Diving Portsmouth tomorrow 10/9

[Corregidor]

I'm going to try New Castle Commons or the Fort. High tide at 11:27, slack at 12:59. Easy spots, new to me, just looking to try them out and get wet.
Anybody want to come along?

 

[mogwai]

saw this post and thought, ahh someone from England (portsmouth) then read it and thought doh, how far away was i. lol.

 

[Corregidor]

Sorry about that chief -LOL I forgot the NH

 

[perpet1]

One may think the the New England in NELD may be a dead givaway LOL

 

[Corregidor]

Beautiful day, warm, bright sun, no wind. Cold dive, 12C at the surface and 11C at 20 feet. Poor visability, 5 to 6 feet. At the Commons the cove in the middle is sand with tons of long eel grass and the sides are rocky. Didn't see much, no fish, but it's supposed to be a good spearfishing spot according to a spearfishing diver that I talked to there. Maybe more fish are around at the high tide instead of the slack. I didn't go out too far, didn't get out to the river as I had no flag. It was a solo dive but I didn't mind because it's sort of a beginner's spot - it reminds me of Plum Cove in Gloucester.

The big event was, I lost my knife. It was a big old USD 'Sea Hawk' from the '70s, the kind people look at and figure you're some kind of a crazed novice. But I really liked that knife. It was big and heavy and had a top serrated edge that could cut through a lot of stuff. I'm going to miss that knife.

This was my 4th dive this fall with new gear - I'm getting comfortable with it. Now that the Seaquest Balance rear-inflate is trimmed out I really like it. The X-Vision mask is great; easy to adjust and it never leaks unless the strap is too high on my head. And the Atomic B1 is wonderful; I never think about it while I'm down and that's a good thing

Jim