Dove With Nick<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 1100 psi
\nMax depth: 70 feet
\nWaves: 2-3 foot mild swells
\nVisibility: 8 feet or so, silty
\nWater Temperature: Cold at depth
\nTotal Bottom Time: 40 minutes<\/p>\n
I am getting a reputation for diving with old and malfunctioning equipment.<\/p>\n
It took some time to convince Nick it is safe to dive with me.<\/p>\n
Here is the actual predive email thread between Nick and I; it was so funny that I posted it on Divevets.<\/p>\n
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\nMe: Care to dive Wednesday evening at Redondo?<\/p>\n
Nick: Did you buy a new BC yet?<\/p>\n
Me: I’m patching the old one.<\/p>\n
Nick: I will extend an interest free line of credit up to $1200 to you, repayable over 12 months, for you to buy new diving gear.<\/p>\n
A new BC, wetsuit, and depth gauge are required as part of this offer.<\/p>\n
This offer is being extended in part for my safety, as well as yours.<\/p>\n
Also, I am embarrassed to go diving with someone who used a length of rope to secure his BC, and who has more patches than actual neoprene in his wetsuit.<\/p>\n
I’m not really embarrassed to be seen with you in your wetsuit, but I am concerned about your BC and the console that you have to bang (at 80 feet) to get an accurate reading…<\/p>\n
Yes, I am paranoid, you got a problem with that?
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We met around 5:20 PM at Vet’s Park.<\/p>\n
As we were gearing up, Mirek walked over and asked, “Hey Psycho, so who is the guy who is afraid to dive with you?”<\/p>\n
I pointed to Nick.<\/p>\n
Mirek turned to Nick and said, “Don’t worry, man.<\/p>\n
“Just tell Psycho to keep his hands off of your equipment when you are underwater.”<\/p>\n
Roland from the Divevets was nice enough to give me an old wetsuit that has less holes in it than mine<\/p>\n
These guys are great diving company.<\/p>\n
Roland also assured me that it had never been peed in.<\/p>\n
We entered the water and walked through the fairly calm surf zone.<\/p>\n
We made a short descent before I had to surface again and refit the purge valve on my mask.<\/p>\n
We submerged again and went West to the edge of the canyon; I looked back at Nick.<\/p>\n
He was adjusting his mask and gesturing, “Wait.”<\/p>\n
I looked for any signs of panic or stress and even gave him the option to surface.<\/p>\n
Nick gave the “OK” sign and we continued down the shelf, enjoying the 55 degree thermalcline.<\/p>\n
At 65 feet, we headed South to “the pinnacle” – a collection of cinder blocks and miscellaneous trash where small fish hang out.<\/p>\n
We continued South and turned around when we were at 2000 psi.<\/p>\n
Up the shelf we went to warm up and trolled the ledge at 40 feet.<\/p>\n
We found more trash, some markers for navigation classes and an empty ammunition box.<\/p>\n
I looked over at Nick; there was a big rock crab with it’s pitchers out aimed at Nick.<\/p>\n
I thought to myself, “Nick doesn’t see this.”<\/p>\n
So I tapped Nick and pointed.<\/p>\n
He looked over and was obviously startled.<\/p>\n
We headed for shore to an uneventful exit.<\/p>\n
Divers were all over the parking lot, either gearing up or debriefing.<\/p>\n
Nick and I stayed in the lot and had a few beers while socializing with the Divevets.<\/p>\n
Nick took off fairly early; I stayed for the night dive crowd to emerge.<\/p>\n
Mirek found a stash of sunglasses at 50 feet and some guy’s ID card<\/p>\n
I pointed out that “at least you didn’t find a body with them.”<\/p>\n
Roland and another diver shot a halibut – one was huge!<\/p>\n
A couple called their dive after entering the surf zone because the woman was afraid to dive at night.<\/p>\n
It was getting late by the time Dan and Roland hauled out the Barbecue, so I had to say sayonara.<\/p>\n
I donated the rest of my party cups for their own “safety.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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