{"id":2081,"date":"2011-08-14T17:47:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2011-08-14T17:47:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:47:12","slug":"sunday-services-scuba-diving-at-terranea-where-was-everybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2081","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Services SCUBA Diving at Terranea &#8211; Where was everybody?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The swell reports were good and there were no local posts about bad conditions &#8211; it&#8217;s time for my dive of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Not too many divers showed up; I dove with a group of four regulars, as reported below.<\/p>\n<p>A few other recognizable faces were there, too.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to follow the leader and go off the Point.<\/p>\n<p>It was fairly high tide, and we picked a spot that should have been easy to enter.<\/p>\n<p>The water swept in, I flopped down and tried to ride the receding wave out &#8211; unfortunately, another one came in and pushed me back.<\/p>\n<p>It was like riding in a washing machine, sort of &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t that bad; well, I got out and really everyone else did, with no problems.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/1out666739.JPG' alt='Row boats in the back.' \/><\/p>\n<p>There were some row boats that passed by with some dude yelling &#8211; &#8220;Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Logged SCUBA Dive #387<\/p>\n<p>Dove with Reverend Al, Nice Bob, Not New Chris and Dry Suit Greg<br \/>\nOff the Point, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n<p>In With: 3000 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 500 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 60 feet<br \/>\nWaves: Pretty flat, but the ones that came were slow.<br \/>\nVisibility: 15 feet plus<br \/>\nWater Temperature: 59 degrees, slightly colder at depth<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: About 40 minutes<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/2viswasgoodrrt45627.JPG' alt='Vis was good.' \/><\/p>\n<p>We swam out to find the pinnacle, and submerged &#8211; Visibility seemed good!<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/3upfrom50yyyuuwb4.JPG' alt='Looking up from 50 feet.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking up from 50 feet.<\/p>\n<p>We stayed at 50 feet for probably 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/4orange667392.JPG' alt='An orange thing - yeah.' \/><\/p>\n<p>You would think I would know what these things are &#8211; I don&#8217;t, but I&#8217;ve never seen one in orange.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/5nudiyyyuen77f.JPG' alt='A Nudibrach.' \/><\/p>\n<p>To compete with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydivinglife.com\/MaxBottomtime\" target=\"_new\">Max Bottomtime,<\/a> here is a picture of a nudibranch &#8211; oohh, ahhh!<\/p>\n<p>Pictures of some of the reef:<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/6reef55yehd.JPG' alt='Terranea Reef.' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/7reef667721ns.JPG' alt='Terranea reef.' \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m having a nice dive &#8211; I wasn&#8217;t sure who I was diving with at this point, but all of a sudden, Dry Suit Greg dumps a weight belt and drops his light&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/8wb1234.JPG' alt='A dropped weight belt.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, my God!<\/p>\n<p>Greg must have dropped his weight belt and needs help putting it on?<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/10blowbag.JPG' alt='Greg inflated a lift bag.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Wait, hold on&#8230; Greg still has his weights on.<\/p>\n<p>Greg pulled out a lift bag and started to blow it up.<\/p>\n<p>It was very clear that he found a weight belt and has every intention to keep it.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/11carringblowbag.JPG' alt='Greg carries the weights with a lift bag.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though the weight belt was still heavy, the lift bag helped, and that is how he completed his dive and brought the belt to shore.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone made an easy exit &#8211; Greg and I first, with the other three following about 10 minutes behind.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/13debriefing6678090.JPG' alt='Terranea Debriefing.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Debriefing was traditional.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/12inflatablesurfboard.jpg' alt='Inflatable Surf Boards.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Not sure what the deal with this is, but are these inflatable surf boards?<\/p>\n<p>A good day of diving!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, I have applied for my passport so I can go to Albania next year, but my application was rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently a &#8220;Certified copy of your birth certificate&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean a &#8221; copy of a certified copy of your birth certificate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Business will be taken care of tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The swell reports were good and there were no local posts about bad conditions &#8211; it&#8217;s time for my dive of the week. Not too many divers showed up; I dove with a group of four regulars, as reported below. A few other recognizable faces were there, too. I decided to follow the leader and [&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\/2081"}],"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=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}