It is a great way to get arrested and interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security. <\/strong><\/p>\n Having the Police with you is also a good idea. <\/strong><\/p>\n But, by not diving in a harbor, you are not missing anything at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dove with Instructor John, his friend Jim and John’s Harbor Police Open Water students as part of my Dive Master training.<\/p>\n In With: 2000 psi I don’t know if I should consider this a dive, but under the circumstances (students, visibility) I obviously will.<\/p>\n The Police boat pulled back in to the dock and we dove off the pier – I did a giant stride off the end.<\/p>\n The woman followed, but lost her weight belt; I retrieved it.<\/p>\n Three students were in the water plus John, Jim and myself. John paired us up for a tour.<\/p>\n My “buddy” was the young officer that I brought in yesterday due to low air.<\/p>\n He asked if he could hold my arm as vis really sucked – about zero to two feet.<\/p>\n I said, “sure.”<\/p>\n We submerged and bumped around under the pier for several minutes.<\/p>\n I gave him the “OK” signal; he responded with the “having trouble clearing” signal; we surfaced.<\/p>\n I pointed to a ladder off the pier and suggested that we swim there and try submerging again, as slow as possible.<\/p>\n We swam over and he said, “I’m done.”<\/p>\n “OK, great!” I thought.<\/p>\n We swam over to the ladder that was not completely rusted and climbed up.<\/p>\n These two dives were the nastiest, most disgusting dives I’ve ever been on.<\/p>\n I tasted diesel fuel in my mouth for hours – I hope it was only diesel fuel!<\/p>\n Jim and his buddy dive off the smelly, stinky, crappy (literally) harbor.<\/p>\n The LA Harbor Police Dock.<\/p>\n I thought to myself, Police cars are more comfortable than Police boats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dock Of The Los Angeles Harbor Police Headquarters Inside Los Angeles Harbor WARNING: You are not normally allowed to dive in a harbor unless you obtain permission first. It is a great way to get arrested and interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security. Having the Police with you is also a good idea. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,19,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548"}],"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=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOut With: 1700 psi
\nMax depth: 15 feet
\nWaves: 0
\nVisibility: 0-2 feet, really shitty
\nWater Temperature: 60 degrees Fahrenheit, I think
\nTotal Bottom Time: 12 minutes<\/p>\n![\"Jim](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/424.jpg\")
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