If you're a weenie like me, I got chilled today. Water temp 73°. I have two piece 3mm and hood. Hood makes all the difference. However, when I was swimming, I was comfortable. Staying still, got cold.
---------- Post added February 5th, 2014 at 06:40 PM ----------
BTW, today's dive... I so needed a zen dive, and chose to go solo, letting the thoughts in my mind float away with the walnut jellies.. I kinda had a direction to go, but was open to a game plan change. I also brought both cameras. They are identical model. and housing. One has diopters, the other the strobe. Dare I could one up with both..
I was in the water about 2 minutes when I saw my first pipefish. A nice little thing, about 4" long. I shot a photo, and my camera reads "card full." Huh? I only shot one photo. Crud. Forgot the memory card. Since it was so early in the dive, and I was still close to shore, I trudged back out. Dried up the cameras, and put memory card from the housing with the strobe. Put it in the car and head back out. Was out about a half hour when I found this really cool nudi. In the nudi book, looked similar to a cerberilla tanna, about a 1/2" long. Dang camera quit. No flashing light. Nothing. Just dead.
At this point I had to really work hard at telling myself not to abort the dive. I can be here with out a working camera.. Of course I kept trying to make it work. Had no idea why it quit. Drat. Drat. Drat.
So, long story short, I did not have a zen dive. But, I have to keep reminding myself it was hardly boring. 2 pipefish, a couple sea robins, tiny tiny pufferfish, stingray, and an assortment of lots of other critters.
On land I switched out batteries and the camera worked. UGH. I thought I charged both before venturing up here..
---------- Post added February 5th, 2014 at 06:40 PM ----------
BTW, today's dive... I so needed a zen dive, and chose to go solo, letting the thoughts in my mind float away with the walnut jellies.. I kinda had a direction to go, but was open to a game plan change. I also brought both cameras. They are identical model. and housing. One has diopters, the other the strobe. Dare I could one up with both..
I was in the water about 2 minutes when I saw my first pipefish. A nice little thing, about 4" long. I shot a photo, and my camera reads "card full." Huh? I only shot one photo. Crud. Forgot the memory card. Since it was so early in the dive, and I was still close to shore, I trudged back out. Dried up the cameras, and put memory card from the housing with the strobe. Put it in the car and head back out. Was out about a half hour when I found this really cool nudi. In the nudi book, looked similar to a cerberilla tanna, about a 1/2" long. Dang camera quit. No flashing light. Nothing. Just dead. At this point I had to really work hard at telling myself not to abort the dive. I can be here with out a working camera.. Of course I kept trying to make it work. Had no idea why it quit. Drat. Drat. Drat.
So, long story short, I did not have a zen dive. But, I have to keep reminding myself it was hardly boring. 2 pipefish, a couple sea robins, tiny tiny pufferfish, stingray, and an assortment of lots of other critters.
On land I switched out batteries and the camera worked. UGH. I thought I charged both before venturing up here..
