{"id":5186,"date":"2019-10-01T17:29:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T00:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5186"},"modified":"2019-10-01T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T00:29:47","slug":"dive-number-seven-off-the-pacific-star-bird-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5186","title":{"rendered":"Dive Number Seven Off The Pacific Star – Bird Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 22, 2019*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After breakfast, Captain Dave took us to the famous “Bird Rock.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a big debate among the divers whether “Bird Rock” should be called “Bird Island” since “Sutil Rock” is actually called “Sutil Island.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\"Elwood
Elwood the DM waits for more divers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I descended…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #517<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Bird Rock, Catalina Island, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 85 feet
Waves: Pretty calm with light chop
Visibility: 20-30 feet depending on where you were.
Water Temperature: 63 degrees, 56 at depth
Air Temperature: 79 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 46 minutes
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hit bottom at 42 feet and proceeded towards the island… I mean rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Reef
Reef structure off of Bird Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Reef<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Reef<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kelp
Kelp off of Bird Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bird<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
A lonely Sea Urchin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 20 feet, I surfaced to get a close up of Bird Rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bird
Bird Rock up close – that white stuff is not snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I submerged again and went down the reefs to a maximum depth of 85 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fish
Fish off of Bird Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An ancient beer bottle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Off<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There were various reef structures that you could swim through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bird<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bird<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
A swarm of fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Reef
Reef structure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"I
I found the boat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I made an easy exit and prepared for our last dive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bird
Bird Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"None
None of the coolers have beer in them!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"We
We depart for our last dive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our last dive and recap, coming soon!<\/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 22, 2019* After breakfast, Captain Dave took us to the famous “Bird Rock.” There was a big debate among the divers whether “Bird Rock” should be called “Bird Island” since “Sutil Rock” is actually called “Sutil Island.” Again, I was the first diver off the boat. I descended… Logged SCUBA Dive #517 Solo Diving, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,9,3,6],"tags":[61,59,60,50,51,62,47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5207,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186\/revisions\/5207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}