with occasional chop
Visibility: 20 feet
Water Temperature: Cool, in some places cold
Total Bottom Time: About 30 minutes

Now for the second dive at a “new” spot that the Captain in training recommended.

The Captain in training is not a diver, but he knows of this spot as a “good place to fish.”

I was out of the water for an hour by the time we reached this spot.

I was afraid that I went deeper last dive than what my gauge showed.

It took a long time to get back up and my depth gauge was stuck on 90 feet.

I decided to play it safe and cut my bottom time on this dive to a little over half of what it could be.

I was the first over board and promptly submerged.

I swam towards shore after hitting bottom at about 50 feet.

I trolled and trolled… the kelp was sparse.

There was suppose to be a metal artificial reef, but I never found it.

The bottom looks interesting with rocks and a variety of sea life, but I was looking for lobster.

I ran across one and pinned it.

It was about a quarter inch too short, I threw it back.

I think a few other divers must have caught and released that same lobster as everyone reported catching one short.

That poor thing must be traumatized.

I went back and boarded after doing a three minute safety stop.

Everybody gave the Captain in training a hard time for wasting our time here.

Heavy debriefing followed on the boat…
…and in the parking lot…

I pose with my stash of lobsters.

I made it a point to be brief in whatever I said – I didn’t want to bore anyone this time around.

One of the divers, who dives with a dry suit, was explaining how he rigged a suit urinal with tubing and a condom.

During the conversation he whipped his dick out to show us his set up.

He said, “I bet you didn’t expect that one, did you?”

Uh, no, we didn’t!