{"id":3630,"date":"2015-04-05T23:23:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T06:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2015-04-06T06:28:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T13:28:48","slug":"easter-dive-at-terranea-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=3630","title":{"rendered":"Easter Dive At Terranea Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was determined to get in the water today – I think everybody else was, too.<\/p>\n

I arrived at Terrenea Resort right at 8 AM to find the regulars already geared, or gearing up.<\/p>\n

And then I saw Chipper…”Don’t worry, conditions look like they already suck, it doesn’t have anything to do with me and you both being here,” he said.<\/p>\n

Thinking it may be crowded, a bunch of them had gotten here at 7:30 AM.<\/p>\n

They scoped out conditions, ruled out the Point, and decided to enter the milky waters off the Cove.<\/p>\n

Reverend Al then pulled up; I knew that they would wait for Al, but I didn’t care if I went solo.<\/p>\n

I spent the next 15 minutes gearing up as fast as I could; I felt like I was in a speed-gearing contest.<\/p>\n

I never had wrapped my zipper-less dive boots with duct tape so fast. <\/p>\n

We walked down to the Cove to find a shoreline that resembled a washing machine – normally, I would have called it, but I needed a dive and we have a somewhat sandy beach now.<\/p>\n

Everyone entered without problems.<\/p>\n

I surface swam, following the others.<\/p>\n

\"Swimming
\nHoly crap, are we swimming to Catalina?<\/em><\/p>\n

We decided to follow Reverend Al.<\/p>\n

We descended…<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #489<\/p>\n

Dove with Chipper<\/p>\n

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

In With: 2800 psi
\nOut With: 1400 psi
\nMax depth: 36 feet
\nWaves: Choppy with annoying shore waves
\nVisibility: 5-8 feet
\nWater Temperature: 60 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 74 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 30 minutes<\/p>\n

\"Reef
\nVisibility sort of sucked.<\/em><\/p>\n

Somehow, I ended up following Chipper, and we lost the rest.<\/p>\n

\"Reef<\/p>\n

Regardless of the visibility, I was glad to get wet again.<\/p>\n

\"Reef<\/p>\n

\"Reef<\/p>\n

\"Reef<\/p>\n

Chipper’s air-integrated diving computer took a crap on him; he had no idea how much air he had.<\/p>\n

Instead of doing the macho thing and continue the dive until it got hard to breathe and then just surface, he started heading back. <\/p>\n

I followed.<\/p>\n

\"A
\nA new and strange form of sea life?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"A
\nA fishing lure!<\/em><\/p>\n

I depended on Chipper’s navigation and hoped we would surface close to the exit point.<\/p>\n

\"Right
\nWe surfaced right on target!<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks Chipper!<\/p>\n

\"Donna
\nDonna The Hot Biker Chick and the guy she likes more than me, Kevin, met us on the shore.<\/em><\/p>\n

Donna said, “I wanted to go diving, but I showed up at 8:20 and you guys were already going into the water.”<\/p>\n

\"Let
\nLet the debriefing begin!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Group
\nGroup shot from left to right – Me, Nice Bob, Jeff, Randy (kneeling), Reverend Al, Chipper and Mike.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Summer approaches, there was talk about bringing the ghetto grill back into debriefing service.<\/p>\n

\"Reserved
\nManagement even marked off a spot where we could set up a barbecue and chairs.<\/em><\/p>\n

All the secret parking spots in the free lot are now painted red; coincidentally, I’m sure, they also raised the parking rate at the hotel from $5 to $10.<\/p>\n

Chipper took the battery out of his computer and put it back in – it worked!<\/p>\n

His computer must be running Windows 95?<\/p>\n

Debriefing lasted until noon for the diehards. <\/p>\n

Even though conditions sort of sucked, I was glad to have dove again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was determined to get in the water today – I think everybody else was, too. I arrived at Terrenea Resort right at 8 AM to find the regulars already geared, or gearing up. And then I saw Chipper…”Don’t worry, conditions look like they already suck, it doesn’t have anything to do with me and […]<\/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\/3630"}],"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=3630"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3652,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630\/revisions\/3652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}