{"id":1319,"date":"2008-06-14T21:31:25","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T04:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2008-06-15T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2008-06-15T15:44:32","slug":"logged-scuba-dive-287-veterans-park-redondo-beach-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Logged SCUBA Dive #287 – Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, California<\/p>\n

Diving with buddy “Rafael”<\/p>\n

In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 1200 psi
\nMax depth: 70 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat
\nVisibility: 8-15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the canyon, warmer above
\nTotal Bottom Time: 32 minutes<\/p>\n

I haven’t been diving for two weeks and wanted to make sure I still remembered how.<\/p>\n

I got to the parking lot and hooked up with “Rafael” who was looking for a buddy.<\/p>\n

After a quick briefing of the dive plan and how each other’s gear was rigged, we entered the water and met outside the surf zone.<\/p>\n

\"Rafael<\/p>\n

Rafael and Me off of Redondo Beach.<\/p>\n

We descended to 20 feet and swam West, determined to find the “monument.”<\/p>\n

Going over the shelf at 35 feet was a tremendous thermocline – the temperature went from 62 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n

We went to 60 feet and swam South in search of the “monument.”<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

A sea snail? Sea slug????<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A\u00a0 crab sleeps in an old ammunition box.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A transient village of conch.<\/p>\n

I tried to navigate… I was sort of narced… 50 degrees and 70 feet below.<\/p>\n

Oh, yeah!<\/p>\n

I felt really good, but had no idea where the hell I was going for a while.<\/p>\n

Regaining my composure as I always do, we swam through a section of the canyon that was absolutely twilight dark.<\/p>\n

\"Rafael<\/p>\n

This is what Rafael looks like underwater.<\/p>\n

We headed back after a slow swim South, but at 70 feet instead of 60.<\/p>\n

I thought we were sure to spot the monument.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A sea blob – What the hell is this?<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An octopus squats in a vacant snail shell.<\/p>\n

We came across a huge Shovel Nose Guitar fish that blended in to the sandy bottom so well, none of my pictures came out.<\/p>\n

We swam across the orange traffic marker and the man eating killer crab from last dive was still waiting for its next victim.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Seeing that he couldn’t take me and Rafael on at the same time, the crab was passive.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

We must have missed the “monument” by only a few feet.<\/p>\n

At 1200 psi, we went back up the shelf to warmer water and did a slow swim and safety stop back to an almost easy exit.<\/p>\n

There’s a sand step that I tripped over in a foot of water.<\/p>\n

I crawled up and got back on my feet, hoping nobody saw my non-macho trip.<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

Rafael and me.<\/p>\n

We debriefed with a couple beers and hung out with a few dive groupies.<\/p>\n

A great dive and another day of cheating death!<\/p>\n

Rafael is welcome as a dive buddy anytime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, California Diving with buddy “Rafael” In With: 2900 psi Out With: 1200 psi Max depth: 70 feet Waves: Pretty flat Visibility: 8-15 feet Water Temperature: 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the canyon, warmer above Total Bottom Time: 32 minutes I haven’t been diving for two weeks and wanted to make sure I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319"}],"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=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}