{"id":1743,"date":"2009-10-24T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2009-10-25T08:24:07","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T15:24:07","slug":"diving-dead-mans-reef-in-laguna-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1743","title":{"rendered":"Diving Dead Man&#8217;s Reef In Laguna Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally made it down to Laguna Beach again!<\/p>\n<p>Military Bob was nice enough to invite me down for a couple of dives.<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting to note how many divers, fisherman and beach goers can squeeze into residential parking spots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/scubaoct09a.jpg\" alt=\"Military Bob\u2019s regulator was free flowing; I don\u2019t know what we did - we banged on it, shoved a few screw drivers down to try and adjust it and poured water over it - but we fixed it.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Military Bob&#8217;s regulator was free flowing; I don&#8217;t know what we did &#8211; we banged on it, shoved a few screw drivers down to try and adjust it and poured water over it &#8211; but we fixed it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can you breathe through it?&#8221; I asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well I guess we&#8217;re good to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Logged Dive #357<br \/>\nLaguna Beach, CA<\/p>\n<p>Dead Man&#8217;s Reef from North Crescent Cove<\/p>\n<p>Dove with Military Bob<\/p>\n<p>In With: 3000 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 500 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 55 feet<br \/>\nWaves: Pretty flat with some waist high swells in the surf zone<br \/>\nVisibility: 30 feet (no joke)<br \/>\nWater Temperature: About 60 degrees<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: About 45 minutes<\/p>\n<p>After an easy entrance and 100 yard surface swim to the reef, we submerged.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/scubaoct09c.jpg\" alt=\"Visibility was spectacular!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visibility was spectacular!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/scubaoct09d.jpg\" alt=\"Vis was as good as 30 feet.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vis was as good as 30 feet.<\/p>\n<p>We found a huge lobster in 25 feet of water, but were unable to dig it out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/scubaoct09e.jpg\" alt=\"The remains of an octopus feast.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The remains of an octopus feast.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/scubaoct09f.jpg\" alt=\"A deadly hork shark waits to attack.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A deadly hork shark waits to attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/scubaoct09g.jpg\" alt=\"Dead Mans Reef\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We headed back when I was down to 1000 psi; after a short surface swim to the beach, we were out with no trouble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally made it down to Laguna Beach again! Military Bob was nice enough to invite me down for a couple of dives. It was interesting to note how many divers, fisherman and beach goers can squeeze into residential parking spots. Military Bob&#8217;s regulator was free flowing; I don&#8217;t know what we did &#8211; we [&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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743"}],"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=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}