{"id":553,"date":"2006-07-02T19:27:59","date_gmt":"2006-07-03T02:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2008-01-28T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T01:04:23","slug":"logged-dive-192-solo-dive-barbecue-party-yeah-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #192 &#8211; Solo Dive &#038; Barbecue Party!  Yeah! Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Point, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA<br \/>\n(aka The Old Marineland)<\/p>\n<p>Solo Diving<\/p>\n<p>In With: 3200 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 1400 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 40 feet<br \/>\nWaves:  1-2 foot ankle breakers<br \/>\nVisibility: 10-15 feet<br \/>\nWater Temperature: I would say &#8220;cool,&#8221; but after girlfriend Jane wanted to go swimming, I asked one of the Divevets &#8211; 64 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface, 54 degrees Fahrenheit underwater.<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: I guess about 35 to 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>I brought my girlfriend Jane and Ed to Long Point.<\/p>\n<p>My brother Paul, Nick and my father would come later for a barbecue.<\/p>\n<p>This is such a fun place to hang out that I invited some friends and family for a barbecue here.<\/p>\n<p>Ed and I geared up.<\/p>\n<p>I was going SCUBA, Ed was free diving.<\/p>\n<p>I forgot to tell Jane that there&#8217;s no toilet facilities here, so I had to drive her to Cardiac Hill to use the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>I entered off the cove probably around 9:30 AM, maybe 9 AM.<\/p>\n<p>I still don&#8217;t have a watch &#8211; mine broke several dives ago.<\/p>\n<p>Jane stayed on the rocks getting a suntan.<\/p>\n<p>I submerged about 70 yards outside of the cove and went East.<\/p>\n<p>I swam along the bottom which, at that spot, resembled the sandy bottom at Redondo Beach &#8211; all sand with sporadic sea life.<\/p>\n<p>I then came across a reef in 30 feet of water &#8211; a reef that did not look familiar.<\/p>\n<p>I headed back a little early; I had the barbecue party on my mind.<\/p>\n<p>I almost ran into two divers heading to &#8220;120 reef&#8221; on the way back;  120 degrees is the compass heading from the cove.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc00134jj.jpg\" alt=\"My brother Paul and Ed.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I made it ashore with no problems and posed for several pictures that Jane took.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc00116.jpg\" alt=\"I emerge after my dive.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I emerge after my dive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc00130.jpg\" alt=\"Reverend Al and company come ashore.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reverend Al and Bob from the Divevets exited shortly after me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc00133.jpg\" alt=\"The beer flows as soon as we exit.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My brother Paul and Ed had some beer to offer before the party started.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/p7020129.jpg\" alt=\"Let the party begin!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let the party begin!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc00143jj.jpg\" alt=\"Shish-ka-bob and chicken make a gourmet meal!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shish-ka-bob and chicken make a gourmet meal!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc00149jj.jpg\" alt=\"A gourmet cook!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;especially with such an experienced cook.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc00137.jpg\" alt=\"Ed, Paul, Jane, Me and Nick.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ed, Paul, Jane, Me and Nick.<\/p>\n<p>I mailed my Dad some of these pictures with the following comment:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As with any publicly accesible place where you can pursue &#8220;dangerous&#8221; pastimes and party uncontrollably, it will only be a matter of time before this place too will come to an end&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I hope not for a long time.  What a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Point, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (aka The Old Marineland) Solo Diving In With: 3200 psi Out With: 1400 psi Max depth: 40 feet Waves: 1-2 foot ankle breakers Visibility: 10-15 feet Water Temperature: I would say &#8220;cool,&#8221; but after girlfriend Jane wanted to go swimming, I asked one of the Divevets &#8211; 64 degrees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553"}],"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=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}