Lobster hunting with the Divevets off the Island Diver

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Solo Diving/night diving

In With: 2700 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: 1-2 feet plus, lots of surge
Visibility: 10 feet
Water Temperature: 53 degrees Fahrenheit
Total Bottom Time: 30 minutes plus

I competed in the Copa Pacifica Ultimate Jiu Jitsu Death Match last week, so I sold my March 2nd tickets.

However, the boat was canceled and I bought another ticket on tonight’s boat from someone who couldn’t make the makeup.

Me, Dan, Bob, Jim P, Walt and a sixth diver… I can’t remember his name were on the boat.

Anyway, apparently divers are catching lobsters shallow again, so Dan suggested that we try a shallower secret spot.

I was the second overboard.

It was colder than I thought; I later found out that the water was 53 degrees Fahrenheit at depth and 57 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.

I got an “ice cream headache” going down.

I grabbed two shorts and kept looking.

This place has many reefs and rocks and the kelp was pretty thick.

Lots of surge…

I kept almost running into reefs looking at the bottom for bugs.

Thirty minutes of fighting the surge and kelp, I surfaced and headed for the boat.

I crawled over a lot of kelp.

I tried submerging and swimming underneath the kelp, but I kept getting caught.

When I boarded, I had so much kelp caught on me that Captain Alec asked, “Do you have a license to harvest all that kelp?”

Some other divers hauled up an anchor that they found.

Dan and a few others caught one or two bugs.

Bob came up empty handed, so I didn’t feel so bad.