{"id":1302,"date":"2008-06-01T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T04:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2008-06-02T05:47:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T12:47:39","slug":"logged-scuba-dive-286-old-marineland-rancho-palos-verdes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1302","title":{"rendered":"Logged SCUBA Dive #286: Old Marineland, Rancho Palos Verdes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Point (aka The Old Marineland, Terranea Resort), Palos Verdes, California<\/p>\n

Solo Diving, So Cal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n

In With: 2700 psi
\nOut With: 800 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat, but roughened as my dive progressed
\nVisibility: 10-15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 55 degrees Fahrenheit
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 45 minutes<\/p>\n

Quite a few divers showed up this morning for “Sunday Services.”<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

There must have been 15 divers (including two females!) that walked down to the shore in one long caravan.<\/p>\n

I was the first one out, making an unimpressive entry as I almost slipped a few times.<\/p>\n

I headed to 120 reef.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The cold water brings the Sun Stars to the area.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The brutal remains of a crab fight – a single detached claw.<\/p>\n

I kept hearing air leak, so I started to try and take a picture of my back… Reverend Al swam over and was nice to take the recon photo…<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A slight air leak off my first stage – I’ll definitely need service.<\/p>\n

\"Even<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

I swam back in when I got down to 1000 psi; the vis in the cove sucked.<\/p>\n

The swells had gotten higher during my dive and I ended up body surfing in to the rocks.<\/p>\n

Heavy debriefing among divers and dive groupies started.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A suicidal diver poured gasoline over himself, but Juan Twenty convinced him life is too precious to waste.<\/p>\n

When the diver calmed down and found out how much gas costs he started looking for matches.<\/p>\n

\"Ed<\/p>\n

Ed mans the real barbecue – featured on today’s menu: Korean ribs, kim chi, rice, carne asada and beer!<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

We just moved in to the parking lot and immediately decreased the local property values.<\/p>\n

\"Chris,<\/p>\n

Chris, Juan Twenty, Macho Man Me and Reverend Al<\/p>\n

\"Females<\/p>\n

Females can’t resist a guy who drives a Duster.<\/p>\n

Two females showed up in the afternoon, probably hoping we would have left by then.<\/p>\n

\"Ed<\/p>\n

Ed and the two diving females.<\/p>\n

Ed and I finished up at Walker’s Cafe at Point Fermin.<\/p>\n

\"Ed<\/p>\n

We talked to and drank beer with the premier bikers in the community.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The toilet paper at Walker’s Cafe comes in rough (40 grit), medium and soft.<\/p>\n

All in all, another great day of Southern California SCUBA diving and debriefing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long Point (aka The Old Marineland, Terranea Resort), Palos Verdes, California Solo Diving, So Cal Buddy Diving In With: 2700 psi Out With: 800 psi Max depth: 40 feet Waves: Pretty flat, but roughened as my dive progressed Visibility: 10-15 feet Water Temperature: 55 degrees Fahrenheit Total Bottom Time: About 45 minutes Quite a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302"}],"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=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}