My apologies to my four loyal readers – I had been sick with congestion and some kind of weird lung infection for about a month; obviously, I’ve had to stay out of the water.

But, with my recovery and the first day of Summer, I had decided to get back in the water at Terranea with a barbecue afterwards.

I posted on Divevets that I would be bringing the ghetto grill and some tube steaks – yeah, times are hard for me right now.

I pulled in to the public lot at Terranea Resort to find the lot packed with cars – I have never seen anything like it.

I was lucky enough to have scored a spot – other divers had to park on the street near the old public access lot.

I geared up and started the walk to the Point with Mean Bob and the other Dennis.

An ultralight aircraft buzzed by the coast on our way down to the shore.

I don’t know what it is – I always get nervous when entering off the Point.

There’s big boulders that you have to climb over and you have to time it right so you ride a swell out; any mistake means you could get beached on a rock, or slammed against the boulders by an incoming wave.

Luckily, the swells were gentile, and I entered without issues.

However, once I swam out, I was with Reverend Al and his group – Mean Bob was nowhere to be found.

The kelp was leaning in the opposite direction of the Cove – our exit point.

I told Al that I would follow his group, but I would leave early to fight the current back, and not to worry.

We descended.

Logged SCUBA Dive #467

Dove with: Reverend Al, Chipper and others, solo the second half

Terranea Resort (a.k.a. Old Marineland)
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA

In With: 2800 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 61 feet
Waves: Pretty calm, gentle, rolling swells
Visibility: 10 feet
Water Temperature: 72 degrees
Air Temperature: 81 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 43 minutes

Visibility sort of sucked.

A Cabezon, I think?

At 1500 psi I cut from the group and headed towards the Cove.

The highlight of my dive…

A Bat Ray!

Either this Bat Ray made the rounds, or there were many in the water at the time, but over debriefing, most divers saw at least one Bat Ray.

The light and visibility got better once I got shallower.

Something must have really been hungry to take a bite out of a Starfish!

I surfaced at 500 psi, about 150 yards from my exit.

I surface swam to the Cove.

I passed over a Sheep Crab.

Paddle Boarders

I made an easy exit to the watchful eyes of the Pacific Wilderness Dive Club.

Perfect conditions to exit!

Traditional debriefing started – announce that you are bringing a grill…

…and food starts showing up from all over the place.

Today’s group.

Tube steaks.

The buffet – Tube steaks, mustard, buns, potato chips, fruit salad, macaroni salad, pie and chocolate brownies.

Nothing like burning 800 calories beach diving to consume 1000 calories at the debriefing!

An excellent day back in the water – I am hoping this Summer will be full of diving!

There is a massive fish die off in Marina Del Rey Harbor.

Scientists have determined that the low tide, with so many fish, starved the water of Oxygen, causing the massive die off.

A freind who lives around there told me the die off started happening Saturday, and the air is starting to smell like the Salton Sea – RANCID!

Why were so many fish in the harbor?

In March of 2011, Redondo Beach had a massive fish die off, followed a few days later by the Earthquake in Japan that caused the massive Tsunami and Fukashima nuclear disaster.

Some drunk people I know said the fish sensed the danger and were trying to hide in the poorly oxygenated water of the protect harbor.

Could this new fish die off predict another major earthquake in a few days?

Another one of my friends just said, “If you want to stop the massive fish die offs, just stop peeing in the ocean.”

On a side note, I plan to be back in the water this week.

A two week cold with severe congestion, bad conditions and a slight lack of funds has kept me dry.

The thing is, after the current air in my tanks is gone, I need to get them hydro-tested.

I have faith in my old Luxfers that they will not explode.