Dive #1
Date: 4/30/05
Dive Location: Deadmans (Crescent)
Time: 8:16AM
Bottom Time: 47 min
Max Depth: 59 ft
Vis: 15-25ft
Wave height:2-4ft
Surge: Couldnt even tell you... it got pretty bad
Temp at depth: 54
Surface Temp: 61
Comments: We swam out in the group of 8 of us out to the location to drop down and descended right on the north east part of the reef. Visibility was pretty good even though it was somewhat dark. Lots of particles in the water. We saw quite a few spanish shawls (about 5 of them in a group), a dorid nudibranch, several bugs, a good sized octo, and just about every fish on the fish ID card I have (haha)... When we turned around the surge had picked up tremendously.... we navigated to the inside of the outer part of the reef and the surge was moving pretty good.. the vis dropped to 2-3 feet in parts, but we kicked 5 feet out of it and it shot up to 15 again... at the end of the dive I saw the shadow of a HUGE bat ray.. I would estimate it was 5' from wingtip to wingtip (possibly bigger).... just seeing how slow it was moving showed just how big it really was....
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Dive #2
Date: 4/30/05
Dive Location: Deadmans
Time: 11:51AM
Bottom Time: 47 min
Max Depth: 51 ft
Vis: 5-15ft
Wave height:4-6+ft
Surge: settled a little bit from before but still strong...
Temp at depth: 61
Surface Temp: 58
Comments: This dive was not great for finding things (except a few bugs) because the visibility dropped significantly.... Still, lots of fish were swimming all over the reef, but nothing exotic....Another great dive for navigation practice... When the dive was over we swam into the surf zone to find waves breaking WELL over our heads... I got tossed around quite a bit, but was fun none the less.... I STILL havent gotten all the sand out of my gear... blah...