{"id":3488,"date":"2015-01-18T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3488"},"modified":"2015-01-18T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T22:00:08","slug":"dead-body-found-floating-off-terranea-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3488","title":{"rendered":"Dead Body Found Floating Off Terranea Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES ARE CONTAINED IN THIS POST.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have upgraded to a GoPro Hero – yes, a used original GoPro Hero.<\/p>\n

I figure anything that can get flooded or lost shouldn’t cost more than $100; however, the guy I bought the camera from lost the English instructions, and my Spanish, French and Italian are about as good as my Polish skills.<\/p>\n

I need to figure out how the camera works, and the best way is from experience.<\/p>\n

I arrived a little after 8 AM; the regulars decided the Point was a no-go, but the Cove was doable.<\/p>\n

With the “Chipper and PSD diving on the same day means horrible visibility” curse dis-proven recently, Chipper said, “I know visibility will be great.”<\/p>\n

We geared up and made and easy walk down and entrance off the Cove.<\/p>\n

\"Off<\/p>\n

On the swim out, someone noticed something floating in the water.<\/p>\n

We swam over to it.<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

I was hoping it was a bundle of drugs that fell off of a panga boat – I could sell it wholesale to someone in the ghetto and get new SCUBA equipment and we could debrief for free for the next three years.<\/p>\n

\"The
\nUnfortunately, the thing floating in the water turned out to be a dead sea lion.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The
\nIt didn’t appear to be tangled in anything, and didn’t seem too old – well half it’s face was missing, so who knows?<\/em><\/p>\n

I said, “It looks like the lobsters here are going to eat well.”<\/p>\n

It was decided that this was going to be an “every man for himself” dive.<\/p>\n

We descended. <\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #482<\/p>\n

SoCal Buddy Diving primarily with Reverend Al<\/p>\n

120 Reef, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA<\/p>\n

In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 700 psi
\nMax depth: 41 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat, some small swells coming ashore
\nVisibility: 10-15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 58 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 72 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 52 minutes<\/p>\n

\"120
\nI followed Reverend Al.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Following<\/p>\n

I turned on my GoPro and figured how to take picture bursts and video…<\/p>\n

\"120<\/p>\n

\"120<\/p>\n

Visibility wasn’t that great, but it was a lot better than the swim out of The Cove.<\/p>\n

\"120<\/p>\n

\"120<\/p>\n

\"Kelp<\/p>\n

\"Al
\nAl bags a shell.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Al
\nAl points out lobsters<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Lobsters.\"
\nLobsters sunbathe in the open, knowing they are protected here.<\/em><\/p>\n

We made an easy swim back and exit.<\/p>\n

Upon coming to shore, we looked out to where we saw the dead sea lion.<\/p>\n

The sun was warming it up and it looked twice the size as an hour earlier. <\/p>\n

Reverend Al said, “Wouldn’t it be fun to shoot it and watch it explode?”<\/p>\n

Ha! <\/p>\n

That reminds me of when a town in Oregon blew up a dead whale in 1970 that ended in disaster – there’s a Youtube video on that here: Exploding Whale – Whale Of A Tale<\/a><\/p>\n

At least the dead body we found was just a sea lion.<\/p>\n

I had taken 189 pictures during and after the dive.<\/p>\n

Some of them seemed random, and the last 40 were upside down – I need to some English instructions.<\/p>\n

\"Debriefing\"
\nTraditional debriefing ensued.<\/em><\/p>\n

Someone asked Chipper, “I thought you said visibility was going to be good?”<\/p>\n

“I was just fucking with PSD,” Chipper responded. <\/p>\n

I’m on a lobster boat next Saturday – stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES ARE CONTAINED IN THIS POST. I have upgraded to a GoPro Hero – yes, a used original GoPro Hero. I figure anything that can get flooded or lost shouldn’t cost more than $100; however, the guy I bought the camera from lost the English instructions, and my Spanish, French and Italian are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,9,10,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488"}],"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=3488"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3512,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488\/revisions\/3512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}