Dive Log: Catalina Islands, Red Crane Quarry & Little Geiger Reef (06/06/2009)
Dive #7 and #8, diving in the Catalina Islands with the Magician Scuba charter , Captain Jerry, the pirate divemaster and dive buddy Praveen. Red Crane Quarry: Bottom time � 31 minutes; Depth � 9.5 meters Tired and scared. Those would be the most appropriate adjectives to describe Praveen and my train of thoughts as we huddled together in the leaden morning at the Long Beach harbour, the cold wind nipping at us unmercifully even in June. We had picked up our gear from Sports Chalet the night before and had spent a rather panicked night trying to figure out how our dive computers worked, watching a navigation DVD and reading the Open Water manual to try and recollect what we had learnt during our certification course almost half a year ago. The primary reason for the panic was when we were told that the Divemaster on the boat would actually stay on the boat during the dive and not accompany us as was the norm in the tropics. Actually on second thoughts, shit scared and tired was probab...