Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Dove with Instructor John and his Basic Open Water Students Cheech, Lou (an older guy) and Bud (Lou’s nephew).*

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 2000 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: 1-4 foot ankle breakers
Visibility: 0-6 feet Red Tide!
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 20 minutes
*Student names have been changed.

Lou and Bud did their skin dives.

It was hard to read how comfortable they were in the water; they both seemed really tired.

Visibility was shitty.

John had me dive with Cheech while he dealt with the other two.

Cheech and I went to the shelf, messed around slightly – Cheech picked up a spider crab.

We came across a GI Joe “action figure,” pants and shoe pile on the bottom.

When we surfaced, Bud flagged us down so he could come in; he had problems equalizing, so John had him wait on the surface for us.

We made it ashore with no problems.