{"id":1372,"date":"2008-08-09T22:40:58","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T05:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2008-08-10T10:07:57","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T17:07:57","slug":"logged-scuba-dive-297-veterans-park-redondo-beach-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1372","title":{"rendered":"Logged SCUBA Dive #297 – Veterans Park, Redondo Beach, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veterans Park, Redondo Beach, CA<\/p>\n

Solo Diving<\/p>\n

In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 1200 psi
\nMax depth: 78 feet
\nWaves: Minor chop and surge at the shoreline
\nVisibility: 10 to 15 feet over the shelf, worse towards shore
\nWater Temperature: 68 degrees until over the shelf, then it dipped to 58 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 35 minutes<\/p>\n

Being invited to a party Sunday, late in the day, I decided to get my dive fill in on Saturday.<\/p>\n

My brother met me to video tape a scene for a commercial contest he is entering; details remain a secret.<\/p>\n

I made an uneventful entry through the surf and submerged in 10 feet of water.<\/p>\n

I swam North, hoping to find a reportedly lost spear pole, before swimming West and over the shelf; the temperature dropped significantly.<\/p>\n

I tried to locate the “monument” but I think it must be covered with sand; I could not locate it and the scenery looked “different” than I remember.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The John Holmes of the star fish community.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The extremely slow decay of a dead plasticus bagus.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/p>\n

Another cinder block!<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An man eating attack crab prepares to pounce!<\/p>\n

I thought that if I just swim by and mind my own business, he would leave me alone, but the crab leaped up and tried to pinch off my air supply.<\/p>\n

Using my advanced Jiu Jitsu and cage fighting skills, I put the crab in an arm bar and ripped his arm off; he retreated.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The aftermath of the crab attack.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A spectator fish takes cover in a nearby shell.<\/p>\n

I made my way back up the shelf and did a slow swim in.<\/p>\n

The surf pounded a bit upon my exit, but I made it out with no problems.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A lot of SCUBA students were at Redondo Beach today.<\/p>\n

Luckily, my brother didn’t drink all my beer while I was underwater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veterans Park, Redondo Beach, CA Solo Diving In With: 3000 psi Out With: 1200 psi Max depth: 78 feet Waves: Minor chop and surge at the shoreline Visibility: 10 to 15 feet over the shelf, worse towards shore Water Temperature: 68 degrees until over the shelf, then it dipped to 58 degrees Total Bottom Time: […]<\/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\/1372"}],"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=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}