Driving from the Long Beach Ghetto to Palos Verdes, I noticed a tremendous amount of wind.

I thought that we probably wouldn’t be diving, but I had to check conditions myself.

At exactly 8 AM, I pulled up to the main gate of the Terranea Resort; the wind was howling, not one diver was around, the security guard was not in sight and the front gates were locked.

I drove to the old “public access” lot and walked to the cliff side…

AngelShark, Reverend Al, Chris A and Not So New Chris were checking the conditions.

Reports from all over Palos Verdes were that conditions sucked!

Waves pounded against the Point; we walked to the other side, over looking Abalone Cove…

The other side of the cove revealed ocean water that resembled mud.

Waves pounded against the cliffs near the nude beach.

Reverend Al said it best… “I didn’t even bring my gear, I just came down here to see how bad the conditions were.”

Later posted on the DiveVets’ message board indicated conditions even at Redondo Beach were “some of the worst conditions… ever seen there.”

I think the lobsters are going to be pushed ever deeper.

I’m on a chartered lobster boat this coming Friday and have an opportunity to go zodiac diving sometime before; hopefully, conditions will improve.