Veteran’s Park
Redondo Beach, CA

Dove with Daniel M From Redondo Pier

I met Daniel M at Long Point.

It was low tide and the waves were sweeping into the rocks; not fun and probably dangerous.

We drove to Redondo Beach where it was much calmer.

Daniel told me that he packed his gear really quickly.

I said, “that’s too bad, people usually forget stuff doing that.”

Sure enough, he forgot his regulator.

Luckily, I had mine and Ed’s with me.

I lent him Ed’s because it’s the better rig.

We entered the water about 8:40 AM and swam to where it is 30 feet; we descended.

I followed him, slow and side by side — quite a change from diving with Ed and Nick.

At 70 feet, he signaled to go back to 50 feet.

We did, which is at the shelf.

We swam North, where we saw a dollar bill lying on the ocean floor.

I kept it because Daniel owed me $2.

At 1400 psi, we started heading back South-East.

At 15 feet, I started floating up.

I signaled that I was going up; he signaled that he was going to keep going.

I swam in, took my fins off in the water and walked to shore.

Daniel was right behind me.

The showers were off at the beach, but I was prepared with water because we were planning for Long Point.

This is the first time I dove with Daniel; we had no problems in the water.

In with: 2800 psi
Out with: 1000 psi
Max depth: 70 feet
Waves: 2 feet
Visibility: 20 feet/ clear. Good for Redondo Beach
Water temperature: cool
Under water approximately 35 minutes

Veteran’s Park
Redondo Beach, CA

Solo Diving

I got to Veteran’s Park around 9:30 AM.

Other divers were there.

This was going to purely be an exercise, deep water dive.

I used my tank — leaning up against it — to put my fins on.

I entered the water around 10 AM and did my typical — go down to 30 feet, head West over the shelf and down to 80 feet.

Once at 80 feet I went up to 50 feet — I just wanted to see if I could go up — we had problems with our night dive.

Visibility was pretty good at 15 feet.

I started heading (back) at 1500 psi.

I was up the shelf and very close to shore (I surfaced at 10 feet) with 900 psi.

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

I was under water a little over 30 minutes.

In with: 2800 psi
Out with: 900 psi
Max depth: 82 depth
Waves: 2 feet
Visibility: Average 15+ feet and clear
Water Temperature: I guess about 55 degrees F