{"id":1144,"date":"2008-03-18T23:55:48","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T06:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2008-03-19T16:26:01","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T23:26:01","slug":"logged-dive-281-maybe-the-last-chance-for-bugs-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1144","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #281 – Maybe The Last Chance For Bugs This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Southern California Buddy Diving With The Divevets off the Island Diver<\/p>\n

In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 300 psi
\nMax depth: 50 feet
\nWaves: Minor chop, strong surge towards shore
\nVisibility: 15 feet plus
\nWater Temperature: 55 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 40 minutes<\/p>\n

Since we can’t safely go deeper, we went to our secret shallow spot for the second try.<\/p>\n

I again, was the first off the boat because I had the most time to out gas from the previous deeper dive.<\/p>\n

This place has a lot of kelp and the vis was pretty good.<\/p>\n

Lots of other divers and hoop netters were out trying to get their last bugs for the season.<\/p>\n

After I submerged off the back platform, I swam towards shore; I forgot to check the anchor line.<\/p>\n

I didn’t see any lobster until I got to 30 feet, but the water became very surgy – almost unmanageable.<\/p>\n

I grabbed for a few good ones, but unlike the flat sand of previous dives, the bottom is contoured with rocks and reefs – sometimes I just couldn’t pin the bugs.<\/p>\n

I managed to grab one and measured it – it was good.<\/p>\n

I reached for my bag and it was a tangled mess that wouldn’t open.<\/p>\n

I struggled with my bag harder than I did with the lobster.<\/p>\n

I ended up surfacing and untangling it with one hand.<\/p>\n

My new wrist mounted dive computer is too cumbersome for bug hunting; it tends to get caught in the bag’s metal mouth.<\/p>\n

I continued shallower, to about 25 feet; but, the surge was getting to be too much and I turned around.<\/p>\n

At the tail end of the season (no pun intended), the surviving bugs are pretty smart and fast; a lobster monster saw my light and took off.<\/p>\n

I made my way back to the boat, doing a shallow surface swim under the kelp – burning my air down to almost 200 psi.<\/p>\n

The rest of the divers made it back; Dan caught one, the rest got skunked.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The debriefing started on the boat in traditional fashion.<\/p>\n

On the way back, there was a very loud “Bang!” coming from the engine; Captain Anthony slowed the engine down.<\/p>\n

“I think we’re OK; we probably just blew a turbo,” he said.<\/p>\n

The boat continued on, slowly.<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/p>\n

“Uh, hey Anthony, there’s black smoke coming from the back of the boat!” I yelled.<\/p>\n

“We’re OK, I think it’s just something passing through the engine,” he said.<\/p>\n

I was a little concerned and was sort of pissed that I was no longer wearing my wetsuit, but we eventually made it back.<\/p>\n

As we discovered later, a pipe from the turbo on the engine had popped out of its fitting.<\/p>\n

\"Nice<\/p>\n

The lobster that I caught was so big, Bob couldn’t fit the whole thing in the camera frame.<\/p>\n

The only chick on board – Annelaure – complimented my hat and called it “technical.”<\/p>\n

\"SCUBA<\/p>\n

The debriefing continued in the parking lot as is always the case; we celebrated Annelaure’s newly acquired Ph. D in Chemical Engineering.<\/p>\n

I bet she can brew some pretty damn good beer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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