<\/p>\nAs I mentioned in my previous post, dive conditions for about the past month have been sketchy, and the March weather a little weird – it’s been colder than normal for March and we’ve had a few storms roll in and ruin the visibility.<\/p>\n
Now, it’s April, and it’s time for my traditional Easter dive!<\/p>\n
Weather could not have been better – a warm 72 degrees in the morning with the ocean as flat as a lake.<\/p>\n
I was suppose to meet Holly, a fairly new, Sunday services only diver – neither of us thought that many people would show up.<\/p>\n
After all, it’s Easter and some people have families and lives.<\/p>\n
How wrong we were – half the parking lot was filled with divers; maybe 15 to 25 in all.<\/p>\n
What was worse, Chipper was there – whenever we are in the same ocean at the same time, conditions have always sucked.<\/p>\n
Most divers went off the Point; Holy and I went off the Cove.<\/p>\n
This was Holly’s 40th dive – for some reason, a diver’s 40th is a special number. <\/p>\n
You’ve been smart enough – or mentored wisely enough – to survive 40 dives, so you can really be called a regular diver.<\/p>\n
We made an easy entrance and swam to the rocky finger outside of Pigeon Shit Cave before submerging.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #405<\/p>\n
Dove with Holly<\/p>\n
120 Reef, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 1600 psi
\nMax depth: 43 feet
\nWaves: Flat, I mean REALLY flat
\nVisibility: Eight to 15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 52 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 72 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 32 minutes<\/p>\n
The water was extremely cold – well, at least cold for Southern California, and the visibility was as good as 15 feet in some places.<\/p>\n
I had my underwater camera with me – unfortunately, I really didn’t take any footage that I really liked.<\/p>\n
It was sort of dark and in some places a little silty. <\/p>\n
We came across something really strange, but my pictures didn’t turn out.<\/p>\n
It looked like a really skinny black starfish with a hole going through the middle; I will try and find a picture of a similar one to post later.<\/p>\n
We toured the reefs for about 25 minutes.<\/p>\n
I was getting cold, but we both had 2,000 psi left in our tanks – Holly motioned to me, I signaled that I was cold and she agreed.<\/p>\n
We started back, heading over the sand.<\/p>\n
Almost running into the bottom of the rocky finger, I corrected course and broke the surface almost where we entered.<\/p>\n
We made an easy exit.<\/p>\n
The “Chipper plus PSD equals crappy conditions” jinx is over!<\/p>\n
To get Holy in better condition to handle the macho walk, I let her carry all her gear by herself.<\/p>\n
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Liquid debriefing followed – there were some really hot looking chicks there.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The group photo.<\/p>\n
Until next time!<\/p>\n
Happy Easter everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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