<\/p>\nInstructor Ed is back in town from his cross country trucking career!<\/p>\n
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Sitting in a truck for weeks at a time makes it hard to fit back into his wetsuit.<\/p>\n
Ed met a couple of his friends to go free diving.<\/p>\n
The water looked a little rough – some chose The Point, a few others, including myself, chose to dive The Cove.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #388<\/p>\n
Dove with Air Force Chris and Dennis G.
\nOff the Cove, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 700 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Slightly surgy
\nVisibility: 2-12 feet at best
\nWater Temperature: 54 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 75 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 45 minutes<\/p>\n
Dennis G. and Not New Chris (from now on referred to as “Air Force Chris”) and I, made an easy entrance into the water.<\/p>\n
Instructor Ed and his two friends went off on their own to free dive; I told them, “Don’t shoot the big fish with the bubbles coming out of it.”<\/p>\n
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We swam to the edge of 120 reef and descended. <\/p>\n
I was 10 feet away from Chris and Dennis, but by the time I reached the bottom, they were nowhere to be found. <\/p>\n
I looked around… I did a full 360…the visibility absolutely sucked.<\/p>\n
I surfaced to look for their bubbles, but looking for the bubbles of two experienced divers can be challenging; it was a futile effort.<\/p>\n
I re-submerged and went towards 120 reef; sure enough, through the absolutely crappy visibility, I found them…<\/p>\n
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I made it a point to just follow Chris, that way if I got lost, I could blame him.<\/p>\n
At best, we reached pockets of 12 feet of clarity; at worst it was a total silt out.<\/p>\n
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But, when the visibility is low, you just need to go macro…<\/p>\n
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After about 30 minutes, Chris surfaced to get a bearing…<\/p>\n
Dennis and I waited… and waited… we surfaced.<\/p>\n
Chris had descended, but couldn’t relocate us; we all met at the surface.<\/p>\n
“This vis sucks,” Chis said.<\/p>\n
Nobody argued.<\/p>\n
We re-submerged and swam to the “Garden.”<\/p>\n
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Visibility got worse; we eventually surface swam to our destination and then descended again.<\/p>\n
The “Garden” as it is known, is to the right of the cove, facing the ocean.<\/p>\n
Visibility wasn’t that much better there either; we ran in to the group coming from The Point.<\/p>\n
Everyone made a perfect and professional exit.<\/p>\n
Visibility coming from The Point was reported to be 15 feet at maximum.<\/p>\n
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From left to right – Instructor Ed, Moo, Shawn and me.<\/p>\n
Moo is the person, 20 plus years ago, who got instructor Ed into SCUBA diving.<\/p>\n
Ed gave me some of the gear that I still use, but I found out that Moo gave Ed some of that equipment.<\/p>\n
Apparently, my console was originally Moo’s – he bought it new in the late 1970s and was amazed it is still around and that I am still using it.<\/p>\n
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Debriefing was traditional – hot dogs, garlic bread, mango, chips and the King Of Beer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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