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<\/p>\nOk, I guess I screwed up just a bit.<\/p>\n
I thought we were suppose to meet at 10:30 PM at the dock, the plan was to leave at that time.<\/p>\n
Having pissed off Instructor John, Instructor Ron and Jim, who hate to wait on anyone, I arrived at 10:30 and did the fastest sprint gear-up that I have ever done.<\/p>\n
We were off at 10:50 PM and I kept thinking, “I geared up so quickly, I must have left something behind.”<\/p>\n
The mighty zodiac chugged along the flat seas with four divers, eight tanks and gear.<\/p>\n
We arrived at a pre-scouted secret destination off of Palos Verdes 20 minutes before midnight…<\/p>\n
Logged Dive #351<\/p>\n
Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 20 6e 65 61 72 20 61 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 63 68 69 6d 6e 65 79 73 2e<\/p>\n
Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 500 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Pretty damn flat
\nVisibility: 5 to 15 feet, really bad close to shore
\nWater Temperature: About 60 degrees on the surface
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 40 minutes<\/p>\n
We entered the water a minute or so before midnight…<\/p>\n
I inflated my BC, tied it to the boat and threw it overboard… I soon followed.<\/p>\n
The BC didn’t fit, I couldn’t put it on.<\/p>\n
It was twisted up… I untwisted it, and managed to put my arms through… but I couldn’t find my console or regulators.<\/p>\n
I was in such a hurry gearing up, I put my BC and regulator on the tanks basically inside out and backwards.<\/p>\n
Instructor Ron helped me regear in the water while saying, “I wonder how you’re going to document this episode.”<\/p>\n
I submerged about 15 minutes after midnight and headed towards shore – the lobsters are usually pretty shallow this time of the season.<\/p>\n
Visibility was initially pretty damn clear.<\/p>\n
Ten minutes into the dive I spotted and pinned my first legal bug; the anxiety of “will I get skunked tonight” was now over.<\/p>\n
I proceeded to go shallower and eventually hit 15 feet where vis turned to crap.<\/p>\n
I turned around and came accross the biggest F’ing bug that I had ever seen in my entire life!<\/p>\n
It was as big as a horse… well, maybe a small dog.<\/p>\n
I exhaled and pinned it to the bottom; as I took my other hand to slide underneath the torso it’s tail whipped up and hit me in the nuts which made me lose my grip.<\/p>\n
I closed my legs and tried to use some jiu jitsu to subdue the monster, but it wiggled free and escaped.<\/p>\n
My lobster hunting hubris has now been ruined.<\/p>\n
I was lucky enough to find two more way-legal bugs before heading back to the mighty zodiac.<\/p>\n
I caught three, Instructor Ron none, Jim one or two and Instructor John five or six.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I was quite content with this spot, but of course the divers who didn’t do too well wanted to find another spot.<\/p>\n
The next dive and outcome will be up in another hour…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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