Logged Dive #356
Palos Verdes, CA

Secret Location: 32 35 30 20 79 61 72 64 73 20 53 6f 74 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 73 70 6f 74 2e

Solo Diving/SoCal Buddy Diving

In With: 2800 psi
Out With: 400 psi
Max depth: 60 feet
Waves: Sort of choppy
Visibility: 15 feet
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 35 minutes

We moved the boat to a deeper spot; I submerged down the anchor line and hit the bottom at 50 feet.

My computer had broke, so I used the tables to guestimate my time; we had to wait for another diver to return to the boat from the last dive – he swam to the wrong boat and had a hell of a surface swim back.

I caught a bug pretty early in my dive and then pinned two monsters; vis was clear, up to 15 feet.

I made it back to the boat; two divers were still on board – one was sea sick and didn’t make a second dive, the other didn’t feel like making another dive, but hung out with Rolando and helped to prematurely deplete our beer supply.

Dan and Hot Biker Chick Donna made it back with three bugs.

For some strange reason, Dan had to go back in the water, at least to waist level.

The other divers made it back; Hollywood and Mike C. limited, while others got one or two bugs or even got skunked.

The ride back was a typical debrief; we all agreed that the lobsters have gone deeper.

I pose with my catch for the night; sucking my gut in makes me look like I have three double chins.

Debriefing continued at Rocky Point; some really weird, but hysterically funny, conversations ensued.

This night, eight divers caught a total of 20 lobsters.

There were storms in Southern California earlier in the week; I think they at least put all the forest fires out.

The weather has calmed down a bit, so the Divevets’ Island Diver charter went back out to our “secret lobster farm.”

The boat left with the Captain, Rolando the beer concierge, and eight divers – Dan, Mean Bob, Richard The Brit, Mike C., Reverend Al, Hollywood, Donna the Hot Biker Chick and Me; two chicks on the boat is a rarity.

Logged Dive #355
Palos Verdes, CA

Secret Location: 32 35 30 20 79 61 72 64 73 20 53 6f 75 74 68 20 6f 66 20 6f 75 72 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 6e 6f 20 62 6f 61 74 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 73 65 65 6e 20 6f 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 6e 69 67 68 74 2e

Solo Diving/SoCal Buddy Diving

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 300 psi
Max depth: 45 feet
Waves: Sort of choppy
Visibility: 10 feet or worse
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 45 minutes

I was the first one over board; the boat anchored in 40 feet of water, so I decided to do my lucrative voyage to 25 feet where I caught six lobster last time.

I saw a few shorts and grabbed one legal lobster in about 30 feet; the vis was really crappy, maybe 10 feet at best.

I missed the pin on a big bug, which pissed me off, as I really didn’t see too many lobsters to begin with.

I navigated back and surfaced with 300 psi; I looked South and then East and then North, but didn’t see the boat.

Where the hell is the boat?

I turned West, and the boat was about 20 feet away; I was first back with one bug and a grim report.

The other divers slowly made their way back – some got skunked, some came back with one or two.

Hollywood and Mike C. scored with four bugs; all caught in 50 feet of water.

We analyzed our dive; I spent too much time shallow, the storm earlier in the week has pushed them deeper.

We moved the boat to a deeper spot.