Dive Report: Ft. Pickens 9-16-09

[denisegg]

I think I know where You can get a Dive Rite Trio with a Digital compass built in

Digital hmmmmm....can you guarantee it will keep me from getting lost?

 

[OysterBoot74]

Awesome and I'm jealous! I was doing a day trip to PC on business and thought about you guys and hope it was going well.

 

[denisegg]

Don't be jealous. Just join us next time!!

 

[denisegg]

Nice report. I'm so, so sad I couldn't join you!

Me too!!!!! You could have bought my lunch.

 

[msuman]

I just got my housing in yesterday for my canon. Its just a point and shoot but I figured it would still take pictures.

 

[MRXRAY]

Very nice pics cant wait till i get a housing for my cannon cam

Robert, I didn't know you had a camera.

 

[GLENFWB]

I have some pictures to post from yesterdays dive. My daughter has my camera, and should be returning it tonight.

 

[Hetland]

Robert, I didn't know you had a camera.

Damn Barry that was FAST

 

[GLENFWB]

As usual, there was a LOT of particulate in the water....so getting pictures from a distance was pretty much worthless. I tried to get a few pictures of everyone, most of the useable shots are of fish. Even the fish were not cooperative. They were more skittish then usual...as Puffer Fish says, you tend to get a lot of fish "butt shots".

Here is the shot Denise was referring too. Drove over two hours and still made it on time!

Skies were pretty clear as Wjeffries and SeaYoda checked things out.

The Beginning of the Dive

Wjeffries getting ready to tie the flag off

Various Fish Encountered on this dive....

 

[GLENFWB]

This is what SeaYoda was doing when Walter took the picture of him

Denise, your trim was excellent!

Pretty plain, but I like the shot

On the second dive, I had to end my dive early. My right ear would not clear. I hung around the rocks at about 20 feet for a while. I decided to get out and take some pictures as they ended the dive. About the time I made it back to the truck, the wind started to blow, and the rain began to fall. I had Walter lock my key in his truck. This was a REAL bad idea. While they were safely underwater, I was standing in the middle of a mini-hurricane for about 20 minutes, thunder, lighting, and sand swirling. At one point I ducked behind the sea wall to stop from being sand blasted. I took some video so in case I got struck by lighting, at least there would be video evidence of it!

I will post a video tomorrow that shows the fury of the storm.