Friday Night Norte

[mikeycanuk]

We occasionally get laughed at for our 7mm's. But with steel 120's I use 4lbs (probably could use only 2lbs), my 16yr old 1lb and my super buoyant (who knows why) wife 4lbs! This Jan2 one guy bailed on the 2nd dive and everyone was cold. We were cold too but only on the surface, the 70 minute dive was nice. Especially at the end sitting a few feet away from a hunting eagle ray.

 

[DandyDon]

We occasionally get laughed at for our 7mm's. But with steel 120's I use 4lbs (probably could use only 2lbs), my 16yr old 1lb and my super buoyant (who knows why) wife 4lbs!

That's a little worrisome. What if you have to ditch weights and still not buoyant enough?

 

[scubadada]

We occasionally get laughed at for our 7mm's. But with steel 120's I use 4lbs (probably could use only 2lbs), my 16yr old 1lb and my super buoyant (who knows why) wife 4lbs! This Jan2 one guy bailed on the 2nd dive and everyone was cold. We were cold too but only on the surface, the 70 minute dive was nice. Especially at the end sitting a few feet away from a hunting eagle ray.

Wow, that's not much weight. With a steel plate and steel tank I still need 8-10 lbs with my 7mm and 5/3 hooded vest. Do you have additional non-ditchable weight on your rig?

 

[chucksaul]

Hmmm - not sure what site you are looking at - but
1. A week from now is really not worth looking at or planning around
2. If this forecast hols true - there won't be any issues - this shows a ver mild ENE wind which is a non-issue

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I had looked early this morning and they were still showing strong due North... I am glad they are swinging around... When we sail forecast more than 36 hours have 0 probability of accuracy but my days on the island are precious so I like to have options especially this time of year.

Now if the temps will increase 10 like it is showing in North Texas I will really be excited...

 

[Chris Lynch]

Port was closed for 2.5 days this past October - that is very rare.

Must have been the weekend we were there 27th thru 30th of October.

 

[Chris Lynch]

Very rare. Most of the dive park is west of the island and close enough to it that it's sheltered from east winds.


North winds are a bigger problem. How many days did you try?

We were just there for a weekend so 2 days.

 

[Christi]

Must have been the weekend we were there 27th thru 30th of October.

Port was closed 25, 26, 28 & 29

 

[Chris Lynch]

Port was only closed October 25, 26 and 27 (open on the 26th & 28, 29 and 30)

We were not allowed to dive on the 28th or 28th no dive operators going out and red flags on beaches.

 

[Chris Lynch]

We were not allowed to dive on the 28th or 28th no dive operators going out and red flags on beaches.

28th or 29th that is.

 

[Christi]

We were not allowed to dive on the 28th or 28th no dive operators going out and red flags on beaches.

Yep - I corrected my typo- so you only had 2 days to dive?