Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Night diving, lobster hunting with Nick

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 1000 psi
Max depth: 15 feet
Waves: 1-2 feet
Visibility: 5 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes
LOW, LOW TIDE!

It’s been very rough the last week.

I went down to Malaga Cove after work to check on the conditions.

Tom from American Diving was leaving with two other divers and a lobster.

Tom advised, “It’s good, but no tide… go diving.”

I called Nick; we agreed to meet around 7 PM.

We were the only divers there.

In the water – off the sand – at about 7:20 PM.

Since it was ultra low tide, the sand was a must.

We went South-West searching for lobsters on water that didn’t get deeper than 15 feet.

We caught several shorts, but released them.

One big, legal one got away; I think it was the only legal one I saw.

Fifteen shorts sighted for one legal I think was the ratio.

My mask leaked until I fixed the purge valve.

We exited with no problem.

We met some other divers going in – one was a woman!