{"id":634,"date":"2007-06-17T09:44:22","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T16:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2008-02-05T18:31:32","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T01:31:32","slug":"logged-dive-231-margate-diving-off-of-johns-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=634","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #231 – Margate Diving Off Of John’s Zodiac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margate, Palos Verdes Estates, CA<\/p>\n

Dove off of John’s Zodiac<\/p>\n

Southern California Buddy Diving With John and Ron T.<\/p>\n

In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 1200 psi
\nMax depth: 50 feet
\nWaves: Rough Chop; 2 foot swells
\nVisibility: 15 feet; silty
\nWater Temperature: Cold at 50 feet
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 35 minutes; my “water resistant” watch has finally stopped working.<\/p>\n

I picked up Ron at his home is Redondo Beach at 7 AM and met John at the Redondo Marina.<\/p>\n

\"John\u2019s<\/p>\n

We too a bumpy ride out to the massive kelp bed off “Margate” in Palos Verdes and dropped anchor.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John said the trick is to inflate your BC, throw it overboard, jump over and put your gear on in the water.<\/p>\n

I was the first over board.<\/p>\n

I swam down to 40 feet and explored from there.<\/p>\n

There’s an interesting set of reefs, kelp and abundant life.<\/p>\n

There was quite a slight surge, even at 40 feet.<\/p>\n

I came across an old anchor that was caught in the kelp.<\/p>\n

It I could have cut the chain, I would have kept it.<\/p>\n

I ascended to 20 feet a few times to warm up.<\/p>\n

I surface to get my bearings and made it back to the boat.<\/p>\n

John was already on board.<\/p>\n

I took my BC off, hooked it to the side of the boat, threw my weight belt in and climbed in the boat.<\/p>\n

It was a task easier than I could ever have imagined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Margate, Palos Verdes Estates, CA Dove off of John’s Zodiac Southern California Buddy Diving With John and Ron T. In With: 3000 psi Out With: 1200 psi Max depth: 50 feet Waves: Rough Chop; 2 foot swells Visibility: 15 feet; silty Water Temperature: Cold at 50 feet Total Bottom Time: About 35 minutes; my “water […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634"}],"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=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}