{"id":5258,"date":"2020-02-16T21:28:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T04:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2020-02-16T21:45:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T04:45:17","slug":"terranea-resort-back-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5258","title":{"rendered":"Terranea Resort – Back Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has been a stressful few months.<\/p>\n

I’ve been helping my mother move and am still dealing with liquidating my father’s vast empire.<\/p>\n

If anyone wants to buy a few hundred VHS tapes, please contact me.<\/p>\n

Sorry for no posts since October, and I just realized with my Super-anti-spam upgrade, I need to approve some comments that have made it through the spam filter.<\/p>\n

Sorry, Joe R.; your last comment was approved from months ago.<\/p>\n

Looking at the swell map from the previous night, diving did not look too promising, but I thought, “I gotta get used to at least showing up.”<\/p>\n

Ben, his significant other, Randy and his girlfriend Karen were already there;  Reverend Al showed up later, so did Rob and Jiles.<\/p>\n

Even Joe R. showed up to watch us dive.<\/p>\n

I felt my life was getting back to normal.<\/p>\n

We went down to check conditions…<\/p>\n\n\n

\"The
The calm cove at Terranea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All was good; everything was flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Reverend
Reverend Al scopes out the Point.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Nobody came up with an excuse to not dive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Everyone walked back up to the parking lot to gear up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was low tide, but everyone followed Revered Al and made one of the easiest entries off the point that anyone could have imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"An
An easy entry off the Cove at Terranea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"I
I give the OK sign, which I guess nowadays stands for “White Power.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seriously, I’m not joking.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen the O.K. Sign Is No Longer O.K. <\/a>\n\n\n\n

After bitch-crawling over 50 yards of kelp, we descended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #519<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diving with Jiles, Reverend Al, Ben, Randy and Rob<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

In With: 2800 psi
Out With: 600 psi
Max depth: 58 feet
Waves: Pretty calm with occasional light surge
Visibility: 15-20 feet depending on where you were.
Water Temperature: 51-57 degrees -depending on who you asked.
Air Temperature: 74 degrees
Total Bottom Time: 46 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Everyone
Everyone made it down to 60 feet. I was a little slow, but yeah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was a little slow getting down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The Lady of the garden, she’s looking very encrusted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Reefs
Reefs off of Terranea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The swim-through.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"More
More Terranea reef.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
A cool purple sea thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Vis
Vis was pretty good, we had no problem sticking together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"I
I see fish!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had a hard time in 25 feet of water, with 600 psi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I kept floating to the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jiles went looking for me; I kept waving at him, but he was always looking another direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We surfaced and I told him that I was going to swim back from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made a 60 yard surface swim to the Cove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I followed Reverend Al to the exit point and made a horrid exit, tripping over rocks and falling down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Me
Me and Reverend Al!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Conditions change, people come and go, but the debriefing is the same; thanks you Ben and everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nourishment
Nourishment for debriefing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"De-Briefing,
De-Briefing, just like old times.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"People
People mad-dogged us because we were taking the parking spots they think should be theirs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m hoping to be back soon, stay tuned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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