The Palawan Wreck, Off Of Redondo Beach, CA
\nDiving off the Island Diver<\/p>\n
Solo Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 2700 psi
\nOut With: 1000 psi
\nMax depth: 130 feet
\nWaves: Minor chop
\nVisibility: 20 feet or more
\nWater Temperature: Cold
\nTotal Bottom Time: 12 minutes at the wreck, 12 minutes coming up; about 24 minutes total.<\/p>\n
We were 20 minutes late leaving the dock.<\/p>\n
Dan was waiting, hoping that Josh wouldn’t show up, so he could take his place.<\/p>\n
Dan seemed a little pissed when he finally made it.<\/p>\n
My wetsuit ripped at the seams in the back; I really need to start thinking about acquiring newer equipment.<\/p>\n
Two tech divers went over and were going to run a line to the boat.<\/p>\n
Captain Alec said that, if we wanted, we could just go down the anchor line and find the boat because, “we are pretty close to the wreck.”<\/p>\n
I jumped over and swam to the anchor line and followed it down; I touched bottom at 130 feet.<\/p>\n
I swam in the direction of where the boat was suppose to be and then the port side came in to view, about 20 feet from the anchor line.<\/p>\n
It is covered with strawberry anemones; the top deck has been removed, so you can view the interior of the hull without actually doing a penetration dive.<\/p>\n
I was getting really narced, really fast.<\/p>\n
It’s like feeling the effect of drinking 10 beers all at once, so I really enjoyed the feeling, but I had to keep my composure because the only one who could help me was me.<\/p>\n
I started to feel better once I got used to the pressure.<\/p>\n
However, this deep I didn’t have much bottom time without going in to decompression.<\/p>\n
I swam back towards the anchor line, but couldn’t find it; I started my accent slowly.<\/p>\n
Not having a reference point to check the current makes me nervous; but I knew there was not much current, so I took my time.<\/p>\n
The water coming up felt warmer and warmer and I felt better and better.<\/p>\n
Breaking the top, I had to surface swim about 60 yards to the boat.<\/p>\n
There was a debate when most of the non-decompression divers were on board as to where the next dive should be.<\/p>\n
According to my tables, I had seven minutes of bottom time for a second dive at the Palawan; if we chose the Avalon Wreck, I would have 44 minutes.<\/p>\n
We all agreed on the Avalon.<\/p>\n
The tech divers were done, so they didn’t care.<\/p>\n
Shanon was nice enough to take a marker and outline the increasing hole in the back of my wetsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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