{"id":3301,"date":"2014-09-28T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2014-09-29T06:47:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T13:47:14","slug":"second-dive-of-opening-night-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3301","title":{"rendered":"Second Dive Of Opening Night (Morning)"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 27, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

All who had lobsters from the last dive, and even some who didn’t, went deep – we needed to off gas for at least an hour before the next dive.<\/p>\n

The boat pulled anchor from our previous spot and we slowly made our way to our next spot.<\/p>\n

\"A
\nWe dined on pasta with meat and potato chips.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was a short 25 minute ride, most divers took their time to get back in the water.<\/p>\n

After a 70 minute surface interval and a nice dinner, I dawned my gear and jumped overboard for my second dive.<\/p>\n

I again, was the first one over board, I think.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #475<\/p>\n

Solo Diving<\/p>\n

Secret Location: 41 20 63 6f 76 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 45 61 73 74 20 73 69 64 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 6f 72 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 54 6f 79 6f 6e 2e \u2013 Catalina Island<\/p>\n

In With: 2500 psi
\nOut With: 300 psi
\nMax depth: 110 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat once we were there
\nVisibility: 10 to 15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 68 degrees with a thermocline at 80 feet
\nAir Temperature: 69 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 23 minutes<\/p>\n

I had to go deep – there’s no lobsters shallower that 70 feet.<\/p>\n

The boat anchored in 60 feet, so I didn’t have a long way to go. <\/p>\n

There was a cliff – well, sort of a cliff, with patches of gigantic kelp. <\/p>\n

That’s where I was going to look for the six bugs that I needed to catch to make my limit.<\/p>\n

I have a pretty good eye now for lobster size; if I came across a lobster too short to catch, I would shine my light on it, but not make any threatening moves.<\/p>\n

I figure that way, they will grow up “not fearing the light.”<\/p>\n

At 90 feet, I caught my first bug of the dive – it looked dead, not moving, until I pinned it.<\/p>\n

I think it was eating, but it freaked out after my hand grabbed it. <\/p>\n

I pinned it and stuffed it into my bag.<\/p>\n

Five more to go before I limit!<\/p>\n

I came across a massive bug, wrestled it, it surrendered, and swam into my game bag.<\/p>\n

I was getting massively low on air – I was at 800 psi and was at 90 feet.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, as soon as I started heading back, I spotted another bug.<\/p>\n

BAM! I pinned it, and then it flew out from under my palm and into the reef and bounced back.<\/p>\n

I dropped my light and caught it with two hands and stuffed it into my bag – that has never happened to me before!<\/p>\n

Again, I had to surface with no safety stop – I don’t like doing that, but I didn’t go into deco.<\/p>\n

\"My
\nMy three bugs from this dive.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Me
\nMe and my bugs.<\/em><\/p>\n

The bug count increased – I had a total of four, Chipper at this point had six, Tim I believe had limited, Al and a couple more divers had at least one.<\/p>\n

\"Tinm's
\nTim caught the bug that was now the final contender to win the jackpot.<\/em><\/p>\n

We needed to stay deep – all the bugs were caught in 80 to 110 feet.<\/p>\n

We discussed our next, and final dive… STAY TUNED!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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