{"id":563,"date":"2006-08-13T20:42:06","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T03:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2008-01-28T19:17:33","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T02:17:33","slug":"logged-dive-200-old-marineland-and-dive-number-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #200 – Old Marineland! And Dive Number 200!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Point, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
\n(aka the Old Marineland)<\/p>\n

Dove With Nick<\/p>\n

In With: 3100 psi
\nOut With: 1100 psi
\nMax depth: 45 feet, maybe 50
\nWaves: 0 – flat!
\nVisibility: 15-20 feet
\nWater Temperature: Cool
\nTotal Bottom Time: 50 minutes
\nNotable Event: This is my 200th logged SCUBA Dive!<\/p>\n

Long Point was as flat as a lake; so flat, we went off the point.<\/p>\n

While Nick and I entered over the rocks and swam through the kept, three divers did a giant stride off of one of the big boulders on the Point.<\/p>\n

They said that it’s how they get back in, too. <\/p>\n

“Just let a wave push you back up,” they said.<\/p>\n

We toured around the point, saw a school of sandiness, fish, played with a small octopus.<\/p>\n

Reverend Al and his group ran across us; he gave me a yank on my fin. <\/p>\n

Al later said to Nick, “You look just as tall underwater as on top.”<\/p>\n

Nick replied, “Things also look bigger underwater.”<\/p>\n

We toured back to the cove at a depth averaging 15 to 20 feet. <\/p>\n

We came ashore at the cove without incident.<\/p>\n

The gates to Old Marineland were open; we went in and looked around.<\/p>\n

\"What<\/p>\n

What is left of “Baja Reef” at Old Marineland.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n

I’m standing where the “International Cafe” was.<\/p>\n

Just behind it stood the games and picnic area.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n

This was the Dimetoss and Hoopla at Marineland.<\/p>\n

Wow! <\/p>\n

What memories!<\/p>\n

I used to work here when I was 16.<\/p>\n

The games were in between the International Cafe and the picnic grounds.<\/p>\n

I took many a drunken man’s money at those games.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Pt. Vicente Lighthouse is seen from the Old Marineland cliffs.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/p>\n

I believe this is where the locker room for Baja Reef was located.<\/p>\n

All the other structures have been torn down.<\/p>\n

Very soon, nothing will be left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long Point, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (aka the Old Marineland) Dove With Nick In With: 3100 psi Out With: 1100 psi Max depth: 45 feet, maybe 50 Waves: 0 – flat! Visibility: 15-20 feet Water Temperature: Cool Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes Notable Event: This is my 200th logged SCUBA Dive! Long Point was as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563"}],"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=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}