MRXRAY
Contributor
I went out with the H2O Below this morning to investigate if there was any oil to be seen and if any oil or residue was on the Wreck. For those skimming readers let me say right off the bat.... There was no oil anywhere to be seen above or below water!
We were joined by a CNN crew on the H2O below this morning for our trip to the "O" to investigate if there was any oil. There are signs of preparation for possible oil everywhere as we left dock this morning at about 8:15 AM, but the sky was blue, and so was the water. The whole trip out we kept a close eye on the water but we didn't see even a hint of oil or anything else on the water as we made our way South from the pass. The weather was gorgeous and the seas were in the rolling 1 foot range the whole way out which made for a fast and comfortable ride.
The CNN crew conducted interviews and spoke with Captain Doug Extensively about the economic and environmental concerns as they put together what I'm sure will be a great piece centered around our fishing, diving and recreational concerns with the oil disaster looming to the West of us. The reporter on board was also a diver so it gave us great pleasure to show her the Largest artificial reef on the planet!
We had the whole wreck to ourselves on the first dive and had to share with a small fishing boat on the second. My first dive was to a max depth of 118 ft for 32 minutes and I logged a min temp of 67*, and as high as 72* on the surface. We saw all the usual suspects including several large AJ's, lots of Barracuda, a few big red snapper, some black snapper, some V. Snappers, a couple of groupers, and all kinds of reef fish and one shy Octopus. Oh and did I mention not a hint of oil?
We spent our surface interval eating fresh fruit, veggies, and some darn good Oreo's! We all talked about how great the weather was, and watched as a couple of sea turtles played around the boat. After an hour surface interval and a few more interviews we made our way back into the water and down to the wreck. Scott shot a lot of great video of the CNN diver and the wreck which we all hope will make it's way onto CNN and we enjoyed some great conditions.
I noticed a slight swirling current at depth which had the flags going in different directions at times but the current was very manageable both at depth and on the surface and I showed a bit colder bottom temp on dive 2 of 66* (1 degree colder....OOOOOhhhhhh!) with a max depth of 118 for 32 minutes.
It was a great day on the water with the highlight being no oil of any kind anywhere, (Had I already mentioned that) and having some great folks from CNN on the boat with us. It truly was a dive day that I will not soon forget. Thanks Capt. Doug and the H2O below!
As soon as I hear when CNN will air the interview and piece done today I will post it here and hopefully have a link to the piece online!
We were joined by a CNN crew on the H2O below this morning for our trip to the "O" to investigate if there was any oil. There are signs of preparation for possible oil everywhere as we left dock this morning at about 8:15 AM, but the sky was blue, and so was the water. The whole trip out we kept a close eye on the water but we didn't see even a hint of oil or anything else on the water as we made our way South from the pass. The weather was gorgeous and the seas were in the rolling 1 foot range the whole way out which made for a fast and comfortable ride.
The CNN crew conducted interviews and spoke with Captain Doug Extensively about the economic and environmental concerns as they put together what I'm sure will be a great piece centered around our fishing, diving and recreational concerns with the oil disaster looming to the West of us. The reporter on board was also a diver so it gave us great pleasure to show her the Largest artificial reef on the planet!
We had the whole wreck to ourselves on the first dive and had to share with a small fishing boat on the second. My first dive was to a max depth of 118 ft for 32 minutes and I logged a min temp of 67*, and as high as 72* on the surface. We saw all the usual suspects including several large AJ's, lots of Barracuda, a few big red snapper, some black snapper, some V. Snappers, a couple of groupers, and all kinds of reef fish and one shy Octopus. Oh and did I mention not a hint of oil?
We spent our surface interval eating fresh fruit, veggies, and some darn good Oreo's! We all talked about how great the weather was, and watched as a couple of sea turtles played around the boat. After an hour surface interval and a few more interviews we made our way back into the water and down to the wreck. Scott shot a lot of great video of the CNN diver and the wreck which we all hope will make it's way onto CNN and we enjoyed some great conditions.
I noticed a slight swirling current at depth which had the flags going in different directions at times but the current was very manageable both at depth and on the surface and I showed a bit colder bottom temp on dive 2 of 66* (1 degree colder....OOOOOhhhhhh!) with a max depth of 118 for 32 minutes.
It was a great day on the water with the highlight being no oil of any kind anywhere, (Had I already mentioned that) and having some great folks from CNN on the boat with us. It truly was a dive day that I will not soon forget. Thanks Capt. Doug and the H2O below!
As soon as I hear when CNN will air the interview and piece done today I will post it here and hopefully have a link to the piece online!
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