{"id":1589,"date":"2009-05-24T22:07:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T05:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2009-05-24T22:07:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T05:07:47","slug":"back-in-the-water-again-at-terranea-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1589","title":{"rendered":"Back In The Water Again At Terranea Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"

With little hassle, I was allowed beach access to Terranea Resort; Reverend Al, SCJoe, Nice Bob, Frank, Charlie and Todd showed up to check out the conditions.<\/p>\n

The waves were flat, but the water looked sort of green; some stayed to dive, while others chose to check out Christmas Tree and Honeymoon Cove.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #341<\/p>\n

Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n

Dove With SCJoe<\/p>\n

In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 500 psi
\nMax depth: 43 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat with surge on the bottom
\nVisibility: 5 to 10 feet, sort of green
\nTemperature: 58 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 45 minutes<\/p>\n

We geared up; I buddied with SCJoe for a planned dive to the 120 reef.<\/p>\n

Reverend Al and Nice Bob chose to surface swim towards The Point.<\/p>\n

\"Terranea<\/p>\n

Terranea Resort is near completion.<\/p>\n

\"Chairs<\/p>\n

Chairs are out, the pool is filled and some people were seen walking around.<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

We walked past the “picnic nodes” to the cove.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

We spotted the man-made sandy beach for the first time.<\/p>\n

\"There<\/p>\n

There was foam on the water towards shore, and a dive boat was anchored a few hundred feet off the coast.<\/p>\n

We made an uneventful entrance into the water; visibility really sucked towards shore, but cleared up as we swam out.<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

Me off of Terranea Resort.<\/p>\n

We ascended…<\/p>\n

\"Vis<\/p>\n

Visibility sort of sucked, well it really did suck – shadows and no definition – probably 10 feet at best.<\/p>\n

My mask was twisted, kept leaking and I had a hard time equalizing – it was though I hadn’t been in the water for a year.<\/p>\n

I had to surface to fix my mask; I hope SCJoe wasn’t too concerned, but I was a little uncomfortable at first.<\/p>\n

We swam out at a 120 heading; stupid me didn’t take a reading at the surface and we missed the reef.<\/p>\n

We surfaced, corrected course and headed towards the reef.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An Opal Eye….I think?<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The typical 120 reef.<\/p>\n

There was surge at the bottom, and I kept moving from side to side when I focused on anything of interest; my battery was running low too, so I didn’t get too many underwater shots that were worth anything.<\/p>\n

\"SCJoe<\/p>\n

SCJoe in the kelp bed.<\/p>\n

We made it back after a nice and uneventful 40 something minute dive.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/p>\n

I broke in the new shower at Terranea.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The facades and greenery are pretty much done around the casitas at Terranea Resort.<\/p>\n

\"Workers<\/p>\n

We were debriefing with a few beers when two guys with a cart full of booze rolled up, and passed us.<\/p>\n

We had thought it was a welcoming committee, but as it turned out, there are actually guests staying at the resort for what they call, the “soft opening.”<\/p>\n

The staff at Terranea were quite nice and talked to us at extent; one was even a diver.<\/p>\n

Rent for a casita for the weekend?<\/p>\n

About $2,000.<\/p>\n

The pools are all for the guests at the hotel and resort, but the restaurants and bars will serve anyone who shows up.<\/p>\n

Will us divers be a pain in the ass when the resort opens?<\/p>\n

We will see June 12th, when Terranea Resort opens to “The Public.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With little hassle, I was allowed beach access to Terranea Resort; Reverend Al, SCJoe, Nice Bob, Frank, Charlie and Todd showed up to check out the conditions. The waves were flat, but the water looked sort of green; some stayed to dive, while others chose to check out Christmas Tree and Honeymoon Cove. Logged SCUBA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}