{"id":2450,"date":"2012-10-27T18:54:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T01:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2012-10-28T20:54:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T03:54:20","slug":"friday-night-lobster-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2450","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Lobster Liberation!"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 26, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s been almost a month since Opening Night of Lobster Season.<\/p>\n

I was suppose to be on the Island Diver, but there were problems with crew and diver interest, so I was lucky enough to grab a spot on Instructor John’s 14 foot zodiac.<\/p>\n

Upon pulling up to park at King Harbor, the parking lot attendant gave me some good advise.<\/p>\n

“You go diving? Lobster are shallow – 15 feet, I know…,” he said.<\/p>\n

If the parking attendant at the marina doesn’t know where the lobsters are, then who does?<\/p>\n

It was me, Crazy Ivan and Instructor John.<\/p>\n

The ride out was fast, over the fairly calm ocean, to one of our secret spots off of Palos Verdes.<\/p>\n

It was high tide, but due to the kelp getting caught in the prop, we had to anchor in 40 feet of water.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #426<\/p>\n

Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving
\nSecret Location: 42 79 20 74 68 65 20 68 6f 75 73 65 2c 20 6e 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 2c 20 77 65 61 72 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6c 6f 6c 6c 69 70 6f 70 20 74 72 65 65 73 2e, Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n

In With: 2800 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 42 feet
\nWaves: Very slight chop, magnifying towards shore
\nVisibility: Up to 15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 62 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 62 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 40 minutes<\/p>\n

I took a heading towards shore and descended.<\/p>\n

I headed towards shore, positive that the lobsters were very shallow; but for the first 10 minutes of my dive, I didn’t see any lobsters at all.<\/p>\n

I have to say, if I was going to get skunked, the reef structure in this area was quite entertaining. <\/p>\n

The water started to get fairly choppy; I was washing back and forth, getting caught on kelp.<\/p>\n

I checked my depth gauge – I was at 15 feet.<\/p>\n

I put my gauge down, looked down, and there was lobster!<\/p>\n

Shit! This my be the difference between me getting skunked and coming home with something.<\/p>\n

I moved the light away, so it wouldn’t get spooked, and grabbed for it.<\/p>\n

It moved back and I ended up grabbing an antenna, I let go and it flew into my chest.<\/p>\n

I grabbed it like a football; it felt like grabbing a beer can – no need the measure this one.<\/p>\n

I stuffed it in my bag and went looking for more.<\/p>\n

The surge was just too much in 15 feet, I had to go back deeper.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that one lobster is all I caught.<\/p>\n

I almost headed for the wrong boat – the zodiac has such a low profile, you have to look in one direction for a few minutes sometimes just to find it.<\/p>\n

All three of us made it back, as usual.<\/p>\n

Instructor John with his lobsters<\/p>\n

Instructor John caught two – he tried deep, but they are shallow.<\/p>\n

Crazy Ivan with his bugs<\/p>\n

Crazy Ivan with his bugs.<\/p>\n

Macho Me with my bug<\/p>\n

Here is me with my monster bug.<\/p>\n

I got back too late to get enough sleep to attend the Divevets’ Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest.<\/p>\n

I guess it doesn’t matter, my pumpkins have always sucked – I never won anything, except a beach towel for being the worst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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