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<\/p>\nEmerald Bay at Indian Rocks, Catalina, CA
\nDiving off the Bottom Scratcher Boat<\/p>\n
Dove with Tim and Reyna, who I know from Long Point<\/p>\n
In With: 3100 psi
\nOut With: 500 psi
\nMax depth: 80 feet
\nWaves: Insignificant
\nVisibility: 30 feet
\nWater Temperature: Cold – someone said it was 54 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes<\/p>\n
Nick hurt his ankle, so I took his spot.<\/p>\n
I had credit and reservations for the same boat and destination for February.<\/p>\n
We left Long Beach at 6:45 AM.<\/p>\n
I had number 13 again, as I requested.<\/p>\n
I think the same people from the last two trip attempts were on this boat.<\/p>\n
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It was the same crew from the last time, Captain Greg, Bobby the Deck Hand and…<\/p>\n
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…Debbie the cook!<\/p>\n
The dive master in his orientation said, “Everyone needs a buddy, no exceptions.”<\/p>\n
I didn’t want to risk being banned from diving after the first dive, so I asked to be “buddied up” with someone.<\/p>\n
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The Dive Master asked a few of the members from, I guess, their dive club. <\/p>\n
Everyone declined, so he went over and started talking to an Instructor that was teaching a class.<\/p>\n
I thought, screw this, I’m not diving with an Open Water class so I begged Tim and Reyna to follow them.<\/p>\n
Tim seemed a little concerned about my diving skill level.<\/p>\n
“How deep can you go?”<\/p>\n
I said, “130 feet.”<\/p>\n
Anyway, they were both very nice and I told them I was just out to follow them.<\/p>\n
Once off the boat, we submerged and headed away from the shore.<\/p>\n
The environment resembled a lightly decorated White Point.<\/p>\n
We went down to 80 feet.<\/p>\n
Tim and I were both hunting lobsters; Reyna was behind us collecting Sea Shells.<\/p>\n
Apparently, this is routine for them.<\/p>\n
We started heading for the rocks; it got progressively shallower as we went towards them.<\/p>\n
The environment changed to resemble what I envisioned Catalina should look like.<\/p>\n
I spotted a few lobsters, none of them legal size.<\/p>\n
Tim and Reyna were in dry suits and had 1600 psi when I got down to 500 psi.<\/p>\n
I broke off and went back to the boat.<\/p>\n
I had to swim back over the kelp as “Bubba” the chase boat wasn’t feeling too well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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