<\/p>\nI took a break from the zodiac to try my lobster liberating ability on the Sea Bass, a ten diver charter boat out of Ports O’ Call in San Pedro.<\/p>\n
The divers were a mix local experienced divers including Reverend Al, Chipper, Jordan, Nice Bob, other Jeff, Mike S. and Gino C.<\/p>\n
Catalina has lots of bugs, and with the new fishing preserves all over Palos Verdes and Catalina, I thought this trip could would be worth it, once I limited.<\/p>\n
Even though there is a compressor on the boat, I brought two tanks just in case I didn’t want to wait for an air fill.<\/p>\n
The boat left at 9:01 PM for the “hour and a half” trip to the Catalina.<\/p>\n
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I’m not sure if it was the boat or the slight swells, but it was a bumpy and wet ride out.<\/p>\n
Once we reached the island, it took another 40 minutes to reach our destination.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #422<\/p>\n
Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving
\nSecret Location: 54 68 65 20 50 6f 69 6e 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 6f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 6f 6d 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 72 6f 63 6b 20 6e 65 78 74 20 74 6f 20 61 20 6d 6f 6f 72 2e, Catalina Island<\/p>\n
In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 1000 psi
\nMax depth: 65 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat
\nVisibility: Up to 20 feet
\nWater Temperature: 58 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 69 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 35 minutes<\/p>\n
We anchored in 65 feet of water and we were told by the Captain, that there is a reef that runs along the bow.<\/p>\n
I was the third diver over and under.<\/p>\n
All I saw was sand and grass – I had flash backs from when I got skunked in 2005 aboard the Bottom Scratcher – the boat anchored in one barren spot all night long.<\/p>\n
I knew this wasn’t going to be the case, but everyone wanted to limit and get home early.<\/p>\n
I looked at my computer, and the thing was off.<\/p>\n
Fuck! No computer, and I didn’t bring my table!<\/p>\n
I went as shallow as 20 feet, where the vis went to nothing and the surge picked up.<\/p>\n
I saw one short lobster this entire dive; this place sucked and I didn’t want to waste bottom time here, especially now that I would have to guess my bottom time and surface intervals.<\/p>\n
I returned to the boat. <\/p>\n
Everyone got skunked except for Reverend Al, who got a monster and a legal, and Nice Bob who got a few.<\/p>\n
Al got his in 70 feet, Bob had stumbled on the a reef in 35 feet and liberated four.<\/p>\n
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Great, everyone else missed these places; why were we anchored here and why are we anchored so deep?<\/p>\n
The Captain said, if we were any closer, he would drag anchor and he’d have to fire the boat up with us in the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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