Long Point, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
\n(aka The Old Marineland)<\/p>\n
Solo Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 2500 psi
\nOut With: 500 psi
\nMax depth: 45 feet
\nWaves: Long, swooping 3 to 4 foot swells
\nVisibility: 10 feet and silty
\nWater Temperature: Cool
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 40 minutes<\/p>\n
I had to stop in at work early, so afterwards I headed over the bridge and to Long Point.<\/p>\n
The Point looked sort of hairy – calm but a few big waves.<\/p>\n
The cove had sweeping, but manageable waves.<\/p>\n
I geared up and walked down.<\/p>\n
My plan was to put my fins on first, but a wave came and knocked me down, and again.<\/p>\n
I floated out and began to sink.<\/p>\n
I gulped a mouth full of water before inflating my BC jacket.<\/p>\n
I clumsily put both fins on as I bobbed up and down in the surf zone.<\/p>\n
I hoped nobody was watching, but I know I had a few people looking at my shitty entrance.<\/p>\n
Then, I realized that I lost my knife in the surf zone.<\/p>\n
I was wondering when I would lose my first knife.<\/p>\n
I swam towards 120 reef and submerged.<\/p>\n
Vis really sucked swimming out.<\/p>\n
Once I got to the reef, vis opened to 10 feet, put it remained pretty silty – but enjoyable nonetheless.<\/p>\n
I saw a lot bigger fish than usual.<\/p>\n
I ran across “my” lobster trap at the end of 120 reef; it’s turning in to a pile of rust and no longer usable as a clandestine lobster trap to whomever has kept baiting over the last couple of years.<\/p>\n
I trolled around and headed back after burning down to 1000 psi of air.<\/p>\n
As I was exiting, Reverend Al, Dennis and a lot of Divevets were entering the water.<\/p>\n
I tried to take my fins off first, but was washed up on the rocks and crawled out – sort of a non-glamorous exit.<\/p>\n
Al inquired on the conditions.<\/p>\n
He said that he “can live with 10 feet vis.”<\/p>\n
I noticed someone ran her car into a ditch near the driveway.<\/p>\n
Maybe a drunken teenager out on a joyride who was looking for a short cut?<\/p>\n
Afterwards, a few beers, lunch with Ed, lunch with my parents and brother, more beer and then dinner with my girlfriend Jane, and more beer – I think I must have gained 20 pounds today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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