Long Point, CA
\n(aka The Old Marineland)<\/p>\n
Solo Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 54 feet
\nWaves: 1-3 feet
\nVisibility: 10-15 feet
\nWater Temperature: Cold in some places
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 45 minutes
\nNotable Event: Lost a fin going out.<\/p>\n
Due to a hangover, I didn’t dive last week.<\/p>\n
I’m taking an Advanced Diving Course from Instructor John.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I got down to Log Point around 7:30 AM. <\/p>\n
I met two divers, one named Mike(?); they were asking about the local dive spot and where they should go out.<\/p>\n
I told them it was high tide and I was going out on the point; they said that they would follow.<\/p>\n
They were two “GQ” looking guys. <\/p>\n
The guy Mike decided to push their weight belts down using a baby carriage. <\/p>\n
It was a funny site and I wish I had a camera.<\/p>\n
I went off the point after putting my fins on. <\/p>\n
I started to kick and I felt something strange; I looked down and noticed that my right fin had come off!<\/p>\n
Shit! <\/p>\n
I have learned looking for lost equipment is usually a waste of time, but I saw it a few feet away in 12 feet of water.<\/p>\n
I tried free diving for it but I kept floating back up, so I tried using my regulator, but kicking down with one fin is nearly impossible. <\/p>\n
So, I followed it around as the waves kept crashing against the rocks. <\/p>\n
One wave lifted the fin up and I managed to grab it! <\/p>\n
Phew!<\/p>\n
I swam out after looking like a flailing dork and rested. <\/p>\n
I watched the “GQ guys” go in.<\/p>\n
I swam out to the South-East and went down. <\/p>\n
There’s a lot more fish here than off the cove, or so it seems.<\/p>\n
I went down to 54 feet where the reef seems to end; it was cold.<\/p>\n
There didn’t seem to be much of a current.<\/p>\n
The environment is very similar to that off the cove’s rocky point; kelp, sheephead, sea bass, uni, etc.<\/p>\n
At 1500 psi I started North to beach at the cove.<\/p>\n
It was deeper than I remembered, so I surfaced and found myself way<\/strong> off course! <\/p>\n I had been down to 30 feet.<\/p>\n I submerged, followed my corrected course and surfaced at 15 feet. <\/p>\n I almost got hit my someone casting a fishing hook from the rocks, which I think was done on purpose. <\/p>\n Oh well, fuck him; I be back for him and kick his ass.<\/p>\n With not much air left, I had a longer surface swim than I would have liked.<\/p>\n I exited with no problems, walking ashore and tripping only once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Long Point, CA (aka The Old Marineland) Solo Diving In With: 3000 psi Out With: 400 psi Max depth: 54 feet Waves: 1-3 feet Visibility: 10-15 feet Water Temperature: Cold in some places Total Bottom Time: About 45 minutes Notable Event: Lost a fin going out. Due to a hangover, I didn’t dive last week. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277"}],"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=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}