6/13
Went out with Capt Jim and Boston Harbor Diving Company Saturday to dive the City of Salisbury and Graves Light. It was a small charter with only 3 of us, but small numbers always make for an enjoyable dive. Mother nature cooperated and provided us with calm seas and a sunny day. I buddied up with Capt Jim and another diver who hadn't been diving in a year and a half. We dropped down to a max depth of 55 feet and spent the dive poking around searching for bugs. Most of the bugs were small but in another week or two there hopefully will be some legal ones. The was a lot of life and in addition to bugs there were a ton of stars, crab, and some smaller fishies. I forgot my book and was when I got home I forgot to look up what they were. Next time I'l be sure to bring it. We were down for 46 minutes and according to my computer the temp was 55 but it is notorious for reading a few degrees high. The vis was about 18 feet and there was a slight surge as we came up to about 10 feet. The second dive was to Graves Light, it was also an enjoyable dive, not as many bugs as the City but there still a few. Once again most of them were small but out of the three of us bug hunting we got a 6 to 8 keepers. I hit a max depth of 43 feet and the temperature was showing 55 degrees again. The vis was about 12 feet and there was a nice surge above 20 feet. It was a good day on the water and chilling out on the dock enjoying a few cold ones was icing to the cake.
6/14
Today was the Froggies (North Shore Frogmen) weekly dive and we met up with some members of SUDS (Somerville Underwater Diving Society) for a few dives off of Old Garden Beach. When we met up at Burger King the weather wasn't looking nice at all but after waiting around for an hour or so we pulled out and made our way to Rockport. Even though the weather wasn't good above the water we managed 2 excellent dives. The water temperature was 50 at a max depth of 44 and the vis was decent at about 15 feet. There were a few bugs to be gotten, a lot of soft shells and a ton of juveniles. There were a few schools of what someone thought were polluck swiming around, I'm not positive though. Once again I had forgot to bring my book in my car and by the time that I remembered to look up the fish I had forgotten what they looked like. I have to give props to a few of the divers from SUDS, it was a some their fourth dives since getting certified and showing up in the rain shows some serious dedication to a new found activity!
It was a good last weekend of diving before I got back to work Wednesday for another two weeks.
Went out with Capt Jim and Boston Harbor Diving Company Saturday to dive the City of Salisbury and Graves Light. It was a small charter with only 3 of us, but small numbers always make for an enjoyable dive. Mother nature cooperated and provided us with calm seas and a sunny day. I buddied up with Capt Jim and another diver who hadn't been diving in a year and a half. We dropped down to a max depth of 55 feet and spent the dive poking around searching for bugs. Most of the bugs were small but in another week or two there hopefully will be some legal ones. The was a lot of life and in addition to bugs there were a ton of stars, crab, and some smaller fishies. I forgot my book and was when I got home I forgot to look up what they were. Next time I'l be sure to bring it. We were down for 46 minutes and according to my computer the temp was 55 but it is notorious for reading a few degrees high. The vis was about 18 feet and there was a slight surge as we came up to about 10 feet. The second dive was to Graves Light, it was also an enjoyable dive, not as many bugs as the City but there still a few. Once again most of them were small but out of the three of us bug hunting we got a 6 to 8 keepers. I hit a max depth of 43 feet and the temperature was showing 55 degrees again. The vis was about 12 feet and there was a nice surge above 20 feet. It was a good day on the water and chilling out on the dock enjoying a few cold ones was icing to the cake.
6/14
Today was the Froggies (North Shore Frogmen) weekly dive and we met up with some members of SUDS (Somerville Underwater Diving Society) for a few dives off of Old Garden Beach. When we met up at Burger King the weather wasn't looking nice at all but after waiting around for an hour or so we pulled out and made our way to Rockport. Even though the weather wasn't good above the water we managed 2 excellent dives. The water temperature was 50 at a max depth of 44 and the vis was decent at about 15 feet. There were a few bugs to be gotten, a lot of soft shells and a ton of juveniles. There were a few schools of what someone thought were polluck swiming around, I'm not positive though. Once again I had forgot to bring my book in my car and by the time that I remembered to look up the fish I had forgotten what they looked like. I have to give props to a few of the divers from SUDS, it was a some their fourth dives since getting certified and showing up in the rain shows some serious dedication to a new found activity!
It was a good last weekend of diving before I got back to work Wednesday for another two weeks.
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