{"id":1353,"date":"2008-07-19T23:04:29","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T06:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2008-07-20T05:35:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-20T12:35:39","slug":"logged-scuba-dive-292-pre-gold-star-dive-at-casino-point-catalina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1353","title":{"rendered":"Logged SCUBA Dive #292 &#8211; Pre Gold Star Dive At Casino Point, Catalina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casino Point, Catalina, CA<\/p>\n<p>Solo Diving<\/p>\n<p>In With: 3000 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 500 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 85 feet<br \/>\nWaves: Mild swells, easy entry and exit off the stairs<br \/>\nVisibility: 15-20 feet, silty<br \/>\nWater Temperature: Cool, maybe 55<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes<\/p>\n<p>I went to Casino Point to help Dive Master the Gold Star charity event.<\/p>\n<p>I brought everything with me except a tank, which I rented at the scene for $14.<\/p>\n<p>After being really patient waiting my turn to enter off the steps, an Instructor (probably from Sports Chalet) started lecturing the line on how to enter from the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>I ducked under the railing and went out the exit side &#8211; nobody was coming in.<\/p>\n<p>I had brought my free diving weight belt because it is easy to carry;  it weighs six pounds less.<\/p>\n<p>It was harder getting down than with my heavier belt; I actually grabbed and carried a small rock for added weight in the shallows during this dive.<\/p>\n<p>For Casino Point, vis sucked.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen it at 50 feet before, but my last dive at Long Point was better visibility wise.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/Pict0401gsd.jpg\" alt=\"The elusive Gold Stars.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The elusive Gold Stars are already in place.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood among divers that no pre-event collecting will be done.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/Pict0404gsd.jpg\" alt=\"A cinder block at Casino Point.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not to be out done by Long Point and Vet&#8217;s Park, Casino Point has cinder blocks, too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/Pict0412gsd.jpg\" alt=\"Vis sucked.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of my pictures ended up sucking because of the conditions.<\/p>\n<p>I headed East once I was at 70 feet and visited the Sujac.<\/p>\n<p>The Sujac is so well encrusted with sea life and corrosion that I almost swam right past it, until I spotted the hole in the hull.<\/p>\n<p>I went to 85 feet for a short period of time, just so I could count this as a deep dive;  I had problems navigating because of a slight case of Nitrogen Narcosis.<\/p>\n<p>Back up the reef, I hung out at 30 feet for a bit to out gas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/Pict0441gsd.jpg\" alt=\"A Sheephead smiles for the camera.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Sheephead smiles for the camera.<\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of divers in the water, but I only ran across a few on my way back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/Pict0451gsd.jpg\" alt=\"I surfaced off of Casino Point.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;when I surfaced, I was on the East side of the park, away from where most of the students go.<\/p>\n<p>I did an easy surface swim back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casino Point, Catalina, CA Solo Diving In With: 3000 psi Out With: 500 psi Max depth: 85 feet Waves: Mild swells, easy entry and exit off the stairs Visibility: 15-20 feet, silty Water Temperature: Cool, maybe 55 Total Bottom Time: 45 minutes I went to Casino Point to help Dive Master the Gold Star charity [&hellip;]<\/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\/1353"}],"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=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}