{"id":194,"date":"2004-05-21T20:12:41","date_gmt":"2004-05-22T03:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2007-12-30T10:14:32","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T17:14:32","slug":"logged-dive-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #47 White Point, San Pedro, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

White Point, San Pedro, CA
\nDove with Nick (Photos By Nick)<\/em><\/p>\n

I got off work early and met Nick at White Point shortly before 1 PM.<\/p>\n

We were both late because of a stalled truck on the bridge.<\/p>\n

\"White<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The water looked rough but manageable.<\/p>\n

The lifeguard drove by and asked how long we were going to be out.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Surfers were over on the other side of the beach.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\"Just
\nWe entered the water from the same cove as our last dive here.<\/p>\n

Nick had his camera, I had my spear.<\/p>\n

It was high tide an hour before.<\/p>\n

This area is definitely an advanced dive.<\/p>\n

Long Point is easy.<\/p>\n

At Long Point, the rocks are round and smooth; at White Point, they’re sharp and jagged.<\/p>\n

The waves and currents are rougher at White Point than Long Point.<\/p>\n

Also, at White Point, you have to be careful coming back in.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, you may get pushed into a shallow reef.<\/p>\n

Once out of the cove and into the surf, we encountered eight foot surges.<\/p>\n

I tried to, or at least suggested, that we call the dive off.<\/p>\n

Nick wanted to keep going.<\/p>\n

Nick is becoming as macho as me.<\/p>\n

The surges look more ominous than they really are.<\/p>\n

They come in, hit a reef and the wave curls.<\/p>\n

We went down just short of the first kelp bed.<\/p>\n

Visibility was 15 feet and soupy.<\/p>\n

It was hard to stay in one place because of the surges.<\/p>\n

I cracked open some sea urchins, but saw no big fish.<\/p>\n

Nick was diving with his shark knife for the first time.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

We didn’t go far and tended to hang out in one area.<\/p>\n

\"Lobsters<\/p>\n

We came up on a reef with many “mini-caves.”<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

I cracked a few sea urchins and waited.<\/p>\n

I followed a big sheephead into one of the reefs.<\/p>\n

There were three huge sheephead hiding in the small cave.<\/p>\n

I saw the silhouette and shot just as a Garibaldi swam by.<\/p>\n

I hit something, but nothing was on my spear – Good!<\/p>\n

Nick signaled that he was low on air.<\/p>\n

We both ascended and carefully went in.<\/p>\n

Some cops were hassling people on the other side of the beach.<\/p>\n

In with: 3100 psi
\nOut with: 1100 psi
\nMax depth: 25 feet
\nWaves: 8 foot surges
\nVisibility: 15 feet\/soupy
\nWater temperature: I guess 60 degrees F<\/p>\n

During the dive, Nick picked up a star fish. I put the thing on my head for a picture, but felt the thing sticking and squeezing my head. Taking it off, I accidentally knocked my mouthpiece out. Ooops!<\/p>\n

We were under water about 35 minutes. We only surfaced when coming out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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