{"id":1271,"date":"2008-05-18T23:40:12","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2008-05-19T06:38:31","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T13:38:31","slug":"conditions-suck-red-tide-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1271","title":{"rendered":"Conditions Suck!  Red Tide Alert!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I heard that diving Malaga Cove yesterday was pretty decent, and with the air temperature in the Long Beach ghetto being in the 90&#8217;s, I decided a nice cold dive at Long Point would be appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0722hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"Red Tide Foam\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sure signs of low vis &#8211; foam on the water.<\/p>\n<p>The air is hot and the water cold &#8211; it&#8217;s that time of the year again &#8211; <strong>RED TIDE!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some free divers stopped by to check the scene and informed us that the whole peninsula looks like crap&#8230; Malaga Cove, Honeymoon Cove, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0721hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"We walked to the Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chris, Reverend Al, Dive Bum Don, Cyber the killer guard dog and myself walked down to check out the Point &#8211; I had already canceled today, so I had beer in hand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0726hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"This is where the bar will be when Terranea opens in 2009.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is where the bar will be when Terranea opens in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0725hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"We check out the Point.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We checked out the Point &#8211; not much to see here either.<\/p>\n<p>We just started to debrief early.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0731hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"Barbecue at Terranea.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don sparked up the outdoor stove and we started to consume mass quantities of beer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0730hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"Cyber is run over.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the word that free beer and hot dogs were in the parking lot, someone carelessly rushed in and ran over Cyber the attack dog.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, everyone there knew CPR and mouth to mouth resuscitation, so we traded off until Cyber revived.<\/p>\n<p>I walked in to the resort to find a nice tree to water and took the following pictures:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0732hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"Terranea Resort\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0733hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"Terranea Resort\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Terranea Resort is coming along.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0735hyhy.jpg\" alt=\"The parking lot from above.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The public access parking lot from above.<\/p>\n<p>No diving, but the ocean air and good company made the trip worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I heard that diving Malaga Cove yesterday was pretty decent, and with the air temperature in the Long Beach ghetto being in the 90&#8217;s, I decided a nice cold dive at Long Point would be appropriate. The sure signs of low vis &#8211; foam on the water. The air is hot and the water cold [&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\/1271"}],"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=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}