{"id":5372,"date":"2021-02-28T23:28:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T06:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2021-03-01T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:25:07","slug":"promising-conditions-retro-ocean-defenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=5372","title":{"rendered":"Promising Conditions &#038; Retro Ocean Defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"437\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/0eeidksdmmee3d.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday Morning's swell map.\" class=\"wp-image-5373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/0eeidksdmmee3d.jpg 400w, https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/0eeidksdmmee3d-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Sunday morning&#8217;s conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>February&#8217;s weather was mostly crappy, but it looked like it was getting better this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, for various reasons I was not able to dive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping to get back in the water this Friday or Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On another note, I have been going through my vast collection of VHS tapes and digitizing the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found an old SoCal Connected episode that features the Ocean Defenders Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/2wwdddcfgt567.jpg\" alt=\"Dive Bum Don and Dry Suit Greg appear in this episode.\" class=\"wp-image-5374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/2wwdddcfgt567.jpg 400w, https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/2wwdddcfgt567-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Dive Bum Don and Dry Suit Greg appear in this episode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h7NhaWyQBXI&#038;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"342\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/vkviftffvv446.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/vkviftffvv446.jpg 400w, https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/vkviftffvv446-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h7NhaWyQBXI&#038;feature=youtu.be\" trget=\"_new\">SoCal Connected &#8211; Ocean Defenders (Circa 2010)<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>As important as the Ocean Defender&#8217;s work is, it is interesting to note that the producers of this episode are obviously not SCUBA divers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one part the narrator says something like, &#8220;The dive is so deep that the tanks are filled with a special mixture of Oxygen and Nitrogen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, for dramatic effect, Don has never been this deep before and is a bit nervous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was an interesting retro-find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February&#8217;s weather was mostly crappy, but it looked like it was getting better this morning. However, for various reasons I was not able to dive. I&#8217;m hoping to get back in the water this Friday or Saturday. On another note, I have been going through my vast collection of VHS tapes and digitizing the best. 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