Toilet Bowl Reef, Redondo Beach, CA

Solo Diving

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 1000 psi
Max depth: 122 feet
Waves: Sort of choppy
Visibility: 30 feet plus
Water Temperature: 62 degrees on the surface, 55 at depth
Total Bottom Time: About 20 minutes

After the class finished their deep dive at the Palawan, I had already been up for twenty minutes.

We slowly made our way to the next spot, “Toilet Bowl Reef.”

Toilet Bowl Reef is a spot off of Redondo Beach near the edge of the canyon; Dive N Surf dumped a bunch of toilets from a hotel that was being remodeled to form an artificial reef.

The toilet bowls actually look like sea encrusted boxes.

The anchor was at 112 feet, with the chain dipping to 122 feet; I followed the line down to 122 feet and then swam up to the toilets that rest at 90 to 100 feet.

Ohh, Ahh, A spanish Shawl.

I again had problems with my camera case fogging; few pictures came out.

I checked the toilets for hiding lobsters; there weren’t any and I don’t think lobsters come here at all during the season anyway.

Vis was clear enough to easily find my way back to the anchor line for the slow ascent to the surface.

Me at the anchor line.

I surfaced as the class was descending and hung out again with Captain Dick; after all, where the hell else am I going to go?

Knowing we had a limited supply of beer, I drank as many beers as I possibly could before the class emerged.

About twenty minutes later, the deep diving class was back on board with a few newly certified “deep” divers.

Debriefing started immediately for the rest and continued in the parking lot afterwards.