Veteran’s Park
\nRedondo Beach, CA<\/p>\n
Dove with Ed<\/p>\n
This was my first time in a month diving; Ed is buying a bar, so he’s been busy.<\/p>\n
It was a hot day; about 80 degrees before 10 AM.<\/p>\n
I started with 3400 psi of air; Ed had 3000 psi.<\/p>\n
We entered the water, it was really rough, 10-12 foot waves.<\/p>\n
But, no surfers!<\/p>\n
Maybe because there were a lot of SCUBA divers.<\/p>\n
We descended to 40 feet and followed the shelf down to 90 feet.<\/p>\n
My gauge said 80 feet.<\/p>\n
Instructor Ed had two gauges, one said 85 feet, the other (his newly bought one) read 90 feet.<\/p>\n
Ed said that he knows what 90 feet feels like, so I’ll go with that.<\/p>\n
We swam around at 90 feet for a few minutes.<\/p>\n
Ed was acting a little strange and signalled he was going up.<\/p>\n
I tried to follow him.<\/p>\n
80 feet up is a REALLY long way.<\/p>\n
I got to 40 feet and was really tired; I couldn’t see Ed.<\/p>\n
At 40 feet I decided to swim toward the beach; I looked at my compass and started swimming West for five minutes.<\/p>\n
I don’t know if I was disoriented or just stupid, but I soon realized that I was going the wrong way!<\/p>\n
I turned around and went East, DUH!<\/p>\n
It was really strange; there were particles in the water that just flew by; I can’t really describe it.<\/p>\n
It was like I was floating through a thin soup with glitter.<\/p>\n
I eventually ran into the shelf and followed it back up.<\/p>\n
I was swimming along the bottom, looked up and saw a spider crab on its hind legs — pinchers out — ready to attack (or, more realistically, defend itself).<\/p>\n
It startled me and I swam away.<\/p>\n
I thought that if I had my fishing license, I’d go back and get it – Oh, well!<\/p>\n
I made it back to shore, but had to crawl up on the beach.<\/p>\n
I was in a good position to go up standing, but the waves were too high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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