Diving Terranea Resort (aka Old Marineland, Long Point)
Logged SCUBA Dive #328
Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Dove with Not So New Chris and Chris From Michigan
In With: 3200 psi
Out With: 600 psi
Max depth: 45 feet
Waves: Minor swells, but pretty darn flat
Visibility: 10 feet+
Temperature: 55 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 60 minutes
Still a little hung over from attending the Monster Truck event at Anaheim Stadium last night, I headed to Old Marineland for my traditional Sunday morning dive.
Arriving fashionably late, I geared up and joined Not So New Chris and Chris From Michigan on a dive to 120 reef.
A lot of the regulars were out of town, on boats, or chained to their wives.
Some how, some way, the nice, flat and fairly sandy portions of the cove are now rock piles.
The coast changes every time there’s a storm, but there hasn’t been one for weeks.
Chris and Chris off of Terranea Resort.
Vis was crystal clear in the cove, but dropped to 10 feet at 120 reef.
A Sunstar crawls along the sand, looking for a home.
We followed not so new Chris on his photo hunt.
A Lingcod?
Yeah, I think so.
A starfish assaults a group of sea urchins.
A Green anemone next to a sea urchin.
Every time I dive here, I always run across a reef formation that I’ve never seen before.
We ran across the small arch.
Heading back in, we lost New So New Chris, but he surfaced shortly after we did.
Even though the beach is a lot rockier than previously, we all made uneventful exits.
After all the walking I did yesterday, I fell behind in the walk up.
The debriefing crew was light today.
Nice Report Solo! I know when my buddy and I were out a few days back, there was tons of current and swell. Maybe that caused some rocks to be moved around? That Lingcod, looks more like some type of rockfish to me. Maybe olive? Conditions down south “Laguna” are looking spectacular “30-35ft vis”. Get down there while it lasts! Thanks again for your always enjoyable blog update!
Comment by Frank — January 12, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
The waves on Christmas day were overhead and pounding hard. By Saturday it was flat and clear. I finally get my cast tomorrow, so I’ll be out of action until early February. Conditions should be incredible until then. 🙁
Comment by Phil Garner — January 12, 2009 @ 6:12 pm
Is the site open for night dives?
Comment by Steve — January 14, 2009 @ 1:49 pm