While Jason and Sandy were enjoying the Midwest of the Caribbean, the rest of us were out diving. 
On Saturday, I dove with Al, Ken, Dawn and Mike and we enjoyed some of the best visibility that I can recall. It was so clear that Mike and I even did two night dives (Clive and Mike- thanks for the tank and wing). Some of the fish were sleeping close to the bottom and they stood out like reflective signs at night!
Today, we had a stronger turnout, although Ken was benched due to some congestion. Robb brought his steel shoes back- he's made great progress- he went from "these tanks are trying to kill me" to "if I move a few pounds here, it will improve my trim."
We had a plethora of doubles- Bob, Steve, Robb, Duane, Eric, and myself all had doubles, while Dean and Dave were diving single tanks. Bob and Steve were also slinging AL40s, so again, we had twice as many tanks as divers. For the first dive, we poked around the deep hole, and then the divers with doubles split off and did a tour of the quarry. Robb practiced the free flowing regulator drill. He did well and gets extra marks for making it look so realisitic.
We then saw the three large objects on the deep side, then crossed over to the shallows and saw just about every fish in the quarry. The vis was easily 30' in some areas, if not more. The dive times ranged from 30, 90, or 110 minutes depending on tanks and bladders.
For the second dive, Duane led Eric and I around the entire shallow end for a leisurely, relaxing tour. He said we were going to do a one hour dive and we were back at the surface, right on time. Dave and Dean were somewhere about as well, although I didn't see them on that dive. Dean did say that two of the paddlefish tried to bite his arm off, but he was able to avoid their sharp teeth.
The water temp was just about 50f with no thermocline. There were a few wetsuit divers this weekend as well- I guess they really like diving because they were screaming with joy when they jumped in.
On Saturday, I dove with Al, Ken, Dawn and Mike and we enjoyed some of the best visibility that I can recall. It was so clear that Mike and I even did two night dives (Clive and Mike- thanks for the tank and wing). Some of the fish were sleeping close to the bottom and they stood out like reflective signs at night!
Today, we had a stronger turnout, although Ken was benched due to some congestion. Robb brought his steel shoes back- he's made great progress- he went from "these tanks are trying to kill me" to "if I move a few pounds here, it will improve my trim."
We had a plethora of doubles- Bob, Steve, Robb, Duane, Eric, and myself all had doubles, while Dean and Dave were diving single tanks. Bob and Steve were also slinging AL40s, so again, we had twice as many tanks as divers. For the first dive, we poked around the deep hole, and then the divers with doubles split off and did a tour of the quarry. Robb practiced the free flowing regulator drill. He did well and gets extra marks for making it look so realisitic.
We then saw the three large objects on the deep side, then crossed over to the shallows and saw just about every fish in the quarry. The vis was easily 30' in some areas, if not more. The dive times ranged from 30, 90, or 110 minutes depending on tanks and bladders. For the second dive, Duane led Eric and I around the entire shallow end for a leisurely, relaxing tour. He said we were going to do a one hour dive and we were back at the surface, right on time. Dave and Dean were somewhere about as well, although I didn't see them on that dive. Dean did say that two of the paddlefish tried to bite his arm off, but he was able to avoid their sharp teeth.
The water temp was just about 50f with no thermocline. There were a few wetsuit divers this weekend as well- I guess they really like diving because they were screaming with joy when they jumped in.
