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<\/p>\nI woke up this morning to a dismal swell map…<\/p>\n
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However, sometimes the swell map is not so accurate.<\/p>\n
I’ve called dives after seeing similar maps, only to be told afterwards that conditions and visibility were great.<\/p>\n
I drove to Palos Verdes for a look, and hopefully a dive.<\/p>\n
I arrived at 8:03 AM; three other divers known as the “Set Builders” were gearing up.<\/p>\n
Apparently, they had checked the other places in Palos Verdes, and this was the least worst.<\/p>\n
I walked down to see the conditions for myself.<\/p>\n
I met Reverend Al, Randy and Eric as I was checking out the Point; Dash showed up later.<\/p>\n Someone remarked, “I hear Redondo Beach is good, if you like looking at sand.”<\/p>\n “I think I might go home and just do some push ups,” Reverend Al said.<\/p>\n The cove was divable, but the visibility was questionable – the foam on top and the fact that it had been pounded for the last day or so gave us doubts. <\/p>\n After a rouge wave crashed against the Cove, we called it.<\/p>\n We wished the Set Builders a good dive and watched them enter in a very unique way – they sat on a rock, put their fins on and crawled out, into the water.<\/p>\n That’s actually the way I was originally taught to enter, but I quickly learned the stand up way after a wave threw me against a boulder.<\/p>\n We went our separate ways.<\/p>\n Driving home, I realized how dumb some of the laws in California are – they state Nazis have banned plastic bags and incandescent lights, and as of last month, a driver must give three feet of space when passing a bicyclist.<\/a><\/p>\n Don’t get me wrong, as I am an avid bicyclist…<\/p>\n But in Palos Verdes, it is impossible, and the law can easily turn into a money grab for the Police.<\/p>\n Bicyclist rarely ride on the right side of the bike path, but mostly on or close to the line.<\/p>\n The car lane is 9 feet wide, my truck is 6 feet wide, which doesn’t give me much leeway when I pass a bicyclist who is going 15 miles an hour, as I’m going 45.<\/p>\n I don’t really think there’s a way to enforce this law, and if my radio worked, I probably wouldn’t have even been thinking about this.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/OCT2014FDSCF6527.jpg\")
\nThere was no way in hell anyone was going off the Point.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"We](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/OCT2014FSCF6538r.jpg\")
\nWe studied the conditions at the Cove.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/OCT2014FDSCF6533.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Me](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/OCT2014F54324947329n.jpg\")
\nFile Photo.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"A](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/OCT2014FDSCF6543.jpg\")
\nWhich is the cheaper ticket – passing a bicyclist closer than three feet, or crossing the double yellow line?<\/em><\/p>\n![\"A](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/OCT2014FDSCF6547.jpg\")
\nSometimes it’s just a curb on the other side… slow traffic down to a bicyclist’s pace until there’s a way to pass?<\/p>\n