Secret Location: 54 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 69 70 65 20 6f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 68 69 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 47 72 65 65 6e 20 54 72 65 65 73 3b 20 61 6e 63 68 6f 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 35 30 20 66 65 65 74 2e

Night Diving, Solo Diving – So Cal Buddy Diving with the Divevets off of the Island Diver boat

In With: 2700 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 50 feet
Waves: Minor chop
Visibility: 15-20 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 30 minutes
Lobsters caught: 1

Now’s the time to go on the Island Diver with the Divevets and check out their hunting spots.

The boat was filled with seven divers and Captain Alec.

We took the short trip over to their secret spot and dropped anchor in about 50 feet.

The divers marveled at my combination of ancient, old and cheap equipment.

Bob told me, “If this stuff falls apart underwater, it’s because it’s cheap.”

“Yeah, I know.”

I was second or third off the boat.

Dan advised me to “go towards shore.”

I submerged and hit bottom at about 50 feet.

I trolled for a little bit and within a couple of minutes I had grabbed a nice sized lobster.

I never quite headed towards shore as Dan had suggested.

I sort of got tangled and thrown off course weaving through and freeing myself in the thick kelp.

I never got shallower than 35 feet.

I never saw another lobster during this dive.

I surfaced to get my bearings.

I was about 100 yards from the boat and down to 600 psi.

I swam shallow, just beneath the kelp almost all the way to the boat.

I was the first one back.

A new diver, Rafael, was the second one back.

He had run out of air and made it back to the boat empty handed.

Apparently, he didn’t realize how much air you can go through hunting for bugs.

A few divers caught a few bugs.

Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 48 61 72 62 6f 72 20 74 68 65 79 20 63 61 6c 6c 20 52 65 64 6f 6e 64 6f 20 69 73 20 61 20 77 61 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 77 61 74 65 72 20 62 72 65 61 6b 73 2e

Night Diving, Solo Diving – So Cal Buddy Diving with John off of his zodiac

In With: 2500 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: Minor chop
Visibility: 15-20 feet
Water Temperature: Cool
Total Bottom Time: 30 minutes

The ocean was relatively flat, so we tried a new spot that I never have dived before.

John and I were in the water around 7:30 PM; we each went our separate ways.

I was a little freaked out as I’m unfamiliar with this area.

There are piles of rocks and stretches of sand; I almost ran into the rocks a few times.

I saw plenty of lobsters, but mostly shorts.

Two lobsters the size of small dogs were hiding under a rock out of reach.

I grabbed for a few good sized lobsters, but they got away – they seem to be pretty smart here.

I ended up catching three, but two were shorts.

Short dive for a short fill.

John came back about five minutes after I had crawled on to the boat.

Totals for tonight:

Me – one
John – two good sized ones