Three Sisters, Santa Barbara Island, CA
Diving off of the Sundiver Boat

In With: 2700 psi
Out With: 800 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: Insignificant, but a strong current
Visibility: 40 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 45 minutes

Dove with Nick and 15 other guys and hot chicks.

We showed up four hours before the boat was to leave to scout out a good sleeping spot and then went to party at Buster’s.

The waitress comes over and offers to take our picture.

She was really hot, so how could I refuse.

And to prove she was hot, I decided to fulfill every bartender’s fantasy…

…and have Nick snap a picture of her and one of her customers in an increasingly intoxicated state.

After being thrown out of the crew bunk (the only single) and apparently making a drunken stink about it (I don’t really remember, but Nick does), I was thrown in to the common man’s sleeping quarters and the boat left at midnight.

The boat arrived off of “Arch Point” at about 5:30 AM.

They waited for sunrise and made breakfast.

The boat then moved to “Three Sisters.”

Gearing up, I had to borrow a second stage from my rig and attach it to Ed’s rig.

None the less, I was still the first in the water.

Nick is so tall, he just has to step off the boat.

Swimming to the anchor line was a chore.

Nick and I both had our cameras.

An octopus.

A green anemone.

A sea snail on kelp.

A sea star!

The environment reminds me of White Point; lots of sea urchins, star fish, an octopus and some kelp.

Going towards shore, we were stalked by some sea lions.

Coming back to the boat, we saw a Pacific Electric Ray – I didn’t know it at the time, but Nick waved me off of my pursuit.

He later told me that they can become aggressive and shock you.

Thanks Nick!

Finally buddy diving has paid off for me.

Everyone was out of the water by 9:15 AM.

Long Point, CA
(aka The Old Marineland)

Dove With Nick

In With: 2900 psi
Out With: 700 psi
Max depth: 35 feet, maybe 40
Waves: 1-2 feet
Visibility: 15 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 55 minutes

It was drizzling rain when I got there at 8:10 AM; other divers were there.

We were in the water around 9 AM.

Other divers were free diving with their tanks ashore; one was a short lady, skinny, with an English accent.

As far as I could tell, she was hot.

We went looking for the lobster trap that’s in 40 feet of water.

We couldn’t find it, but we ran across a lobster that we were trying to catch for 25 minutes.

We went back in running out of air on the search.

The water upon exit was calmer than going in.

I basically took my fins off and walked ashore.