Sunday June 11, Old Marine Land

[Empty V]

Who's Game? I know Rickster is a possibility. i know it will be tough after an amazing time in Laguna the day before but this is a special occasion. I've got a friend in from Oahu who took me on my first dive ever. I want to show him how gorgeous our reefs are. This will be my first dive at OML too. Hopefully this will be a great weekend for shore dives.

 

[JMdiver]

Hi Empty V,
Are you going in from the beach or boat ? I'm going to try to make it down there but Divevets are usaully there every Sunday.

Happy Diving
John

 

[Empty V]

Beach dives, hopefully two. Excuse my ignorance, I joined the board in April, what are the Divevets?

Billy

 

[MaxBottomtime]

http://divevets.com/index.htm

Many of us are there each Saturday and Sunday. On Sundays we usually make one or two dives and have a "debriefing" that can last most of the day. Lots of food and drinking is involved.

 

[Empty V]

That sounds like a blast. Is there a protocol of who brings what? How does the schedule usually run? Do you guys do a lot of night dives and does the group ever venture north to Malibu?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Most arrive at Marineland around 8:00. It's pretty much a free-for-all. Any food or drink brought is appreciated by all. There is always plenty to go around. The group only dives in Palos Verdes, with Malaga Cove and Veteran's Park in Redondo Beach as backup locations on the weekends. They make night dives at Vet's on Wednesday nights, meeting around 6:00. They are all a bunch of friendly divers who are willing to help, chide or lead anyone. The caretaker at Terranea Resort(Marineland) gives us the combination because we clean up the parking lot and shoreline, and also keep an eye out for any vandals or spearfishers who leave their catch on posts at the top of the trail.

 

[CompuDude]

I can vouch for the Vets, having met them once yesterday. Good buncha folks.

Glad to see you made it out of the soup ok yesterday, Max. Maybe I'll see if I can come down next Sunday for another attempt! (you met me as Kalani, the tall bald guy in the Peace cap who was chatting with Shanon)

 

[Empty V]

I checked out the website, seems like a very cool group of divers. This should make for an interesting day. Does anyone have any really good websites with directions to OML. I've dived Vets and heard it's pretty close in proximity.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

http://www.geocities.com/sandeaters/sites/losangeles/marineland.htm

http://www.pacificwilderness.com/Dive Sites/LA County/Palos Verdes/MarineLand/MarineLand.htm

 

[Empty V]

Well, due to scheduling constraints we will have to be in the water by 7:15. Will anyone be there that early?