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Jake called us Saturday and told us that Danny @ Goby Diving had 2 spots on his boat that needed to be filled. The first dive would be on the P-38 off of Torrey Pines. Since it lies in ~ 130 ft. we knew a few things: we need lots of air, this will be a short trip. Jake set us up with some high pressure 100 ft³ steel tanks and we got out the dry suits. According to the VT Pro you only get 10 minutes @ 130 ft before you go into deco. To be safe I did the math to ensure we would have enough air for the stops if that were to happen.

Once we made it out to the site and dropped anchor we geared up and started our descent. There was a really ripping current (~ 1 knot) on the surface at least so we had to all link arms on the float and head down. On the way down I kept adding air to my suit and BC. Unfortunately I added too much air and started having buoyancy issues. I had a hard time getting the excess air out and had to cut out early. LUCKILY, I got to see the plane! Very, very briefly. But at least I got to see it! The rest of the dive was a slow ascent with Jess and John as we recovered.

Next time out we’ll get some doubles, nitrox, and O2 for deco and have a good ol’ time!