{"id":216,"date":"2004-06-05T22:24:29","date_gmt":"2004-06-06T05:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2008-01-13T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2008-01-13T23:02:25","slug":"logged-dive-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #53 The Old Marineland, Long Point RPV, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Point, CA
\n(aka The Old Marineland)<\/p>\n

Dove with Nick<\/p>\n

Nick and I met at the Point Vicente Fishing Access to check out Cardiac Hill.<\/p>\n

The conditions looked like crap, so we headed to Long Point.<\/p>\n

There was a large number of other divers there – apparently a diving club called the “Sole Searcher” or maybe “Soal Searchers.”<\/p>\n

Supposedly they’re out of Pasadena.<\/p>\n

The couple that parked next to us later introduced themselves as Anastasia and Jeff from the dive group.<\/p>\n

A little after 9 AM, Nick and I headed down to the cove and went in.<\/p>\n

The conditions were absolutely horrible.<\/p>\n

Visibility was five feet at best and very soupy; there was a STRONG current pulling North-West.<\/p>\n

We tried swimming to the second kelp bed, but the current wore us out.<\/p>\n

When we submerged, we tried heading East to the kelp beds, but we ended up going in circles fighting the current.<\/p>\n

Visibility was sometimes nonexistent.<\/p>\n

We called it off and headed in.<\/p>\n

We warned Anastasia and Jeff about the conditions; they later called off their dive.<\/p>\n

The rest of their group – at least the majority — headed off the point.<\/p>\n

It was low tide – not a very bright thing to do as the rocks are covered with slime.<\/p>\n

\"Heavy<\/p>\n

We were all concerned about how they were going to make it back; divers rarely head back and go on shore at The Point.<\/p>\n

They usually swim to the cove, but the current today was a major concern.<\/p>\n

After de-gearing, Nick, Anastasia, Jeff and I walked down to The Point.<\/p>\n

\"Divers<\/p>\n

Three divers came in on The Point after getting tossed by the increasingly large waves.<\/p>\n

I tried to help one of them ashore, but was declined.<\/p>\n

“Where’s the dignity in that?” he asked.<\/p>\n

\"Divers<\/p>\n

The other divers were scattered trying to swim to the cove against the current.<\/p>\n

\"Coming<\/p>\n

Three got tired and headed in mid-way.<\/p>\n

\"Assisting<\/p>\n

\"Assisting<\/p>\n

\"Assisting<\/p>\n

Everyone made it to shore eventually, the last made it to the cove.<\/p>\n

The diver- possibly the leader – who made it back in on the point, jumped back in the water to help the others.<\/p>\n

I stayed on shore pointing out who remained.<\/p>\n

I don’t think a lot of these divers were not experienced beach divers.<\/p>\n

At least one dropped his weight belt.<\/p>\n

Everyone made it back alive.<\/p>\n

In with: 3000 psi
\nOut with: 2500 psi
\nMaximum depth: 30 feet
\nWaves: 4+ feet
\nVisibility: 0-5 feet – It really sucked
\nWater Temperature: About 55 degrees F
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 10 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long Point, CA (aka The Old Marineland) Dove with Nick Nick and I met at the Point Vicente Fishing Access to check out Cardiac Hill. The conditions looked like crap, so we headed to Long Point. There was a large number of other divers there – apparently a diving club called the “Sole Searcher” or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}