{"id":266,"date":"2004-07-31T20:50:42","date_gmt":"2004-08-01T03:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2008-01-19T10:11:18","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T17:11:18","slug":"logged-dive-67-long-point-rpv-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #67 Long Point, RPV, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Point, CA<br \/>\n(aka The Old Marineland)<\/p>\n<p>Dove with Nick<\/p>\n<p>In with: 2800 psi<br \/>\nOut with: 800 psi<br \/>\nMax Depth: 25 feet<br \/>\nWaves: 2-3 feet<br \/>\nVisibility: 10 feet\/soupy in places<br \/>\nWater Temperature: 60 degrees F<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: About An Hour<\/p>\n<p>We met around 9 AM, geared up and went down.<\/p>\n<p>Nick was prepared to &#8220;Southern California Buddy Dive&#8221; (aka Solo Dive) but I wasn&#8217;t hunting, so I followed him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7311879.jpg\" alt=\"Me off of Long Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7311882.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Off Of Long Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went the same route as last time (<a href=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?p=265\">See Dive #66<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Nick was micro-photographing the reefs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7311888a.jpg\" alt=\"A 'Saddam Hussein' fish hides in a hole.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;Saddam Hussein&#8217; fish hides in a hole.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7311911a.jpg\" alt=\"Nice and colorful Long Point Reef\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far as entry &#8211; it was easy, but for some reason, my weight belt slipped off &#8211; I caught it before it could completely disengage;  but it was a pain putting it back on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7311922.jpg\" alt=\"Going Down!\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7311947.jpg\" alt=\"Chumming the water with Sea Urchins\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We swam South and then back North.<\/p>\n<p>We saw the sand stir in front of us and then a huge Bat Ray swam past us.<\/p>\n<p>It scared the shit from Nick.<\/p>\n<p>If I had seen it, probably me too!<\/p>\n<p>I walked ashore with my fins off.<\/p>\n<p>Nick, doing his typical, &#8220;I&#8217;m taking the hard way out to avoid walking over too many rocks,&#8221; dodged three fishing lines and came over some steep rocks.<\/p>\n<p>He was exhausted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7311977.jpg\" alt=\"A Movie Set At Long Point\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the parking lot at Long Point, they are building what is obviously a movie set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Point, CA (aka The Old Marineland) Dove with Nick In with: 2800 psi Out with: 800 psi Max Depth: 25 feet Waves: 2-3 feet Visibility: 10 feet\/soupy in places Water Temperature: 60 degrees F Total Bottom Time: About An Hour We met around 9 AM, geared up and went down. Nick was prepared to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266"}],"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=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}