{"id":5101,"date":"2019-09-25T23:13:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T06:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2019-09-26T19:04:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T02:04:47","slug":"second-dive-off-the-pacific-star-at-santa-barbara-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5101","title":{"rendered":"Second Dive Off The Pacific Star At Santa Barbara Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 21, 2019*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was decided that we would stay at the Rookery for our second dive because of the vicious Sea Lion encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having been a cage fighter in training for several years, I was not scared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During our surface interval, there were some reconnaissance Sea Lions that scouted our activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, I was the first diver off the boat, and swam towards the pack of vicious Sea Lions that had gathered for their next attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #512<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo Diving, SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rookery, Santa Barbara Island, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 700 psi
Max depth: 42 feet
Waves: Slight Chop, but pretty calm
Visibility: 15-30 feet depending on where you were.
Water Temperature: 62 degrees at depth
Air Temperature: 76 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I
I swam through the kelp forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Vicious
Vicious Sea Lions wait to attack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sea
“Give me your money white boy!”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sea
“You think we’re joking?”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sea
“Seriously?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sea
“Give us your fucking wallet!”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"More
More Sea Lions joined their mob, but there were too many divers for us to be intimidated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The vicious Sea Lions photo-bombed other divers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sea
“WE AIN’T PLAYIN’ AROUND!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After about 35 minutes of fighting off Sea Lion attacks, I started to make my way back to the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I
I started to make my way back .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
A Bat Ray sleeps… or just rests?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The boat was not far, the Marine Police were never called – snitches get stitches – and I made my way back from another dive of cheating death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Back
Back on the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The Peace Dive Boat was spotted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"All
All divers made it back alive, so we headed to our next diving spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lunch
Lunch is served!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tacos!
Tacos! And the guacamole was not an extra charge!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We anchored at the South-East Kelp forest for our third dive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More to come, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n*Due to lack of internet access, and too much to do to write while it is happening, there has been a delay in these posts. Pretend you are in 1990.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 21, 2019* It was decided that we would stay at the Rookery for our second dive because of the vicious Sea Lion encounters. Having been a cage fighter in training for several years, I was not scared. During our surface interval, there were some reconnaissance Sea Lions that scouted our activity. Again, I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,25,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101"}],"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=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5140,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions\/5140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}