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<\/p>\nThe swell map was solid blue around Palos Verdes and there was a big turnout at Terranea today – maybe 20 divers and a lot of new faces.<\/p>\n
I was the first one off the Point – it was like slipping off the rocks and into a lake.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Having no idea where to drop on the statue and memorial rocks, I decided to follow Ben and his group.<\/p>\n
After a short surface swim, we submerged.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #501<\/p>\n
Dove with Ben, Randy and Rob<\/p>\n
The Point, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 900 psi
\nMax depth: 62 feet
\nWaves: Flat
\nVisibility: 15 \u2013 20 feet
\nWater Temperature: 67 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 74 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 42 minutes<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, I had no issues going down – it usually takes me a while to equalize.<\/p>\n
![\"Diving](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/sept2016ghvb2.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
We followed Ben, who was carrying a memorial rock for his dead cat that he was going to place by the statue.<\/p>\n
So when all is complete, there will be three rocks – Shanon Wesserling and Dennis Gunn, who were regular divers in our group… and then Ben’s cat.<\/p>\n
Well, Ben did a better job of trying to find the statue than I did… but the thing is, we never found the statue.<\/p>\n
We started heading to the Cove after 10 minutes, Ben carried the rock for the entire dive.<\/p>\n
My photos were OK – they’re starting to all look the same.<\/p>\n Nothing out of the ordinary or spectacular to report on this routine dive.<\/p>\n Some other divers later reported running in to two divers measuring the reefs in the garden.<\/p>\n Everyone made it out with an easy exit; OK, I tripped over a rock, but it was still easy.<\/p>\n Debriefing was light with potato chips and Budweiser, the King Of Beers.<\/p>\n I complained to Ben that we were too shallow towards the end and that I kept floating up.<\/p>\n Ben said, “You should have told me, I would have given you a rock for extra weight.”<\/p>\n We saw the two divers who were measuring the reefs – they were carrying writing boards and had measuring tapes. <\/p>\n Just like in a scene from a movie, these divers turned out to be two beautiful women…<\/p>\n Ben and I gave them our contact information and told them to join us every weekend, usually here.<\/p>\n They were very friendly and even took a Budweiser.<\/p>\n I believe it is Emily that wants to be a Marine Biologist. <\/p>\n I am going to try and break the routine and go diving down in Laguna Beach soon.<\/p>\n Until next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The swell map was solid blue around Palos Verdes and there was a big turnout at Terranea today – maybe 20 divers and a lot of new faces. I was the first one off the Point – it was like slipping off the rocks and into a lake. Having no idea where to drop on […]<\/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\/4341"}],"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=4341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4354,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions\/4354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lobsters!\"](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/sept2016ghvb3.jpg\")
\nLobsters!<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Following](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/sept2016ghvb4.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Garibaldi\"](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/sept2016ghvb5.jpg\")
\nGaribaldi!<\/em><\/p>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/sept2016ghvb6.jpg\")
\nToday’s crew – Rob, Me, Joe (kneeling), Ben and Randy.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Emily](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/sept2016ghvb7.jpg\")
\nEmily and Jackie were measuring algae in the garden.<\/em><\/p>\n