{"id":1239,"date":"2008-05-04T22:40:30","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T05:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2008-05-05T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T23:06:21","slug":"another-day-at-the-old-marineland-aka-long-point-terranea-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"Another Day At The Old Marineland! (aka Long Point, Terranea Resort)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made it down to Long Point at about 8:30 AM; the initial report from the divers who were there was &#8220;conditions look green.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I snuck to The Point to see if conditions there were any better than the Cove.<\/p>\n<p>Foam covered the water, the Point was rough.<\/p>\n<p>I told Reverend Al and his group that if they were going to go off the Point, I was going to bring my camera.<\/p>\n<p>They opted for the Cove; I chose to stay dry and start debriefing early.<\/p>\n<p>I walked down with my mini-cooler and sat on the rocks, drinking Cheladas, beer and watching the ocean.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict059267f.jpg\" alt=\"Reverend Al and his group makes their entrance.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The day was gloomy, the water had a few rough spots, but Al and his group made an uneventful entrance into the water.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict060767f.jpg\" alt=\"Kayakers enter off of Long Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kayakers also launched from the cove.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict061367f.jpg\" alt=\"Kayakers off of Long Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two spear fishermen from Lancaster drove all the way here to do some hunting;  they were determined to dive no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>They asked, &#8220;Which way did the other divers go?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Towards 120 reef,&#8221; I said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OK, we&#8217;ll go the other way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I guess they shoot at anything that&#8217;s big and moves?<\/p>\n<p>They made a safe rock entrance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict061467f.jpg\" alt=\"Hunters enter off of Long Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and swam out a ways, almost getting run over by a boat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict062067f.jpg\" alt=\"Divers almost get ran over.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict058667f.jpg\" alt=\"A B-17 Patrols for Al Qaeda submarines\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A B-17 flew overhead searching for Al Qaeda submarines off our coast.<\/p>\n<p>Since most of our newer planes are overseas liberating other countries and keeping the world safe for democracy, the government needs to dust off the older planes for domestic use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict062667f.jpg\" alt=\"Reverend Al and his group makes it back in.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Al and his group made it back in with reports of six to eight feet visibility with a lot of silt; I&#8217;m glad I stayed dry today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict062867f.jpg\" alt=\"The foam off of Old Marineland\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a better view of the foam on the water.<\/p>\n<p>The foam apparently is some sort of microorganism that tends to ruin the visibility.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict063167f.jpg\" alt=\"Debriefing at Long Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nice and relaxed from my seaside meditation, I attended the diver debriefing in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, do you know how to pronounce &#8220;Terranea&#8221; as in the Terranea Resort?<\/p>\n<p>I always thought it was Terr-AYE-nee-ah.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, it is Terra-NAY-ah.<\/p>\n<p>One of our topics of conversation was how crappy the conditions have been lately;  even the East side of Catalina has been reporting 20-foot visibility when 50 is common.<\/p>\n<p>The Kayakers made a safe return, followed by the spear fisherman who had empty hooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made it down to Long Point at about 8:30 AM; the initial report from the divers who were there was &#8220;conditions look green.&#8221; I snuck to The Point to see if conditions there were any better than the Cove. Foam covered the water, the Point was rough. I told Reverend Al and his group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,20,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239"}],"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=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}