Veteran’s Park
Redondo Beach, CA

Solo Diving

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 105 feet
Waves: 1-3 feet, easy
Visibility: 10-20 feet
Water Temperature: I’m guessing 58 degrees Fahrenheit with no thermalcline.
Total Bottom Time: About 35 minutes

After stopping by Long Point and seeing the conditions – and other divers leaving, I headed over to Redondo Beach.

It was relatively flat with a few nuisance waves.

A lot of students were there as usual.

I walked in to the water and put my fins on.

I submerged to 15 feet or so and the headed West.

I saw – sand, silt an occasional other diver, small fish, small crabs, etc.

If you read what I wrote on my previous dives at Redondo, it was pretty much the same.

I slowly went down the shelf and slowly swam to 105 feet.

105 feet felt good.

No back pain; as Ed would put it, “a massage.”

I swam back up and rested a good 15 minutes above the shelf as a safety stop.

I came ashore without incident.

Dry Suit Greg and Dennis G were diving here, too.

Long Point, Palos Verdes, CA
(aka The Old Marineland)

Solo Diving

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 55 feet
Waves: 1-3 feet swells
Visibility: 10-15 feet
Water Temperature: Warm, for “cold” water
Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes

Nick called yesterday inquiring about diving – he slept in.

My girlfriend didn’t want to go “waiting.”

Reverend Al, Dennis and Bob from the Divevets were there.

I was trolling their message board about cutting the Long Point Gate lock.

They are wondering if it was me.

Al asked, I admitted, but I was only joking about cutting the lock.

I went in off the Point – easy entry for me.

The swells of course picked up as I touched the water.

There were actual dive boats anchored off the cove.

I got down to 55 feet and swam against a mild current to exit the cove.

Half my dive was sand navigation.

I was coming ashore as Reverend Al and his group was; Al helped me out by holding one of my fins – I sometimes put my fins on too tight.