Long Point, Palos Verdes, CA
\n(aka The Old Marineland)<\/p>\n
Dove with Nick<\/p>\n
In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 1200 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: 1-2 feet, calm, except upon exit
\nVisibility: 5-10 feet at best, silty
\nWater Temperature: 47 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Nick; cold!
\nTotal Bottom Time: 47 minutes<\/p>\n
I met Nick around 9 AM; I sort of had a hangover from last night.<\/p>\n
We went off the cove. <\/p>\n
It was fairly calm going in with only a slight motion of the one to two foot swells.<\/p>\n
The water seemed very cold. <\/p>\n
When we submerged, my head felt like it was freezing.<\/p>\n
Since Nick is out of shape and I had a hangover, we both agreed to go slow.<\/p>\n
There was a seal swimming around us for a while; I don’t know if Nick saw it or not, but I think something spooked him. <\/p>\n
The vis was very silty.<\/p>\n
We traveled East, up the coastline, never getting deeper than 40 feet.<\/p>\n
We had plenty of air after 30 minutes, but we headed back because we both were cold.<\/p>\n
We swam back to the cove, avoiding some fishermen.<\/p>\n
As we were approaching the surf zone, we were pounded by maybe three or four large swells. <\/p>\n
Nick hurt his ankle, or was it his knee(?), coming ashore.<\/p>\n
I took my fins off, but ended up diving back into a swell trying not to get smashed against the rocks.<\/p>\n
I would was up, then fight the undertow – I crawled out and got pushed several times hoping that no really big wave would hit. <\/p>\n
By the time I was on shore, Nick was already out.<\/p>\n
Looking back at the water as we walked up, the surf zone was calm. <\/p>\n
Just my luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Long Point, Palos Verdes, CA (aka The Old Marineland) Dove with Nick In With: 2900 psi Out With: 1200 psi Max depth: 40 feet Waves: 1-2 feet, calm, except upon exit Visibility: 5-10 feet at best, silty Water Temperature: 47 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Nick; cold! Total Bottom Time: 47 minutes I met Nick around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"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=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}