deepbluegirlca
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[font="]Hey Sean, Roy, Terry.............and gang!!
I can finally post a dive - it's only been since October 16th at 2:39pm but who's counting??!!
LOL
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Date: 1/21/05[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Location: Montreal (Quebec, Canada)[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Time: 8:35 pm[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Dive Length: 47 minutes[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Max Depth: 50 ft.[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Water Temp at Depth: 88 degrees[/font][font="][/font]
Although some of the gang up here (and many others I dont know) are into ice diving ..I dont have a dry suit yet !! So, my diving is quite limited and very envious of all those dive reports I read, sometimes daily bad viz and all LOL!!
So, 10 of us booked time at the pool at the Olympic installation in Montreal. There is a pool there that is 50 ft deep and the bottom is about 40x20. At 30 ft there is a large ledge (+/- 40x 8-10) and another one at 15 ft so the surface diameter (pool is round on surface) is larger than the rectangle we have at depth.
The Viz was great (grin) weights and tank were supplied with the dive ($20) but weights were scarce so I handed out the few I had found to my buddies ..they were diving in 5mm and 3mm suits. Being my first time here I wasnt too sure on the water but my guys (I tend to be a solo gal here most of the time) convinced me to just go in my bathing suit. I was down about 20 ft and notice that I wasnt dropping as usual ..then on the bottom I realized that I never did deal with my own weights! It worked out just fine with my BC and bathing suit I had brought both open fins and full-foot fins and so had opted to use the booties and regular fins since I didnt have any suit on. I was perfectly neutral in the water at depth it was the most free dive Ive ever done! What a treat! Me and my BC and tank!! Woo-hoo!! I felt like a mermaid on life-support. J We played games, shot a Frisbee and a weighted rocket, tried to toss a golf ball around but it weighed nothing! There were two life-size 3D dolphin silhouettes on the bottom you could move about and a large fish tank sort of plastic kelp (4 ft tall) funny after diving last Sept in the real thing!! There were some funky moon-looking rocks and other slate/flat-type ones in one corner and we made cool stuff with those ..did some summersaults and just plain had fun. Went through ALL my air (dont want to ever see my fuel gauge that low ..actually, more to the point dont want to ever see my pressure gauge that low again!) twice as fast as usual (weve done 40-50 ft dives and timed 70-80 minutes in the past) so this was short but oh, so sweet! One of the guys even taught me how to blow those doughnut bubbles. J
Ahhhhh, it was good to be in the water again. Were doing it again next month .wont get any open water diving in until early May even then they will be short dives as the water will still be around 48-50 degrees F. (shiver!!) For now, well just enjoy the tropical pool. J
Cheryl
I can finally post a dive - it's only been since October 16th at 2:39pm but who's counting??!!
LOL
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Date: 1/21/05[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Location: Montreal (Quebec, Canada)[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Time: 8:35 pm[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Dive Length: 47 minutes[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Max Depth: 50 ft.[/font][font="][/font]
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[font="]Water Temp at Depth: 88 degrees[/font][font="][/font]
Although some of the gang up here (and many others I dont know) are into ice diving ..I dont have a dry suit yet !! So, my diving is quite limited and very envious of all those dive reports I read, sometimes daily bad viz and all LOL!!
So, 10 of us booked time at the pool at the Olympic installation in Montreal. There is a pool there that is 50 ft deep and the bottom is about 40x20. At 30 ft there is a large ledge (+/- 40x 8-10) and another one at 15 ft so the surface diameter (pool is round on surface) is larger than the rectangle we have at depth.
The Viz was great (grin) weights and tank were supplied with the dive ($20) but weights were scarce so I handed out the few I had found to my buddies ..they were diving in 5mm and 3mm suits. Being my first time here I wasnt too sure on the water but my guys (I tend to be a solo gal here most of the time) convinced me to just go in my bathing suit. I was down about 20 ft and notice that I wasnt dropping as usual ..then on the bottom I realized that I never did deal with my own weights! It worked out just fine with my BC and bathing suit I had brought both open fins and full-foot fins and so had opted to use the booties and regular fins since I didnt have any suit on. I was perfectly neutral in the water at depth it was the most free dive Ive ever done! What a treat! Me and my BC and tank!! Woo-hoo!! I felt like a mermaid on life-support. J We played games, shot a Frisbee and a weighted rocket, tried to toss a golf ball around but it weighed nothing! There were two life-size 3D dolphin silhouettes on the bottom you could move about and a large fish tank sort of plastic kelp (4 ft tall) funny after diving last Sept in the real thing!! There were some funky moon-looking rocks and other slate/flat-type ones in one corner and we made cool stuff with those ..did some summersaults and just plain had fun. Went through ALL my air (dont want to ever see my fuel gauge that low ..actually, more to the point dont want to ever see my pressure gauge that low again!) twice as fast as usual (weve done 40-50 ft dives and timed 70-80 minutes in the past) so this was short but oh, so sweet! One of the guys even taught me how to blow those doughnut bubbles. J
Ahhhhh, it was good to be in the water again. Were doing it again next month .wont get any open water diving in until early May even then they will be short dives as the water will still be around 48-50 degrees F. (shiver!!) For now, well just enjoy the tropical pool. J
Cheryl