pdoege
Contributor
Hey Guys -
I dove Blue Spring on Saturday.
No manatees and the rangers were actually kind and civil. Yay!
The spring was really moving water and the water level was moderately high.
The cavern was beautiful as always. I love to go down to the bottom and spend some time looking up to the surface. Very pretty and other worldly.
My camera took a dump on the way down, so no pics
My buddy had forgotten her weight belt, so the SS and ascent were interesting.
I had forgotten to attach the DS inflator to my regs, so the squeeze was pretty bad at depth. I'll be sure to remember it for Ginnie :0
I tried to kayak dive off of Cocoa on Monday (Labor Day). There was a huge thunderstorm sitting on the reef that I had GPS'd. Big surf too. A perfect day for the surfing contest, not so good for diving.
So I played in the surf without my dive gear. A few large (8 foot) waves flipped me. Remember to bring your paddle leash! It really sucks have to recover the paddle and then swim into shore through big surf to recover your kayak. Trust me on this
The weather had cleared up and the water had calmed by noon. I was very tired from my various surfing adventures and called it a day.
Left my camera at a friend's house.
Doh!
So the lessons learned were:
1. Bring paddle leash
2. Chart out multiple destinations so you can work around the weather
3. Bring along a surf board or white water yack just in case
Peter
I dove Blue Spring on Saturday.
No manatees and the rangers were actually kind and civil. Yay!
The spring was really moving water and the water level was moderately high.
The cavern was beautiful as always. I love to go down to the bottom and spend some time looking up to the surface. Very pretty and other worldly.
My camera took a dump on the way down, so no pics
My buddy had forgotten her weight belt, so the SS and ascent were interesting.
I had forgotten to attach the DS inflator to my regs, so the squeeze was pretty bad at depth. I'll be sure to remember it for Ginnie :0
I tried to kayak dive off of Cocoa on Monday (Labor Day). There was a huge thunderstorm sitting on the reef that I had GPS'd. Big surf too. A perfect day for the surfing contest, not so good for diving.
So I played in the surf without my dive gear. A few large (8 foot) waves flipped me. Remember to bring your paddle leash! It really sucks have to recover the paddle and then swim into shore through big surf to recover your kayak. Trust me on this
The weather had cleared up and the water had calmed by noon. I was very tired from my various surfing adventures and called it a day.
Left my camera at a friend's house.
Doh!
So the lessons learned were:
1. Bring paddle leash
2. Chart out multiple destinations so you can work around the weather
3. Bring along a surf board or white water yack just in case
Peter
