Long Point, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
(aka Long Point)

Dove off the Cove with Melvin P. and Andy from the Sandeaters.

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 1000 psi
Max depth: 45 feet
Waves: 1-2, insignificant
Visibility: 10 feet
Water Temperature: Cold
Total Bottom Time: 40 minutes

After an hour surface interval, I decided to do a second dive.

I have two tanks and I brought both.

Melvin and Andy followed as I entered off the cove.

They wanted to go East along the shallow side.

I wanted to check on the lobster trap; so, I politely bailed on them.

It took a while to find the damn trap; I had to surface three times to find the “aligning” rocks.

On the third descent, I was tired of re-equlizing; I landed almost right on the trap.

The trap was there and still closed, with no lobsters in them.

The jars that were in there and full of fish meat were still in there, but the fish meat had turned to white mush.

Oh well, I haven’t seen lobsters for a while.

Maybe that’s why there’s no commercial traps around here anymore.

I took my time getting back on shore, but we had all agreed to meet back in 45 minutes.

We all made it back in with no problems.