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<\/p>\nAfter enduring more than two weeks of domestic psychological torture, I woke up at my crash pad and thought to myself, “Screw it! I’m going diving!”<\/p>\n
Driving down the long Terranea driveway, there was this staff member that stopped me and asked, “How may I help you?”<\/p>\n
“Can you carry my SCUBA gear down to the water for me?” I replied.<\/p>\n
He pointed to the public lot and said, “Park in there…”<\/p>\n
He disappeared from his post after I parked.<\/p>\n
We had a good crew today, minus Reverend Al; a few new faces were around.<\/p>\n
Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n
Diving with TwinDuct<\/p>\n
In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 57 feet
\nWaves: Pretty damn flat
\nVisibility: 10-15+ feet
\nWater Temperature: In the 60s, with only a slight thermal cline at depth
\nTotal Bottom Time: 42 minutes<\/p>\n
We entered off the point with no problems what so ever; it was fairly high tide and the swells were minimal.<\/p>\n
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I took this picture of TwinDuct before we submerged… then my camera stopped working; it stayed on, wouldn’t turn off, wouldn’t respond to any of the buttons – crap!<\/p>\n
This only happened once before and now I’m convinced the firmware must have been written by Microsoft – my camera is a 6 Mega Pixel Intova.<\/p>\n
We submerged and continued our dive.<\/p>\n
I am used to following someone when I dive off the Point, this dive I lead the way; except for basic compass headings to get us back to The Cove, we scouted reefs that I had not passed by before.<\/p>\n
We couldn’t find the statue.<\/p>\n
At 45 feet and deeper, there was a ripping current going from East to West; the kelp practically laid on it’s side as we swam against it, not getting very far.<\/p>\n
We had discussed prior to submerging, that exiting the Point today was a possibility.<\/p>\n
The current died down once we were in 35 feet.<\/p>\n
A large school of mackerel (I think?) passed over us and dimmed our lighting.<\/p>\n
Visibility was pretty good compared to recent previous dives – Sheephead, Bat Rays and, believe it or not, White Sea bass were encountered on this dive.<\/p>\n
On the way in, I found a dive knife similar to the one I lost here a few years ago.<\/p>\n
We made an easy exit at the Cove.<\/p>\n
We were greeted by Instructor Ed who had to leave as soon as we started to debrief… he is on the wagon for a bit.<\/p>\n
I was able to open my camera case, take the batteries out and reboot; the camera started to perform normally – yep, must be a Microsoft product.<\/p>\n
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The knife that I scored on this dive; it wasn’t THE knife I lost, but it fit into the sheath.<\/p>\n
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Debriefing took place close to the Casitas, for maximum guest enjoyment.<\/p>\n
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Not New Chris broke out the grill for our feast of hamburgers and hot dogs; we kept it low key, but guests and passersby looked at us as though we were some sort of homeless transients.<\/p>\n
One golfer even asked us, “So who’s playing football today?”<\/p>\n
“It’s not football season,” I replied.<\/p>\n
“Well, what’s the bumper party for?”<\/p>\n
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Now that Terranea is open, this place attracts some extremely hot chicks.<\/p>\n
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It’s starting to look like the Old Marineland debriefing again!<\/p>\n
If we ever got a hassle by management, we are planning on doing the rich man’s ploy – just start asking the security guard or manager, “Do you even know who we are? Do you even know who we know here? We can have your jobs in a matter of minutes,” and then one of us would pick up a cell phone and start dialing.<\/p>\n
It may not work, but so far we’ve been respectful as always, and haven’t had any complaints.<\/p>\n
My brother, professional debriefer Paul, made a video of today’s debriefing that can be viewed here:<\/p>\n
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