{"id":5122,"date":"2019-09-26T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T02:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2019-09-29T08:36:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T15:36:40","slug":"third-dive-off-the-pacific-star-at-santa-barbara-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5122","title":{"rendered":"Third Dive Off The Pacific Star At Santa Barbara Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

After great taco lunch, it was time to dive the South East Kelp Forest of Santa Barbara Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, I was the first one off the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Off
Off The Pacific Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After taking a quick surface pee in my wet-suit, I submerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #513<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

South East Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 700 psi
Max depth: 60 feet
Waves: Pretty calm
Visibility: 20-35 feet depending on where you were.
Water Temperature: 62 degrees at depth
Air Temperature: 79 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 42 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hit the bottom at 42 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The South East Kelp Reef, Santa Barbara Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Me
Me giving the “OK” sign, before it was classified as a racist symbol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seriously: The ‘OK’ Hand Gesture Is Now Listed As A Symbol Of Hate<\/a>; I will never be able to run for office, if that picture ever got out… well, a lot of other things would stop me anyways.\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I made it down to 60 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a matter of fact, the depth changed often as I traversed the many reefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to clear my mask and ended up with a big glob of snot in my eye, which I quickly washed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A sheephead off of the South East Kelp Reef, Santa Barbara Island <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
A Garibaldi off the South East Kelp Reef, Santa Barbara Island <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Other
Other divers enjoy the macro-life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sheephead
Another Sheephead in the Kelp Forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Another<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kelp
Kelp anchored to a floating rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Visibility
Visibility here was pretty good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Again, I listened for the boat and came up right at the ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three dives down and two more to go today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I climbed up to the top deck for some rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a video from this dive: Diving Santa Barbara Island<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n*Due to lack of internet access, and too much to do to write while it is\n happening, there has been a delay in these posts. Pretend you are in \n1990.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 21, 2019* After great taco lunch, it was time to dive the South East Kelp Forest of Santa Barbara Island. Again, I was the first one off the boat. After taking a quick surface pee in my wet-suit, I submerged. Logged SCUBA Dive #513 Solo Diving, SoCal Buddy Diving South East Kelp Forest, Santa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,10,3,6],"tags":[45,46,47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122"}],"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=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5159,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions\/5159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}