Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 53 70 61 6e 69 73 68 20 62 65 61 63 68 20 6c 69 65 73 20 61 20 66 61 72 6d 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 70 69 70 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 67 72 6f 77 6e 2e

Southern California Buddy Diving With The Divevets off the Island Diver

In With: 2900 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 90 feet
Waves: Minor chop, no current
Visibility: 15 feet +
Water Temperature: 56 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 20 minutes
Notable Event: This was the first time that I ever dove with a computer!

I bought Dominic’s old computer from him for $60.

Neither of us knew how the thing works, so I stuck to the dive tables and just looked at what the computer did.

The plan was to try deep first and then shallower if need be.

I was the first overboard and submerged down the anchor line to 85 feet.

I trolled around the anchor line, then went South West and ran in to a heard of lobsters on the sand.

Easy pickins’!

There’s no where to hide here.

I was buzzed by a sea lion looking for someone to play with.

I must have been narced because I had a hard time navigating; I wasn’t sure from which direction I had been.

Within 15 minutes I had bagged five good sized (for this season) bugs that I knew didn’t need remeasuring once I surfaced.

I watched my air really carefully and started to surface at 1000 psi.

I thought to myself, “If I only caught two more I wouldn’t have to do a second dive, I could just start drinking beer.”

I surfaced after an open water safety stop and made a short surface swim back to the boat.

The rest made it back with zero to three bugs.

Reverend Al brought up an enormous bug!

The decision was made to stay put for the second dive.

Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 68 69 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 74 72 65 65 73 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 20 68 61 73 20 61 20 6d 61 72 2e

Southern California Buddy Diving With Instructor John

In With: 2700 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 50 feet
Waves: Pretty Flat, no current
Visibility: 15 feet +
Water Temperature: 55 degrees, sort of chilly
Total Bottom Time: 35 minutes

Finally, I am back in the water after several weeks; it feels nice to finally go SCUBA diving again!

I met Instructor John at the Marina; we were motoring out of the harbor on his zodiac around 7:40 PM.

We submerged at our secret location and went our own separate ways.

I went South bound, sort of towards shore; The vis was pretty good and clear.

Within the first 10 minutes I had bagged two fairly small lobsters and trolled for more.

I came across a sleeping Bat Ray that scared the shit out of me.

I peaked on the surface twice to get my bearings – this is the place where I lost site of the zodiac on opening morning.

Before swimming back to the boat, I remeasured my catch – they were both short!

Again, these things must shrink in the air; I threw them back and swam back to the boat.

John came back with three lobsters that he caught in the first five minutes when he went to check the anchor.

I have to start making “checking the anchor” a habit.

An uneventful, but pleasant night of SCUBA diving; I’m glad I still remember how.