Folly cove on RB

[edasque]

So I finally did my first beach dive on the new rebreather. Ran the O2ptima at a PPO2.7 and manually flew it to around 1.0. Maximum depth was around 13m (42 feet), dive duration was 70 mn.

Saw a bunch lobsters, a massive sea raven, a skate flying by and a YBOD. Also saw a toad crab for the first time. I really love seeing a sea creature I have never encountered before, makes my dive. You couldn't see any body part behind a thick thick covering of a large variety of algae. As it moved once could see it was a crab but its walk almost had a tarantula quality to it.

The O2ptima behaved really well and didn't seem sandy at all when I disassembled it. I dove with an AL40, sidemounted to my Nomad, which though unnecessary was a good practice for deeper dives.

Dove the O2ptima with 5 pounds in each pockets which seemed fine. Used 300 PSI of O2 (LP27).

I really do like Folly Cove for some reason and the viz was pretty decent though not as good as would have been expected looking at it from the shore.

Photos on my gallery by my (not for long) OC buddy Sam

PS. Also dove my Dive Rite 10W HID for the first time in new england and thought it wasn't quite bright enough, thoughts ?

 

[Rainer]

Looks like you finally got those electronics to fire correctly, huh? Glad you had a good time. While I often burn out from Folly dives, I've also had some of my best shore dives there. You never know what you'll see on a Folly dive.