{"id":3070,"date":"2014-04-06T23:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T06:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2014-04-07T06:42:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T13:42:55","slug":"sunday-dive-report-and-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3070","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Dive Report And Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been taking a mini-vacation since Wednesday.<\/p>\n

I might as well because unless I can come up with $10,000 fast, I won’t be able to afford an out of country diving trip this year.<\/p>\n

I fired my accountant and headed up to Leo Carrillo State Beach to camp the night with an old female friend of 20 years.<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

No, I didn’t do her and literally, it was a trip; we both realized how strange this world really is.<\/p>\n

\"Ed<\/p>\n

Friday, I went out to lunch with my original SCUBA Diving Instructor, Ed; I haven’t seen him since 2012, at least.<\/p>\n

At 65, he’s taken up long distance hiking and is now planning on getting back in to SCUBA diving.<\/p>\n

\"The
\nWe spotted the Mr. C at Berth 55.<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday, I rode my bike to Lona’s City Limits Cantina<\/a> for breakfast – which killed the rest of the day, since my breakfast consisted mostly of beer.<\/p>\n

The good thing is, I woke up Sunday morning at 5 AM and told myself, “Self, you need to go diving today, you’ve been mighty lazy lately.”<\/p>\n

I actually arrived a little before 8 AM to a pretty empty parking lot.<\/p>\n

After checking the conditions, a total of five divers had shown up – Reverend Al, Nice Bob, Randy, Ben and another Mike. <\/p>\n

Conditions were doable, but the visibility question remained. <\/p>\n

My plan was to dive 120 reef; that way if visibility sucked, I could head back anytime, instead of being trapped swimming to the cove from an entry off the Point.<\/p>\n

It was low tide, and we made an easy entry off the sandy portion of the Cove.<\/p>\n

\"The
\nThe cave at the beach.<\/em><\/p>\n

We swam out and submerged.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #466<\/p>\n

Dove with Reverend Al, Nice Bob and Another Mike<\/p>\n

Terranea Resort (a.k.a. Old Marineland)
\nRancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA<\/p>\n

In With: 2800 psi
\nOut With: 700 psi
\nMax depth: 42 feet
\nWaves: A few annoying waves, good if timed right
\nVisibility: 10-12 feet
\nWater Temperature: 62 degrees, 54 degrees at depth
\nAir Temperature: 74 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 55 minutes<\/p>\n

\"Visibility
\nVisibility initially didn’t look that great.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Reverend
\nReverend Al scored a golf ball!<\/em><\/p>\n

Visibility was spotty, better at 20 feet where there was more light…<\/p>\n

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We made an easy exit at the sandy part of the Cove.<\/p>\n

I was surprised to see Instructor Ed at the beach, waiting for our arrival.<\/p>\n

We saw a couple getting married…<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

I yelled, “Sober up and think about what you’re doing man! Don’t ruin your life!”<\/p>\n

Someone gave me the finger; I continued walking.<\/p>\n

\"Looking
\nLooking down at the Cove.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"A
\nToday’s group of divers.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Me
\nInstructor Ed and I.<\/p>\n

We debriefed with a few beers and talked about diving, only to be interrupted occasionally by the passing motorist asking, “Are you leaving?”<\/p>\n

We must plan a Summer diving event… ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been taking a mini-vacation since Wednesday. I might as well because unless I can come up with $10,000 fast, I won’t be able to afford an out of country diving trip this year. I fired my accountant and headed up to Leo Carrillo State Beach to camp the night with an old female friend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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\/3070"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3070"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3100,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions\/3100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}