{"id":1834,"date":"2010-03-12T23:55:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T06:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2010-03-15T09:51:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T16:51:01","slug":"second-lobster-dive-of-the-year-maybe-the-last-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1834","title":{"rendered":"Second Lobster Dive Of The Year – Maybe The Last For The Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

With not very many bugs deep, we decided to try a shallower spot.<\/p>\n

If there’s no bugs, we can at least look at some nice reef structure.<\/p>\n

After quickly warming my wet suit up at waist level with some 98.7 degree liquid, Chipper and I went down the anchor line.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #367<\/p>\n

Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 6d 61 72 20 61 6c 6d 6f 73 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 64 6f 6d 69 6e 61 74 69 6e 67 20 77 72 65 63 6b 2e, Palos Verdes<\/p>\n

SoCal Buddy Diving With Chipper<\/p>\n

In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 62 feet
\nWaves: Choppy, and getting choppier
\nVisibility: Maybe 20 feet
\nWater Temperature: About 54 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 30 minutes<\/p>\n

I had changed the batteries in my primary light – Wow! I could see!<\/p>\n

I spotted a few shorts as we were heading deeper, but no bugs after passing 50 feet.<\/p>\n

We turned around after reaching 60 feet.<\/p>\n

It was a nice kelp and reef dive – a lot more to look at than the previous dive’s construction junk.<\/p>\n

We came across a section of reef that was full of lobster; Chipper and I worked different sections.<\/p>\n

I pulled out two huge ones, but upon measuring, they were short.<\/p>\n

Chipper swam over with a lobster in each hand; I took one and measured it – short!<\/p>\n

Chipper’s was short, too.<\/p>\n

Low on air, I slowly surfaced.<\/p>\n

There was one hell of a current, pushing me away from the boat.<\/p>\n

Being super macho, and not wearing split fins, I swam against the current and made it back in about 15 minutes; Chipper followed.<\/p>\n

Again, diver’s slowly returned, most with empty bags.<\/p>\n

Mike C. managed to find one…<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/p>\n

Mike C. likes the taste of freshly caught lobster.<\/p>\n

Seven divers made it back, Jester was still in the water somewhere; we all cracked open the decompression bottles – Budweiser and…let me think?<\/p>\n

Chipper brought some kind of tasty beer, imported from Hesperia… White Shark beer, I think?<\/p>\n

Jester surfaced way down current; the swells were getting rougher, to the point of developing white caps.<\/p>\n

By the time Jester made it back, he was a little pissed that we didn’t pick him up.<\/p>\n

After a struggle to climb aboard in the tossing boat, Dan greeted him with, “So, did you have a nice swim?”<\/p>\n

“I knew you guys were all sitting here drinking beer… I was going to signal the boat, so Divemaster Mike could practice his tired diver tow, but I didn’t want to live down the ensuing internet posts,” Jester said.<\/p>\n

Jester came aboard with two lobsters, both caught in 50 feet.<\/p>\n

\"Jester<\/p>\n

He remeasured one, just to be sure it was OK, and it was.<\/p>\n

Good thing, as bringing shorts on board the boat is not tolerated at all.<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

We started the cold, bumpy and wet ride back to King Harbor.<\/p>\n

The enthusiasm to go out again before the season ends has really diminished.<\/p>\n

The lobsters are out, but they’re sparse and mostly short.<\/p>\n

Someone complained that their bug cost them $80.<\/p>\n

I said, “It’s better than paying $80 for two night dives.”<\/p>\n

Debriefing continued for a while in the parking lot.<\/p>\n

Some jokes were told that would make an old church lady have a heart attack.<\/p>\n

\"For<\/p>\n

For some reason, the chicks gravitate towards Divemaster Mike.<\/p>\n

Two dives, eight divers, brought in a total of six bugs – I think I’m done for this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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