{"id":1562,"date":"2009-03-16T23:31:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T06:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2009-03-17T00:15:21","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T07:15:21","slug":"maybe-the-last-lobster-dive-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"Maybe The Last Lobster Dive For The Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logged SCUBA Dive #336<\/p>\n

Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 2c 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6c 6f 6c 6c 69 70 6f 70 73 2e 20, Palos Verdes<\/p>\n

Solo Diving\/ SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n

In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 200 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Annoyingly choppy, but calmer towards the end
\nVisibility: 10 to 15 feet
\nTemperature: 58 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 35 minutes<\/p>\n

I was corrected earlier this morning – lobster season ends at 11:59 PM this Wednesday, March 18, 2009, not at midnight on the 18th.<\/p>\n

Not being scheduled on any boat Wednesday and too busy tomorrow, Instructor John and I took the mighty zodiac out for what might be the last lobster dive of the season.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The sun sets over Redondo Beach.<\/p>\n

The wind was really blowing, but calmed down after sunset; the ride out was pretty choppy, but since both of us are pretty damn macho, we continued on to our secret destination.<\/p>\n

A few dive and hoop netters were out trying to make a catch at the tail end of this season – no pun intended.<\/p>\n

We submerged down the anchor line that was in 45 feet of water; I headed to 35 feet.<\/p>\n

The tide was fairly low and the kelp was annoyingly thick.<\/p>\n

I ran by a black sea bass and a few horn sharks.<\/p>\n

Midway through my dive, I ran across, and was able to easily catch, two legal lobsters – they were like grabbing beer cans, but I measured them just to be be sure.<\/p>\n

At 40 feet, I came across a huge six pound bug that was wedged in a reef; the foolish lobster started to crawl towards the light…<\/p>\n

Yes, go towards the light… go towards the light…<\/p>\n

I grabbed for it and it shot back deeper into the hole.<\/p>\n

I had 800 psi left and didn’t want to waste time getting back to the boat.<\/p>\n

I surfaced with 500 psi and looked for the boat.<\/p>\n

The zodiac has such a low profile in the water, that even from 40 yards away, it looks like a half a mile.<\/p>\n

I managed to breathe down to 200 psi, swimming under the kelp and did a short bitch crawl over to the boat.<\/p>\n

Instructor John and I made it back at the same time.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

My two prize bugs that I liberated from this dive; John came up with one.<\/p>\n

With little problem, we pulled anchor and started the engine.<\/p>\n

The ride back was surprising smooth; I didn’t spill my beer once.<\/p>\n

I may be able to get out Wednesday night, but again this may be it for me for this lobster season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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