{"id":5049,"date":"2019-07-21T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T22:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2019-09-24T05:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:28:55","slug":"back-to-diving-terranea-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5049","title":{"rendered":"Back To Diving Terranea Resort!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My life is slowly starting to come back to normal; I looked at the swell maps this morning and it was all dark blue around Palos Verdes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no way I could talk my way out of a dive, so I arrived promptly at 8:00 AM at Terranea Resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"A
A bunch of other divers were gearing up and said that the conditions looked spectacular. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I’m still trying to get used to my order of operation with my new car and the fact that I can’t get my key wet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to take all my diving gear out, and then lock my car before putting my keys into a waterproof case and then into my pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I forgot my mask, so I had to un-wetsuit (that is a word, right?) and fetch my mask from the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, when I realized I left my hood in the car, I said, “Fuck it, I’m macho and going anyway.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chipper, Nice Bob and Joe R. were in attendance, along with about two dozen other divers from various clubs and groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I forgot how pleasant the walk to the beach is from the parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"It
It was low tide, so I decided to go off the Cove; the water was as flat as a lake.
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After tripping on some rocks and making the most ungraceful entrance into the water ever, I dawned my fins and headed towards the finger outside of Pigeon Shit Cave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fuck!
Fuck! My camera housing started to fog over – my underwater pictures were doomed.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #510<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo Diving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 1500 psi
Max depth: 40 feet
Waves: Flat as a lake, pretty much
Visibility: 15-20 feet depending on where you were.
Water Temperature: 61 degrees at depth
Air Temperature: 74 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 36 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I submerged and headed towards 120 reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My camera lens fogged over with condensation – I should have put a “do not eat” in it; My pictures were fucked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Why
Why does condensation accumulate around the lens, and not the other parts of the waterproof casing?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I reached 120 reef; vis was 15 to 20 feet, but a bit silty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I looked up, and out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw another diver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a great white shark!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was probably three or four feet in length and looked just like Jaws, except for an incredibly big, disproportional back fin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I honestly, don’t know what else it could be, but what a shitty time for my camera to be screwed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Yeah,
Yeah, this is how my shark picture turned out – just like my UFOs and Big Foot pictures.
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I made an easy, slow tour around 120 reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saw a lot of small fish and the Sheephead are definitely coming back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have extreme guilt for shooting all the sheephead that I did back when I started to hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, their meat is really good, but there is no sport in the hunt – shooting a Sheephead is like shooting your own dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a little over a half an hour, I headed back in to a sort of macho exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The debriefing begins.
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\"The
The extremely distinguished Chipper and Nice Bob.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Joe
Joe R. brags about the fame he will receive when this picture is posted on my blog – one of the top 700 Southern California SCUBA Diving Blogs!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"That's
That’s me on the right – a little fatter and a little older, but I’m back!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Chipper
Chipper pointed out that President Trump must have bought Terranea Resort, as their swamp is most certainly drained.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Debriefing consisted of Budweiser – the King of beers, some Russian beer, someone’s homemade ginger ale and some chips and dip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a bottle of Russian “non-alcoholic beer” that was given to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I politely declined, but was later told, “It’s Russian beer, of course it has alcohol in it, it’s just made for non-alcoholics.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s great to be back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More diving soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My life is slowly starting to come back to normal; I looked at the swell maps this morning and it was all dark blue around Palos Verdes. There was no way I could talk my way out of a dive, so I arrived promptly at 8:00 AM at Terranea Resort. I’m still trying to get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049"}],"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=5049"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5066,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049\/revisions\/5066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}