I arrived a half hour late from our usual meeting time of 8 AM; I had to find my core warmer – something I did not bring to Albania with me.<\/p>\n
Of course, it was on my balcony, right where I left it a month ago.<\/p>\n
Jordon and two newer regulars, Bob and Dennis, showed up – that is it.<\/p>\n
No Reverend Al, no Nice Bob, no Chipper, no SCJoe… since Airforce Chris left, attendance has been down, knowing that there will be a shortage of beer.<\/p>\n
All four of us entered off the Point.<\/p>\n
The first thing I thought was, “Holy crap, I forgot how cold the water is here!”<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #420<\/p>\n
Dove with Jordan, Bob and Dennis
\nTerranea Resort
\nRancho Palos Verdes, CA USA<\/p>\n
In With: 2800 psi
\nOut With: 500 psi
\nMax depth: 60 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat with an occasional roller
\nVisibility: Up to 15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 56 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 72 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 40 minutes or so<\/p>\n
We surface swam out and then descended “around where the pinnacle probably is.”<\/p>\n
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All over the place are these weird, transparent centipede like things. <\/p>\n
I don’t know the name, but I have never seen them so abundant.<\/p>\n
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At 2000 psi, we headed to the cove.<\/p>\n
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Is this an albino nudibrach?<\/p>\n
The plan was to stay deeper going back than usual; which made a more interesting dive than normal.<\/p>\n
The problem was, I ran low on air around the half way mark and had to surface swim back.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t take my fins off soon enough, and I ended up washing up on the rocky beach still trying to take the first one off.<\/p>\n
I am getting worse at exits.<\/p>\n
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Professional Debriefer Paul brought some shish kabobs and potato chips.<\/p>\n
It was a very small group today, but the diving was nice… and cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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