{"id":2049,"date":"2011-07-17T23:30:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T06:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2011-07-18T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T20:08:44","slug":"farewell-military-bob-dive-dive-and-debrief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Military Bob – Dive and Debrief"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the weekend of “Carmageddon!”<\/a> <\/p>\n

I’ve never seen traffic so light, even in the Long Beach and South Bay area; I think we should have this more often! <\/p>\n

This is also the last dive with Military Bob before he moves off to Chicago – he’s been a fixture here for about two years, we’ve also dove Laguna Beach together and rescued a female diver off the rocks at the cove at Terranea.<\/p>\n

It will be sad to see him go, but life must move on – especially when he showed me the housing prices in Chicago!<\/p>\n

There were about ten SCUBA divers there, some more closely associated with our group than others. <\/p>\n

We all decided to go off the Point – the waves were miniscule, but it was low tide and very slimy. <\/p>\n

I got beached on a reef before a wave came in and picked me up to swim out.<\/p>\n

We swam out to drop in 60 feet of water to what we call “Ted’s Pinnacle.”<\/p>\n

Waiting for a diver.<\/p>\n

We waited for a fellow diver, but he apparently decided to take off on his own – he’s been known to make his own secret dive plans.<\/p>\n

We descended.<\/p>\n

We descended.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #381<\/p>\n

The Point, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n

Dove with Not New Chris<\/p>\n

In With: 2500 psi
\nOut With: 300 psi
\nMax depth: 60 feet
\nWaves: Pretty damn flat
\nVisibility: A good 15 to 18 feet
\nWater Temperature: 57 degrees
\nAir Temperature: About 70 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 45 minutes<\/p>\n

Sheep crab.<\/p>\n

A sheep crab is fairly rare here – he liked the camera attention.<\/p>\n

I had my flash off the avoid scatter back, so some of these pictures seem a little blurry.<\/p>\n

The reef:<\/p>\n

Reef at Terranea.<\/p>\n

Reef at Tarranea.<\/p>\n

Reefs at Terranea.<\/p>\n

I had a short fill because the booster at Sea D Sea was not working, so I ran short on air and surfaced alone.<\/p>\n

I was facing Terranea Resort, and behind me I heard, “Hey! Are you alright?”<\/p>\n

A dive boat.<\/p>\n

I surfaced about 25 feet from a dive boat.<\/p>\n

I gave them the “OK” signal and proceeded to surface swim to a perfect exit.<\/p>\n

I thought how wonderful it must be to have a boat… then the realization of having one hit me – HELL NO!<\/p>\n

Exiting after a scuba dive.<\/p>\n

The rest made it to shore within a few minutes.<\/p>\n

Post dive debriefing.<\/p>\n

We wished Military Bob farewell while debriefing with an assortment of sausages, snacks, kimchi and beer.<\/p>\n

Group shot of all the SCUBA divers.<\/p>\n

Here is a group shot of most of the divers – Military Bob is to the far right, I am standing next to him.<\/p>\n

I asked Military Bob, “Will you ever come back for a visit and a dive?”<\/p>\n

“Yes, but not for a while,” he said.<\/p>\n

Bob plans to continue diving in the Great Lakes.<\/p>\n

And so, another chapter in history closes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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