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<\/p>\nLogged SCUBA Dive #304<\/p>\n
SECRET LOCATION: 54 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 6d 61 72 2c 20 6e 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 63 68 69 6d 6e 65 79 73 – Palos Verdes<\/p>\n
Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 35 feet
\nWaves: Minor chop
\nVisibility: 15 to 20 feet
\nWater Temperature: 67 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 35 minutes
\nNotable Event: It’s Opening Night of Lobster Season!<\/p>\n
I met Instructor John and Jim at King Harbor around 10:30 PM.<\/p>\n
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We geared up and were off within 30 minutes for the ride to the secret location.<\/p>\n
In the harbor, we almost got hit by some asshole who nearly ran us over.<\/p>\n
John maneuvered to avoid a collision and yelled, “Hey! Hey! Didn’t you see us over here?”<\/p>\n
The guy looked over and sped up, creating a wake in the “no wake” zone; I wish I could remember the name of that asshole’s boat.<\/p>\n
Instructor John said, “We don’t dive the break wall on Opening Night because of assholes like that.”<\/p>\n
Many boats and shore divers were off the cliffs of Palos Verdes; lights were everywhere.<\/p>\n
We jumped in at midnight; I fumbled with my gear, putting my BCD on in the water.<\/p>\n
I noticed that my computer was no longer on my wrist; did I even put it on?<\/p>\n
I submerged and touched bottom, but didn’t see my computer, only a short lobster.<\/p>\n
“OK, they’re around, I probably just left it on the boat,” I thought.<\/p>\n
I continued my dive computerless, knowing it would be a shallow one; I would run out of air before running out of time.<\/p>\n
This location has tons of kelp that I constantly had to cut and untangle; on this dive I probably cut more seaweed that the average sushi chef does in a year.<\/p>\n
I spotted my first lobster, swam over and pinned… it started to flee backwards… and I grabbed his antennas.<\/p>\n
It wiggled free, hitting me in the head as it escaped backwards; being macho I ignored the pain.<\/p>\n
I approached another lobster shortly afterward; I pinned it, measured it and bagged it!<\/p>\n
My first lobster of the 2008 season!<\/p>\n
After another 5 minutes, my light waved past a huge six pound bug; I aimed my light to the side and swam forward to pounce on it….<\/p>\n
I wasn’t moving!<\/p>\n
Fuck! I was caught in the kelp!<\/p>\n
The bug fled.<\/p>\n
I backed up and freed myself and continued my dive.<\/p>\n
I tried to pin several more; they either were too short, or they fled too quickly.<\/p>\n
I am either rusty in my lobster pinning, or the lobsters are getting smarter.<\/p>\n
I made it back to the zodiac after a very short surface swim; Jim was already on board with three massive bugs.<\/p>\n
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My first lobster of the season!<\/p>\n
What a monster!<\/p>\n
OK, where the hell is my computer?<\/p>\n
It is not on the boat.<\/p>\n
It must have really fallen off my arm when I put my BCD on!<\/p>\n
Instructor John made it back to the boat and submerged to look for it; I geared back up and with 600 psi left, jumped over board.<\/p>\n
OK, where’s my light?<\/p>\n
I just had it!<\/p>\n
I looked below and saw a light; is that John?<\/p>\n
No, I had dropped it; was this a jinxed dive or what?<\/p>\n
I dove down, and retrieved my light, as John was ascending, holding my computer.<\/p>\n
Phew!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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