{"id":1632,"date":"2009-08-23T23:19:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2009-08-24T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T22:14:33","slug":"sunday-services-at-terranea-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1632","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Services At Terranea Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another relaxing Sunday of diving and debriefing.<\/p>\n<p>I have gotten some emails asking if I dive anywhere else other than Terranea Resort and Veteran&#8217;s Park &#8211; yes, I have plans to dive elsewhere and do other activities, but the time has not quite come yet.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Terranea Resort opened at the worst possible time for the Hotel and Resort industry as an <a target=\"_new\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/ci_13163972?IADID\">article in the <em>Daily Breeze<\/em><\/a> states, the lenders are taking steps on foreclosing on the property.<\/p>\n<p>I hope things work out for the resort as management has been nothing but hospitable towards us divers.<\/p>\n<p>Sort of a thin crowd today; a lot of the divers had hangovers from Saturday night, so we all decided to go to 120 reef and not risk fighting a current from the Point.<\/p>\n<p>Logged SCUBA Dive #347<\/p>\n<p>Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n<p>Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n<p>In With: 2900 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 500 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 42 feet<br \/>\nWaves: Ocean was flat, but challenging waves on the shoreline<br \/>\nVisibility: 5-7 feet<br \/>\nWater Temperature: In the 60s<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes<\/p>\n<p>It was approaching high tide and the swells that rolled into the rocks were deep &#8211; ankle high, then waist high; I made it out with little problem.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone seemed to have their buddy situation taken care of; I decided to go it alone.<\/p>\n<p>The ocean off of Terranea is getting more crowded&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0055popty.jpg\" alt=\"A paddle boarder, two divers and a fishing boat.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From left to right &#8211; a paddle boarder (or god-like figure walking on water?), two divers and a fishing boat.<\/p>\n<p>I submerged and went 120 degrees on my compass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0057popty.jpg\" alt=\"120 reef.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I approached a dark blob in the water; as I got closer it was the beginning of the reef.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0060popty.jpg\" alt=\"Vis was five to seven feet - good maybe foir some macro photography.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vis was five to seven feet &#8211; good maybe for some macro photography.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0062popty.jpg\" alt=\"A Sunstar.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Sunstar.<\/p>\n<p>Other pictures of 120 reef:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0065popty.jpg\" alt=\"120 reef off of Terranea Resort\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0068popty.jpg\" alt=\"120 reef off of Terranea Resort\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0069popty.jpg\" alt=\"120 reef off of Terranea Resort\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0071popty.jpg\" alt=\"I ran across Not New Chris and his buddy.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I ran across Not New Chris and his buddy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0076popty.jpg\" alt=\"A diver scouts for lobsters before the season begins.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A diver scouts for lobsters before the season begins &#8211; I didn&#8217;t see any this dive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0080popty.jpg\" alt=\"Starfish cling to a reef.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Starfish cling to a reef.<\/p>\n<p>At 1,000 psi I started heading in; I could hear the swells crashing against the rocks and moving all the pebbles around at the shoreline.<\/p>\n<p>High tide was coming in fairly quickly; I stood up in waist high water when a few large swells pushed me up against a rock, then swept me back out.<\/p>\n<p>I struggled for a few minutes, being patient to make a final exit when I got a leg cramp; thanks to my machismo, I ignored the pain.<\/p>\n<p>I finally rode a swell in and was able to crawl behind a large rock, take my fins off and walk ashore &#8211; this was not a very graceful exit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0084popty.jpg\" alt=\"Let the debriefing begin!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let the debriefing begin!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s menu was beer, bratwursts and hotdogs, in addition to the usual strange looks from first time guests, not used to our bumper parties.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0092popty.jpg\" alt=\"Biplanes buzzed around the resort.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Biplanes patrolled the shoreline looking for illegal aliens and terrorists.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/pict0090popty.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional debriefing continued until noon.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traditional debriefing continued until noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another relaxing Sunday of diving and debriefing. I have gotten some emails asking if I dive anywhere else other than Terranea Resort and Veteran&#8217;s Park &#8211; yes, I have plans to dive elsewhere and do other activities, but the time has not quite come yet. Apparently, Terranea Resort opened at the worst possible time for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632"}],"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=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}