Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA

Solo Diving

In With: 2900 psi
Out With: 1100 psi
Max depth: 80 feet
Waves: 1-2 feet
Visibility: 10-15 feet
Water Temperature: 52 degrees over the shelf
Bottom Time: About 30 minutes

In an attempt to be social, I posted on the Divevets that I was diving here at this time and anyone was welcome to show up.

Well, nobody did.

I entered the water a little after 9 AM.

No other divers were around, at least from what I saw.

I made an easy entry, putting my fins on in the water.

The swells were very manageable and would have been easy for even a beginning diver.

I submerged to 20 feet and headed West over the shelf.

There it was, the black darkness over the edge that welcomes every diver here.

I started going down and it got REALLY cold; I had to pee in my wetsuit to enjoy the 15 seconds of spot warmth.

I slowly went North and looked at all the trash and many crabs that were sticking out of the sand.

There’s supposed to be some kind of an artificial reef that the local divers have been assembling brick by brick over the shelf.

I wasn’t able to find it.

Getting cold and sort of bored I headed back up the shelf to warm up and do my safety stop.

I practiced my buoyancy and slowly made my way back in.

Two divers were exiting just ahead of me.

I believe one was a student and the other was an instructor.

They had deco bottles and were wearing dry suits.

I’m assuming that they’re tech divers?

One of them confirmed the temperature over the shelf was 52 degrees.