<\/p>\nAfter a spectacular lunch of chicken and broccoli, rice and Italian bread, the next dive spot was undetermined.<\/p>\n
I went to the top deck of the boat and fell asleep.<\/p>\n
The boat never started, but I was awakened by people jumping off the side.<\/p>\n
I climbed down on to the main deck and asked one of the deck hands, “I guess this is our next spot, too?”<\/p>\n
“Yep.”<\/p>\n
I geared up and went over.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #412<\/p>\n
Solo Diving<\/p>\n
“Lula” , Catalina, CA<\/p>\n
In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 600 psi
\nMax depth: 72 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat
\nVisibility: Up to 20 feet, but more like 15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 65 degrees, colder at depth
\nAir Temperature: 84 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 40 minutes or so<\/p>\n
I went a little more North than before, and ran into the reef that I was suppose to last time.<\/p>\n
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I came across an anchor that was wedged between two rocks.<\/p>\n
Ha! Ha! Money!<\/p>\n
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There was a chain attached to it, so I decided to see how much of a chain – I followed it, and followed it and the chain went right up to the Cee Ray.<\/p>\n
I surfaced and told Jensen, one of the deck hands, “You know that the anchor is wedged between two rocks?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, we’ll get it out, we anchor here all the time.”<\/p>\n
I continued my dive, sticking shallower.<\/p>\n
I lost my way back to the boat, but as I was surfacing, I saw divers on the surface – more than a couple.<\/p>\n
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I assumed it was students making their way back to the boat, so I stalked them at depth, making my way back to underneath the swim step, where I waited my turn – hoping to loot any gear that may be dropped in the water upon boarding.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t fortunate enough to get any more gear, but did make it back with no issues.<\/p>\n
Review of the Cee Ray:<\/p>\n
I really like the way the boat is run.<\/p>\n
They don’t rush the gate, the boat goes some places that no other boats go to, and the food is really good – breakfast, several snacks and a gourmet lunch.<\/p>\n
The Cee Ray’s swim step was a little awkward for me; I am used to just taking my fins off and either walking to shore or climbing up a ladder. <\/p>\n
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Their swim step rests about a foot or two underwater; so, you sort of have to flail onto the step and then climb up the ladder.<\/p>\n
However, it’s good for students who aren’t used to the weight of SCUBA gear. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
After a great day of diving, the galley sells Pacifico and New Castle – no Budweiser!<\/p>\n
I am partially responsible for drinking their beer supply dry.<\/p>\n
Also, I have to say, even though I don’t agree with a lot of Sports Chalet’s business practices, their Divemasters and Instructors have great personalities and are very professional.<\/p>\n
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Captain Mike runs a great dive boat – I hope to be back soon.<\/p>\n
Speaking of coming soon…<\/p>\n
Coming Soon!<\/p>\n A great video of today’s dives, plus Rescue at Sea!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a spectacular lunch of chicken and broccoli, rice and Italian bread, the next dive spot was undetermined. I went to the top deck of the boat and fell asleep. The boat never started, but I was awakened by people jumping off the side. I climbed down on to the main deck and asked one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273"}],"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=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}