I missed out on lobster liberating last week – it is a long story involving a broken email account, beer and a psychotic woman.<\/p>\n
Anyway, Jim, Instructor John and I were off in the zodiac around 8 PM to a spot off of Palos Verdes.<\/p>\n
The spot is usually pounded by surf; but tonight the area was fairly calm, so the decision was made to try this area.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #373<\/p>\n
SECRET LOCATION: 41 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 47 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 2c 20 69 6e 20 76 69 65 77 20 6f 66 20 74 <\/p>\n
68 65 20 68 6f 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 6c 69 67 68 74 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a, Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n
Solo Diving, SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 500 psi
\nMax depth: 35 feet
\nWaves: Slight swells on the surface, surge underwater
\nVisibility: 4-8 feet
\nWater Temperature: 64 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 40 minutes<\/p>\n
The water was comfortably warm, coming in at 62 degrees.<\/p>\n
I followed Jim’s advise and peed in my wetsuit before submerging.<\/p>\n
I spotted and pinned my first lobster within five minutes; I had to remeasure it several times, but I was certain it was legal.<\/p>\n
Jim was beside me before going on his own and I saw him pass up one – yeah, it was so short, he didn’t even bother to pin it to make sure.<\/p>\n
I saw a lot of lobsters, at one point I even came across a lobster hole, stuffed with bugs.<\/p>\n
The only problem was that all these lobsters were short – to the point where the “monster” bugs were a quarter inch under legal.<\/p>\n
There was a horrid surge in the shallows, with visibility that was in the four feet range.<\/p>\n
I pinned five more bugs, all shorts – they were released unharmed.<\/p>\n
I surfaced twice to spot the boat and plan my return.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, when I did surface with 500 psi, I was about 40 yards away from the boat – and when you’re that far away, looking at a 14 foot zodiac, it looks as though you have to swim miles.<\/p>\n
The surface kelp was thick and I basically had to bitch-crawl over to return to the boat.<\/p>\n
I remeasured my bug – it did not shrink when it was exposed to the air, so into my liberation bag it went.<\/p>\n
Instructor John came back with two, I had my one and Jim got skunked.<\/p>\n
It is suppose to rain Monday, so between now and then remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
Everyone has agreed that this season sucks for us, despite talk of people limiting in Orange County and the Redondo Beach break water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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