{"id":262,"date":"2004-07-09T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2004-07-10T03:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2008-01-18T20:31:18","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T03:31:18","slug":"logged-dive-63-long-point-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #63 Long Point, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Point, CA<br \/>\n(aka The Old Marineland)<\/p>\n<p>Dove With Nick<\/p>\n<p>In with: 3000 psi<br \/>\nOut with: 700 psi<br \/>\nMaximum depth: 40 feet<br \/>\nWaves &#8211; 2 feet or so<br \/>\nVisibility: 10-15 feet<br \/>\nWater Temperature: Cool; cold in some places.  55 degrees F<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: 50 minutes<br \/>\nNotable Event: Long Point invaded by a film crew; dealing with the bitch from hell at the Catalina Room.<\/p>\n<p>I met Nick at 8:15 AM.<\/p>\n<p>There was a security guard telling us that we had to park next to the Catalina room because they were going to film a Weight Watchers commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Once we moved, we suited up only to have the bitch-from-hell Catalina Room manager tell us to leave.<\/p>\n<p>She basically threatened to tow us.<\/p>\n<p>One of the film crew told us to park on the other side of the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hell no!&#8221; I said.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiac Hill would have been only slightly more difficult than that trek.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we entered the water  probably around 9 AM or so.<\/p>\n<p>Easy in; there were only mild waves.<\/p>\n<p>We submerged and went just to the other side of the rocky jetty and then East to a set of reefs that I probably haven&#8217;t seen for a couple of years &#8212; back in the old &#8220;diving with Ed and Sergeant Miller&#8221; days.<\/p>\n<p>We swam back at 1000 psi.<\/p>\n<p>We saw the same stuff as before, but the environment changes from reef to reef at Long Point.<\/p>\n<p>We exited; I tried to do the old &#8220;fins off in the water&#8221; trick, but I was so close to shore so  I rode a wave in and crawled up.<\/p>\n<p>The camera crew had made a sandy beach where there used to be rocks and grass.<\/p>\n<p>Someone from the Fire Department watched our exit.<\/p>\n<p>There were so many people at Long Point &#8211; all this for a 30 second commercial.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7101764j5.jpg\" alt=\"Me degearing in the packed parking lot.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We degeared and took a walk down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7101767j5.jpg\" alt=\"The crew had tents and cameras set up all along the trail down.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crew had tents and cameras set up all along the trail down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7101769j5.jpg\" alt=\"The cameras.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cameras.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7101772j5.jpg\" alt=\"The scenery has changes quite a bit.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The scenery has changes quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7101776j5.jpg\" alt=\"Nick at the sandy Long Point Beach. Cowa bunga, dude!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nick at the sandy Long Point Beach; Cowa bunga, dude!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7101778j5.jpg\" alt=\"Looking up the trail from the rocky beach.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking up the trail from the rocky beach.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7101781j5.jpg\" alt=\"The parking lot is packed with cars and catering trucks.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The parking lot is packed with cars and catering trucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Point, CA (aka The Old Marineland) Dove With Nick In with: 3000 psi Out with: 700 psi Maximum depth: 40 feet Waves &#8211; 2 feet or so Visibility: 10-15 feet Water Temperature: Cool; cold in some places. 55 degrees F Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes Notable Event: Long Point invaded by a film crew; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}