Avalon Underwater Park
(aka Casino Point)
Catalina, CA

Dove with Instructor John, Ron T. and John’s Open Water student Jack* as part of our Dive Master class.

In With: 2000 psi
Out With: 800 psi
Max depth: 65 feet
Waves: 1-2 feet, insignificant
Visibility: 20 feet or so
Water Temperature: 58 degrees Fahrenheit
Total Bottom Time: 20 minutes
*Student name has been changed.

This is my second dive today with Instructor John, Ron T. and the OW student Jack.

Jack made it down a little quicker this dive; he also managed better control – not much arm movement.

Jack was amazed that we all looked like we were just “floating there.”

He did his beast to emulate us, but this being his second SCUBA dive ever, nobody was expecting his buoyancy to be perfect.

We went down to the barge, and through the opening as we usually do.

Ron went around.

John checked Jack’s air and started heading back.

Jack did a good job trying to be streamlined and maintain control.

We made it out with no problems, even though the tide was lower and some rocks were exposed under the staircase.

Since we had a while before boarding the boat back, all four of us went to a pizza place and ran up a $100 tab for pizza, shrimp and beer.

We had several more beers on the way back.

John quit drinking after two beers at the restaurant; Ron and I kept up with Jack.

Jack was certainly an entertaining student.

He’s a longshoreman, amateur boxer and loves to drink and pick up women; he put on a progressively entertaining show on the way home as we pounded the beers.