YellowfinKunkfish
Contributor
It was a GREAT day to go diving! Beautiful sunny blue skies, just a little bit of wind, and only a slight chill. Okay, well maybe a BIT more of a chill, but not too bad!
Vis was 20 to 25 feet, temp was 50, max depth was 48 feet. Kunk35's computer recorded 47 degrees, at 55 feet. (He went down in the silo) Oh, yeah, I finally got to see the silos!!!!!! WOOHOO!!! We could see them both perfectly clear, from about 20 feet away. Kunk35's navigational skills were right on, we found them within 28 minutes, with no problems at all. Shortly after we found the silos I called the dive because I was FREEZING COLD. Total dive for me and Kory was 38 minutes, John stayed down a little longer, cause he wasn't as cold.
Met lots of new people, talked to a man who has been diving for 40 years!! He was the oldest bear, and the bravest too (no hood!), very interesting to talk to. Met some really nice people from Scubaboard, and International Scuba. Robert had a nice breakfast set up, and a super hot fire.
I have to say though, that my 7mil wetsuit, 3mil gloves, 5 mil hood, and 3 mil boots is NOT enough for 50 degree water. I am just now starting to get feeling back in my toes.
6 minutes into the dive I was really wondering WHY I wanted to do this. But, then I relaxed and started to enjoy it despite the chill. We saw a few fish, moonscape looking bottom, sisco, the silos, and even came across the boat in the middle. All in all it was a really good dive. I was pretty much cold all over by the end of the dive. Not fun taking all the stuff off, but the hot shower did help a LOT!
Very nice day, will do it again next year!! (maybe with a drysuit though)
Rhonda
Vis was 20 to 25 feet, temp was 50, max depth was 48 feet. Kunk35's computer recorded 47 degrees, at 55 feet. (He went down in the silo) Oh, yeah, I finally got to see the silos!!!!!! WOOHOO!!! We could see them both perfectly clear, from about 20 feet away. Kunk35's navigational skills were right on, we found them within 28 minutes, with no problems at all. Shortly after we found the silos I called the dive because I was FREEZING COLD. Total dive for me and Kory was 38 minutes, John stayed down a little longer, cause he wasn't as cold.
Met lots of new people, talked to a man who has been diving for 40 years!! He was the oldest bear, and the bravest too (no hood!), very interesting to talk to. Met some really nice people from Scubaboard, and International Scuba. Robert had a nice breakfast set up, and a super hot fire.
I have to say though, that my 7mil wetsuit, 3mil gloves, 5 mil hood, and 3 mil boots is NOT enough for 50 degree water. I am just now starting to get feeling back in my toes.
6 minutes into the dive I was really wondering WHY I wanted to do this. But, then I relaxed and started to enjoy it despite the chill. We saw a few fish, moonscape looking bottom, sisco, the silos, and even came across the boat in the middle. All in all it was a really good dive. I was pretty much cold all over by the end of the dive. Not fun taking all the stuff off, but the hot shower did help a LOT!
Very nice day, will do it again next year!! (maybe with a drysuit though
)Rhonda
