Bottom temps for Monitor?
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OP
The amount of current. It wasn’t bad on the bottom, but it was much worse higher up. Beyond that, you’d have to ask the boat captain. He is very experienced at running a dive boat out there.
OP
Our ascent was about an hour and we were about 2.5 miles from the wreck by the time we got to the surface.
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I never dove as far north as the Monitor but did dive dozens of the wrecks off SC and NC.
Current and hence vis and temps are unpredictable due to the Gulf stream moving onshore/offshore with the tide. I anchor dove most of the time and we'd never consider diving deep when the tide was moving the current inshore. It could easily go from 0 current to 2+ kts in under an hour. No bueno if hanging for deco any length of time. Also could have multiple currents and counter to the wind. Literally dove an anchor rope in J shapes where the spot would be off the stern but the rope took off out the bow and took a turn midway down.
Most of our dives were shorter partly for that reason as well.
Current and hence vis and temps are unpredictable due to the Gulf stream moving onshore/offshore with the tide. I anchor dove most of the time and we'd never consider diving deep when the tide was moving the current inshore. It could easily go from 0 current to 2+ kts in under an hour. No bueno if hanging for deco any length of time. Also could have multiple currents and counter to the wind. Literally dove an anchor rope in J shapes where the spot would be off the stern but the rope took off out the bow and took a turn midway down.
Most of our dives were shorter partly for that reason as well.
OP
i have dived in Lake Erie and the Saint Lawrence. But, now that I moved down here to SC, all of that is inconveniently far away…
Olive Branch
Katie Es...? forgot the last name... I dove on that wreck 5 years or so ago.
Can't locate my Eureka picture....
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