<\/p>\nI was invited to check out the Cee Ray by Captain Mike and Mikey, the Cook – friends of a common friend.<\/p>\n
I was told, “If you’re a regular diver, come and check out our boat for free as our guest, but don’t be afraid to tip accordingly.”<\/p>\n
How could I refuse an offer like that?<\/p>\n
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The boat was chartered by Sports Chalet, the company that I’ve written a lot of shit about – like refusing to fill my Luxfer Aluminum tanks from 1980.<\/p>\n
It was explained to me, as I was signing in with their Divemasters, that “They know you’re our guest, they won’t bother you and you won’t bother them…”<\/p>\n
That’s cool, but I begged them, “Please, at least, make sure that I’m back on the boat before you pull anchor…”<\/p>\n
The two Sports Chalet Divemasters were cool, I believe their names were Tim and Frank.<\/p>\n
One looked like Darrell Sheets from the TV show Storage Wars<\/em>; the other looked like Sheriff Frank Hammer from the movie Bonnie and Clyde<\/em>.<\/p>\n I was given a bunk and a number; I slept, or tried to sleep, most of the way there.<\/p>\n There were some pretty good looking chicks on the boat; I was lucky to catch a nipple slip when one of them was getting into her wet suit.<\/p>\n We stopped at one place where I thought we would anchor, but then the boat pulled away and sped off to drop anchor elsewhere…<\/p>\n I was the first off the boat.<\/p>\n Logged SCUBA Dive #410<\/p>\n Solo Diving<\/p>\n Scotsman’s Reef, Catalina, CA<\/p>\n In With: 3000 psi I jumped off the side, and gave the “I’m OK sign.”<\/p>\n I followed the reef down to 58 feet, were the sand started.<\/p>\n It was clear, but visibility varied.<\/p>\n I spotted a Giant Sea slug.<\/p>\n I made it back with no issues, after having found a diving pouch someone dropped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was invited to check out the Cee Ray by Captain Mike and Mikey, the Cook – friends of a common friend. I was told, “If you’re a regular diver, come and check out our boat for free as our guest, but don’t be afraid to tip accordingly.” How could I refuse an offer like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267"}],"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=2267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOut With: 600 psi
\nMax depth: 58 feet
\nWaves: Slight chop
\nVisibility: Up to 30 feet
\nWater Temperature: 65 degrees, colder at depth
\nAir Temperature: 80 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes or so<\/p>\n
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