{"id":639,"date":"2007-07-01T16:37:27","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T23:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2008-02-05T19:02:56","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T02:02:56","slug":"logged-dive-236-north-of-margate-zodiac-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #236 – North Of Margate; Zodiac Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"

North of Margate, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
\nSouthern California Buddy Diving with John and Ron off of John’s Zodiac<\/p>\n

In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 1200 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Minor chop
\nVisibility: 5-10 feet
\nWater Temperature: Cool
\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes<\/p>\n

I picked Ron up at 7 AM.<\/p>\n

We met John at the docks where his yacht is moored.<\/p>\n

We boated just outside of the breakwater where the engine died.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John had a portable jump starter that brought the engine back to life.<\/p>\n

We continued on a bumpy ride to a spot just North of Margate.<\/p>\n

I fell over on one of the tanks and heard a distinct hissing sound – that’s not something you want to hear when you’re in an inflatable boat.<\/p>\n

It turned out to be a stuck second stage that I hit a few times to stop the airflow.<\/p>\n

\"Fishing<\/p>\n

There were fishing boats around our preferred spot so we ventured and anchored a little North.<\/p>\n

I jumped over with my spear gun and went hunting for the White Sea Bass that were spotted last time.<\/p>\n

Visibility sort of sucked; I almost ran in to Ron as we crossed paths.<\/p>\n

There were a few good-sized Sheephead that I didn’t want to shoot – they’re too easy – like shooting your own dog.<\/p>\n

But, as I gave up hope for the White Sea Bass, I shot at a good sized Sheephead and nailed it right behind the head.<\/p>\n

I hunted going back to the boat, after surfacing a few times to get my bearings.<\/p>\n

John was back in the boat; he had given up hunting earlier because his band broke on his spear gun.<\/p>\n

Ron came back shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North of Margate, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA Southern California Buddy Diving with John and Ron off of John’s Zodiac In With: 2900 psi Out With: 1200 psi Max depth: 40 feet Waves: Minor chop Visibility: 5-10 feet Water Temperature: Cool Total Bottom Time: 45 minutes I picked Ron up at 7 AM. We met John […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639"}],"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=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}