{"id":664,"date":"2007-10-27T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2007-10-27T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=664"},"modified":"2008-02-11T19:14:31","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T02:14:31","slug":"logged-dive-257-the-divevets-4th-annual-underwater-pumpkin-carving-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=664","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #257 – The Divevet’s 4th Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Divevet’s 4th Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest
\nVeteran’s Park
\nRedondo Beach, CA<\/p>\n

Solo Diving<\/p>\n

In With: 2500 psi
\nOut With: 900 psi
\nMax depth: 70 feet
\nWaves: None!
\nVisibility: 15-25 feet
\nWater Temperature: Cool, in the 60’s
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 40 minutes with a 25 minute shore break<\/p>\n

I’ve been running around all morning long.<\/p>\n

I’ve had problems with the Duster, had to buy memory for my new camera, in addition to beer and a pumpkin for the contest.<\/p>\n

I arrived at 10:15 AM, 45 minutes early.<\/p>\n

Nick was supposed to meet me, but didn’t show up until later, without air and his regulator – he was rushed too.<\/p>\n

He helped me last night when I had car troubles.<\/p>\n

I signed a Divevets waiver…<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

…and headed out to the water to do some carving.<\/p>\n

The suggestion was made to me to put weight in the pumpkin so it would sink; I filled mine with a few handfuls of sand.<\/p>\n

EASY OUT!<\/p>\n

There were no waves!<\/p>\n

I swam out and submerged to 20 feet and started carving.<\/p>\n

I already knew what I was going to do, and my idea was sort of simple – I carved two eyes, a nose, mouth and ears.<\/p>\n

I was back on shore within 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

I went back to the table, turned my pumpkin sideways, stabbed it with a dive knife that I found a while back and decorated it with pumpkin guts.<\/p>\n

I took my new underwater camera and decided to devirginize it.<\/p>\n

Again, I made it out with no problems.<\/p>\n

There was no surf zone as there was no surf.<\/p>\n

I tried finding divers who were busy carving pumpkins, but didn’t see any by the time I made it to the shelf.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

I went over the shelf and found the “monument” at 70 feet.<\/p>\n

I tested my camera by taking various pictures of the site – and a spectacular looking site at that!<\/p>\n

\"Self<\/p>\n

I tried my famous “hold my arm out and take a self portrait” snapshot.<\/p>\n

I made it back up to the top of the shelf and slowly swam back to shore.<\/p>\n

\"Pumpkin<\/p>\n

Almost in, I noticed some divers coming out, pumpkins in hand.<\/p>\n

I had done really well on air and followed them to get some shots.<\/p>\n

There were about four or five carvers and two others watching and taking pictures…<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

\"Careful,<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\"Pal,<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

I took a few snap shots and went ashore – I was getting thirsty.<\/p>\n

My brother Paul stopped by Veteran’s Park to see if I was there; I was, so he joined me and Nick for the festivities.<\/p>\n

The beer and bratwursts flowed freely…<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/p>\n

…as the pumpkins came ashore and collected on the contest table…<\/p>\n

\"Pumpkins<\/p>\n

The judges chose the winners…<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

When it was all said and done, I won nothing!<\/p>\n

Not first, second or third… not even the prize for the worst.<\/p>\n

When I asked one of the judges why I didn’t get anything, she said, “your entry wasn’t scary enough.”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The party continued with the rest of the brats, beer and jello shots.<\/p>\n

Another great day of Southern California diving and partying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Divevet’s 4th Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest Veteran’s Park Redondo Beach, CA Solo Diving In With: 2500 psi Out With: 900 psi Max depth: 70 feet Waves: None! Visibility: 15-25 feet Water Temperature: Cool, in the 60’s Total Bottom Time: About 40 minutes with a 25 minute shore break I’ve been running around all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664"}],"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=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}