{"id":4255,"date":"2016-07-10T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T00:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2016-07-10T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T00:06:23","slug":"we-are-back-in-business-diving-again-after-el-nino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=4255","title":{"rendered":"We Are Back In Business! Diving Again After El Nino!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holy crap!<\/p>\n

Writing this post, I just realized I haven’t been diving at all this year!<\/p>\n

I am now ashamed, but beach diving conditions have sucked that much, and I haven’t been able to get on a boat either.<\/p>\n

I woke up, checked the swell map, and could not come up with an excuse to not show up at Terranea Resort – and I’m a good liar to myself.<\/p>\n

I met Reverend Al and Randy… we checked the conditions.<\/p>\n

The ocean was flat, the foam was gone.<\/p>\n

\"Flat
\nThe Point looked do-able, but we opted for the Cove and 120 reef, in case visibility sucked so bad, we could easily call the dive.<\/em><\/p>\n

All three of us made an easy entrance…<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #497<\/p>\n

Dove with Reverend Al and Randy<\/p>\n

The Cove, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA<\/p>\n

In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 1000 psi
\nMax depth: 42 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat
\nVisibility: 10-15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 64 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 75 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 42 minutes<\/p>\n

\"Going
\nWe surface swam all the way out, and dropped near 120 reef.<\/em><\/p>\n

We decided that Randy would lead; he didn’t have a compass, so we all agreed that that would make the dive more interesting.<\/p>\n

Reverend Al, the master of underwater navigation, said that he would lead us back when done.<\/p>\n

\"Following<\/p>\n

Visibility was not that great, but I did not care. <\/p>\n

\"Reef<\/a><\/p>\n

We took a slow, steady course, re-exploring the 120 reef that we have been to many times before.<\/p>\n

The storms and swells have rearranged the familiar shore and seascape. <\/p>\n

\"Feeding
\nWe fed the fish.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"A
\nThe highlight of our dive – a Black Sea Bass, the size of a Trabant!<\/em><\/p>\n

The Black Sea Bass hung out with us for a bit.<\/p>\n

After about 35 minutes, Reverend Al lead us back to a perfect, spot on and easy exit.<\/p>\n

\"Revereand
\nReverend Al, Randy and Me.<\/em><\/p>\n

What a wonderful day!<\/p>\n

I will take 10 to 15 of visibility than no diving at all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Holy crap! Writing this post, I just realized I haven’t been diving at all this year! I am now ashamed, but beach diving conditions have sucked that much, and I haven’t been able to get on a boat either. I woke up, checked the swell map, and could not come up with an excuse to […]<\/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\/4255"}],"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=4255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4266,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions\/4266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}