Logged Dive #262 – Lobster Hunting Off The Island Diver
Secret Location: 42 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 4d 61 6c 61 67 61 20 61 6e 64 20 48 61 67 67 61 72 74 79 27 73 20 69 6e 20 35 30 20 66 65 65 74 20 6f 66 20 77 61 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 6c 69 65 73 20 61 6e 20 6f 6c 64 20 63 72 61 6e 65 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 68 69 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 74 72 65 65 73 2e
Night Diving, Solo Diving – So Cal Buddy Diving with the Divevets off of the Island Diver boat
In With: 2900 psi
Out With: 1200 psi
Max depth: 55 feet or so
Waves: Pretty flat with occasional chop
Visibility: 20 feet
Water Temperature: Cool, in some places cold
Total Bottom Time: About 30 minutes
Now for the second dive at a “new” spot that the Captain in training recommended.
The Captain in training is not a diver, but he knows of this spot as a “good place to fish.”
I was out of the water for an hour by the time we reached this spot.
I was afraid that I went deeper last dive than what my gauge showed.
It took a long time to get back up and my depth gauge was stuck on 90 feet.
I decided to play it safe and cut my bottom time on this dive to a little over half of what it could be.
I was the first over board and promptly submerged.
I swam towards shore after hitting bottom at about 50 feet.
I trolled and trolled… the kelp was sparse.
There was suppose to be a metal artificial reef, but I never found it.
The bottom looks interesting with rocks and a variety of sea life, but I was looking for lobster.
I ran across one and pinned it.
It was about a quarter inch too short, I threw it back.
I think a few other divers must have caught and released that same lobster as everyone reported catching one short.
That poor thing must be traumatized.
I went back and boarded after doing a three minute safety stop.
Everybody gave the Captain in training a hard time for wasting our time here.
Heavy debriefing followed on the boat…
…and in the parking lot…
I pose with my stash of lobsters.
I made it a point to be brief in whatever I said – I didn’t want to bore anyone this time around.
One of the divers, who dives with a dry suit, was explaining how he rigged a suit urinal with tubing and a condom.
During the conversation he whipped his dick out to show us his set up.
He said, “I bet you didn’t expect that one, did you?”
Uh, no, we didn’t!