{"id":1558,"date":"2009-03-08T23:34:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T06:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2009-03-08T23:56:34","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T06:56:34","slug":"diving-off-the-point-at-terranea-resort-aka-old-marineland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1558","title":{"rendered":"Diving Off The Point At Terranea Resort, aka Old Marineland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logged SCUBA Dive #334<\/p>\n

Terranea Resort (aka Old Marineland, Long Point), CA<\/p>\n

Dove with Angelshark and Not So New Chris<\/p>\n

In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 52 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat with minor swells at the shoreline
\nVisibility: 8 to 15 feet
\nTemperature: 59 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 52 minutes<\/p>\n

With losing an hour because of Daylight Savings Time, initial turnout was thin.<\/p>\n

Looking at the calm conditions, it was a no-brainer “let’s go dive”… after we sit here and watch the dolphins and whales go by.<\/p>\n

Angelshark got stood up by her buddy, so she decided to tag along with us; seven divers made an uneventful boulder entrance off the Point…<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

Angelshark remarked, “Nobody got hurt today on the entrance.”<\/p>\n

“I guess we’re a lot better than we thought,” I replied.<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

We descended and followed Reverend Al to the Newburn wreck area; I asked him to point out the two masts that are left of the ship, if we came across them.<\/p>\n

Chris and I split off from the group; Angelshark tagged along with us after she lost Reverend Al.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Today’s nudibranch picture!<\/p>\n

Conditions were a little too green to get some really good pictures.<\/p>\n

\"Angelshark<\/p>\n

Angelshark has a good eye for spotting sea life, especially lobsters!<\/p>\n

\"Lobsters<\/p>\n

We came across a reef at 25 feet on the way to the Cove, that was full of bugs!<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, all the bugs were too far back to dig out; once I tried grabbing for the bugs at one end, they would move to the other… back and forth.<\/p>\n

It was very frustrating and we eventually gave up on the futile effort.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A small arch off the Point – this is not the arch at 120 reef.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

We came across an empty, but freshly baited commercial lobster trap.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A Sunstar lounges amongst some sea urchins.<\/p>\n

\"Not<\/p>\n

Not so new Chris takes up the rear.<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

We made an uneventful and easy exit at the cove.<\/p>\n

We were missing one diver who separated and exited the Point; his buddy was concerned until walking up and finding him at his car.<\/p>\n

\"While<\/p>\n

While we started to debrief, other divers showed up.<\/p>\n

\"Today's<\/p>\n

Today’s menu was Italian sausage, shrimp fajitas and an assortment of beer.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Professional debriefers Brother Paul and Flagger Matt showed up for the festivities.<\/p>\n

Matt was inquiring about SCUBA certification for a Mexico cruise he is going to be taking with his wife.<\/p>\n

We told him what was involved and how much it would cost, but the idea is only talk at this point.<\/p>\n

The cars were parked pretty tight, and as someone was leaving, his car backed into a tool cart that started to roll down the hill ready to crash into our debriefing area.<\/p>\n

Cyber the Attack Dog, sensing the imminent danger, ran in front of the runaway cart and threw himself under the front wheel…<\/p>\n

\"Cyber<\/p>\n

The cart skidded to a halt!<\/p>\n

And I though Lassie and Rin Tin Tin were bitchin’ dogs!<\/p>\n

Debriefing lasted in to the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Next week, I’m planning a trip up to the Kern River, so I won’t be able to make it next Sunday.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, I can catch a few lobsters between now and the few days until the end of lobster season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Logged SCUBA Dive #334 Terranea Resort (aka Old Marineland, Long Point), CA Dove with Angelshark and Not So New Chris In With: 2900 psi Out With: 400 psi Max depth: 52 feet Waves: Pretty flat with minor swells at the shoreline Visibility: 8 to 15 feet Temperature: 59 degrees Total Bottom Time: About 52 minutes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558"}],"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=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}