Veteran’s Park
8 AM
Redondo Beach, CA

Solo Diving

My friend Nick informed me that he was going to take a lesson at Redondo.

 I haven’t been deep diving in a while, so Redondo Beach was it!

I entered the water about 8:30 AM; there were virtually no waves, a foot at best.

I walked in to the water and put my fins on.

I went down initially to 25 feet and swam West towrds the shelf.

I went down the shelf to 80 feet. It was of course, really cold and dark.

Squid egg sacks were sparse, but were there.

I was at 80 feet for about five minutes.

I started going back up the shelf and paid attention to how many dead crab skeletons littered the bottom.

The floor is pretty barren; but coming back up the shelf, at the top was a huge white starfish, in the middle of nothing.

I swam toward the beach and surfaced when I was at 10 feet.

I took my fins off in the water and walked ashore.

I stayed under about 40 minutes.

In with: 2800 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 80 feet
Waves: 1 foot
Water Temp: Cool
Visibility: 15 feet

I met Nick when I was done, shortly after I got dressed.

All he did was float on top of the water – how Boring!

He wants to know what it’s like to dive.

The water was so calm here, Long Point must be spectacular.

I’ll try Long Point tomorrow.