Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach, CA<\/p>\n
Solo Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 1100 psi
\nMax depth: 80 feet
\nWaves: 1-2 feet
\nVisibility: 10-15 feet
\nWater Temperature: 52 degrees over the shelf
\nBottom Time: About 30 minutes<\/p>\n
In an attempt to be social, I posted on the Divevets that I was diving here at this time and anyone was welcome to show up.<\/p>\n
Well, nobody did.<\/p>\n
I entered the water a little after 9 AM.<\/p>\n
No other divers were around, at least from what I saw.<\/p>\n
I made an easy entry, putting my fins on in the water.<\/p>\n
The swells were very manageable and would have been easy for even a beginning diver.<\/p>\n
I submerged to 20 feet and headed West over the shelf.<\/p>\n
There it was, the black darkness over the edge that welcomes every diver here.<\/p>\n
I started going down and it got REALLY cold; I had to pee in my wetsuit to enjoy the 15 seconds of spot warmth.<\/p>\n
I slowly went North and looked at all the trash and many crabs that were sticking out of the sand.<\/p>\n
There’s supposed to be some kind of an artificial reef that the local divers have been assembling brick by brick over the shelf.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t able to find it.<\/p>\n
Getting cold and sort of bored I headed back up the shelf to warm up and do my safety stop.<\/p>\n
I practiced my buoyancy and slowly made my way back in.<\/p>\n
Two divers were exiting just ahead of me.<\/p>\n
I believe one was a student and the other was an instructor.<\/p>\n
They had deco bottles and were wearing dry suits.<\/p>\n
I’m assuming that they’re tech divers?<\/p>\n
One of them confirmed the temperature over the shelf was 52 degrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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