CSSP this weekend.

[richerso]

Ryan,
Go with these coordinates to get to Marietta Landing, Murray Lake, SE corner:
34.02685935 deg N Lat
97.04813719 deg W Long
or alternatively, this is:
34 deg 1.611 min
97 deg 2.888 min

If google Marietta Landing doesn't work for you, then at least mapquest.com Marietta, OK
Note two " t's " in the spelling.

Also, you can map by lat / long using the coordinates above at:
MapQuest: Maps, Addresses, Business Directory & Satellite Photos

Call me if necessary. I plan to leave Arlington at 7:00am. That places me at Marietta Landing at 9:05am.

 

[texdiveguy]

Question Alan:
Have you heard from Timeliner? He's been kind of quiet as of late. I am starting to worry about him.

Yes....he is fine.

 

[texdiveguy]

Alan- Best of luck to your son. Dental surgery is no fun.

Ryan... thanks for the well wishes!

Have fun at Murray...its a nice lake.

 

[ZzzKing]

Question Alan:
Have you heard from Timeliner? He's been kind of quiet as of late. I am starting to worry about him.

I think he is in his lab in Paris developing more DIMWIT technology. He's so dedicated.

 

[Ryanh1985]

John and I got in a few really nice dive today out at Marietta landing, got to hear about the famous crab trap.

Dive 1- First dive we got down, vis was pretty bad, I was having to remember what bad vis. diving was all about, after a few min. into the dive I was messing with my computer and getting the light on it to come on and ended up losing John. Looked around for a few min. with no luck. Decided new lake, low vis. and at 61 feet, I would go ahead and head to the surface. I got to the surface and about 30 sec. behind me was john. So that was the end of our first dive.
Dive time of 13 min. max depth of 61

Dive 1 take 2- This time things went a little better, I was finally able to see the bottom a little better, and visibility seemed to get better the further along we got. We ended up finding some neat rock formation, just north of the sand entry. Looked around there for a bit before starting to head back. Once we got to the rock wall we did a little safety stop and saw our first fish.
Dive time of 29 min. 61 max depth and 63 degree's.


Dive 2- After an hour SIT John and I headed back in the the water. John was placing the marker so, I was suppose to be holding our heading, well lets just say I have had better days. Im not really sure where we ended up, but John got it all sorted out and we took off along the rock line. This dive we saw a few more fish, even saw one perch. We also found some wooden structure, but never could figure out what it was, with the vis, we could only see a few feet of it at a time. Maybe Frank's crab trap 2? Swam around the old scuba park for a bit, before ending the dive and heading to the surface.
Down for 49 min, max depth of 43 feet. Lowest water temp reading of 64.

All in all, great day of diving. I really liked the lake, and do plan on going back. Its a nice alternative to the other stuff. Just wish I would have brought a tent.:11doh:

 

[Timeliner]

I think he is in his lab in Paris developing more DIMWIT technology. He's so dedicated.

So true.........

Just perfecting my craft

My New "Bonejo" Bridge on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[richerso]

Great day of diving! Everything Ryan said was so true!
Vis was running 4 to 6 ft. At times it would improve to 8 ft. At times it would diminish to <1 ft. Go figure.

Ryan says he was "dorking with his computer". Yea. That's why he got lost. I have my suspiscions. We got separted in the low vis and I would like to proudly say that we executed a "lost dive buddy" drill perfectly from 60 ft. Thank you. No autographs.

When I hit the surface, Ryan was suspiciously close to one of those "No wake" buoys. About 20 minutes after we ended our dive, the Lake Patrol shows up and starts inspecting the buoy that Ryan was close to. Now, I ask each of you to draw your own conclusion. About 5 minutes after the Lake Patrol showed up, a salvage/construction pontoon boat shows up on scene and starts performing some type of maintenance activity on the buoy. Again, you draw your own conclusions.

Great day of diving!

 

[texdiveguy]

Sat. 5/17 at CSSP...Silo was 6-8 ft. vis, fair ambient light and 57F/60ffw.