Long Point, CA
(aka The Old Marineland)

Dove with Nick

The shore has been getting tossed the last few days.

I was suppose to go free diving with Ed yesterday, but Malaga Cove and Long Point was too turbulent.

I woke up this morning and scouted Redondo and Long Point.

I called Nick and reported that Long Point looked manageable.

We met at Long Point at 9 AM; went out about 9:35 AM and submerged a little before 10:00 AM.

I fell back trying to get in.

I put my fins on after walking out.

We swam to where I submerge usually.

I took Nick on my usual hunting route around the kelp bed off the cove.

Visability really sucked, 10 feet and soupy.

I broke open some sea urchins to attract some fish — I was hunting only for sheephead.

Nick was cameraless following me.

We surfaced after losing the kelp bed.

Nick had a hard time equalizing going back down.

Visability was really bad.

I hunted a little bit more and then we headed for shore.

We surfaced directly where we went out, but way out!

We swam in and made it to shore.

Nick had no problem getting ashore.

In with: 3100 psi
Out with: 500 psi
Max depth: 45 feet
Waves: 2 feet
Water Temp: 56 degrees F
Visibility: 10 feet and soupy

I met two free divers, Theo and Jason.

Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes, CA

Dove with Nick (Photos By Nick)

We met at 8 AM.

The waves were one foot at best.

We met one diver who was scouting the conditions.

He gave us some advise on the area.

We went off the rocks just as the path down ends.

It was very uncomfortable for me; I had a leak in my mask so it was half filled with water running up my nose.

The further I got out, I didn’t see it getting any deeper; it’s very shallow for a long way.

Nick did excellent on his first rock entry.

Nick checked my tank at my request; the latch had come lose on entry.

The Old Rossler Pool From The Water

Me Off Of Malaga Cove.

We went out a ways parallel to the pool (the old Rossler pool).

When we submerged we were no deeper than 15 feet.

Max depth for the entire dive was 20 feet.

Kelp was scarce, but the bottom is one big reef.

I didn’t see many big fish, but I saw several sand sharks and many lobsters (at least seven).

THIS IS THE PLACE FOR LOBSTERS!

We surfaced once because I couldn’t understand Nick’s hand signals; he wanted to know which way was the shore.

Shore was to the South-East.

We swam around for almost 45 minutes underwater.

I was hesitant to shoot any fish because I didn’t know if the many bottom dwelling sharks were vegetarian.

A crab attacks!

We came up farther out than our entry.

We went ashore next to the pool where it looked like the rocks were smaller.

Nick did great.

He said, “I’m not afraid of rocks anymore.”

In with: 2800 psi
Out with: 300 psi
Maximum depth: 20 feet
Waves: 1-2 feet
Visibility: 15 feet
Water temperature: 58 degrees F, according to Nick’s thermometer.