Casino Point, Catalina, CA

Night time, Solo Diving

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 1200 psi
Max depth: 50 feet
Waves: Insignificant
Visibility: 15 feet, maybe 20
Water Temperature: Warm
Total Bottom Time: 45 minutes

After a great dinner at Steve’s Steakhouse and a walk down the pier with my family, I did a night dive.

I carried all my crap from the hotel to Casino Point; my brother Paul, sister Kate and my father followed.

There was a class in the water already.

The eerie green glow of all their lights was predominant.

Once in the water I descended near the buoys.

It was really spooky – spookier than I thought it would be.

I’ve dove Casino Point a lot and at night it looks totally different.

Yes, fish do sleep – either that or a fish – a White Sea Bass – was dead at the bottom.

Bigger fish kept following me around.

Lobsters were all over the ground – none legal size, but it’s a game preserve anyway.

I made it down to 50 feet and decided there was just as much to see at 30 or 40 feet.

It was like touring a haunted kelp forest.

My light hit kelp, rocks, and fish, with a pitch black background.

I ran across the buoys again, but couldn’t find them on the way back.

I surfaced, got my bearings and submerged again.

I found the two buoys and swam to the staircase.

My “safety crew” greeted me with a beer.

We humped all my gear back to the Hotel and went out and partied with my brother and sister.

Casino Point, Catalina, CA

Solo Diving

In With: 3100 psi
Out With: 1100 psi
Max depth: 90 feet
Waves: Insignificant
Visibility: 20-30 feet plus
Water Temperature: Fairly Warm
Total Bottom Time: 45 minutes

I’m here for the weekend with my family.

My sister Kate flew in for a week, so we picked a trip to Catalina over Las Vegas.

I rented a tank from SCUBA Love and walked to Casino Point from the Catalina Hotel.

I was in the water about 9:10 AM and did a nice relaxing dive to the Jacques Cousteau memorial, then on to the Sujac.

There’s another hole in the Sujac’s hull; I swam through it.

I went towards the shore from the Sujac and up to 30 feet and swam back to the buoys.

I continued around before waiting my turn underwater to go up the stairs.

Perfect dive!

I switched to Ed’s old console; my blue one leaks and is falling apart.

I took a taxi back to the hotel.