{"id":1176,"date":"2008-04-12T22:29:25","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T05:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2008-04-13T07:50:56","modified_gmt":"2008-04-13T14:50:56","slug":"logged-dive-283-deep-diving-redondo-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1176","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #283 – Deep Diving Redondo Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran\u2019s Park, Redondo Beach, CA<\/p>\n

Solo Diving<\/p>\n

In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 700 psi
\nMax depth: About 95 feet
\nWaves: Small swells
\nVisibility: About 10-15 feet, maybe more in some places
\nWater Temperature: 52 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes<\/p>\n

Ah, yes!<\/p>\n

Veteran’s Park once again!<\/p>\n

Quite a number of displaced Marineland divers showed up this morning; even Dive Bum Don was at Vet’s – he later said that once a year gives him his fill for this place.<\/p>\n

The waves were flat with an occasional ankle breaker; I was ready to submerge at about 9 AM.<\/p>\n

\"That<\/p>\n

That’s me with Palos Verdes in the background.<\/p>\n

Diving conditions are improving; I could actually see the bottom before hitting it.<\/p>\n

I swam to the drop off – the edge of the canyon; it goes from 35 feet straight down to 85 feet then continues to much deeper…<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/p>\n

Down the canyon I went and spotted a lone white starfish.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

There used to be a huge white starfish here a couple of years ago… until some douche bag student in a Sports Chalet class decided to take it home as a souvenir.<\/p>\n

I always keep my eyes open for trouble, especially when I dive alone…<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A killer human-eating crab was on a traffic cone waiting to pounce on the next unsuspecting diver.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Luckily he knew I was prepared and didn’t attack!<\/p>\n

Nearby I found someone’s cell phone…<\/p>\n

\"Cellphone<\/p>\n

…obviously a remnant from one of the crab’s many victims.<\/p>\n

I went deep today for the massage and therapeutic benefits such a dive has to offer.<\/p>\n

\"At<\/p>\n

My console read my deepest was 90 feet; my computer said 98 feet.<\/p>\n

I turned around at 1500 psi and swam East… then I realized that I live on the West coast, so I needed to go West.<\/p>\n

I turned around and started getting deeper again!<\/p>\n

Narced!<\/p>\n

I didn’t even feel a buzz, but my navigation skills proved that I was narced.<\/p>\n

I corrected course and vowed to kick myself in the ass later.<\/p>\n

As I was a ascending the canyon wall, I ran across a cool cap…<\/p>\n

\"Underwater<\/p>\n

I did my best to look cool in it.<\/p>\n

I later gave it to Dan from Divevets since he likes my taste in hats so much.<\/p>\n

After a nice shallow swim in to out gas, I made it to shore with no problems.<\/p>\n

I socialized for a bit with the Divevets, Jake and a few from the Marineland scene.<\/p>\n

Dive Bum Don made a good point for diving with redundant air.<\/p>\n

Twice he had O-rings burst and other problems with his air.<\/p>\n

“That tank empties in a matter of a minute and a half, and at 65 feet you don’t have much time,” he said.<\/p>\n

Another diver asked, “Can’t you just turn your tank off and turn in on only when needed, until you get to the surface?”<\/p>\n

“That takes too much time, and in an emergency situation like that it’s best just to do an emergency ascent to the surface,” I said.<\/p>\n

Don agreed.<\/p>\n

I think my next major dive purchase is a pony bottle – my Spare Air (aka Three Breathes To Death) is still better than nothing.<\/p>\n

I also heard that lame ass Sports Chalet is giving store credit for old SCUBA gear.<\/p>\n

A dive store brought in all their decaying rental equipment and raped Sports Chalet for thousands of dollars in gear.<\/p>\n

Before heading back to the hood, I had a few debriefing beers in the lot while getting a sun tan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran\u2019s Park, Redondo Beach, CA Solo Diving In With: 3000 psi Out With: 700 psi Max depth: About 95 feet Waves: Small swells Visibility: About 10-15 feet, maybe more in some places Water Temperature: 52 degrees Total Bottom Time: 45 minutes Ah, yes! Veteran’s Park once again! Quite a number of displaced Marineland divers showed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,16,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}