waterpirate
Contributor
Well yesterday found us motoring out of o.c. inlet in 10-15 kts. and a confused sea with 3 foot long swells. Destination was the cook. I had not been to see her for at least 5 years, and I was giddy to say the least. The ride out was an uneventfull 1.5 hours and the hook was the same.
For the first time I can remember in a long time, I did not know anyone on the boat. We found we shared a lot of diving companions but these people were new to me, no matter the pool was open.
I am slow and methodical gearing up and am often the last person to splash. I went slower than normal today as I was diving my new twin 72 set up. I splashed and managed to get below the herd of jellyfish passing by without incident. The temp up top was a balmy 72, with the bottom at in the low 60's. A current was running top to bottom at 1 knot which made it a job to explore. Vis on the bottom was 10-15 with quite a bit of particulate and the wreck was teaming with sea bass, all small. There were bugs and flounder and some female taug around, but they were all on the smallish side and none were harvested. I did a complete exploration of midships to the end of the plating and made the jump acrossed the sand to the bow piece. I managed to fubar my reel on the return trip, oh well, but it was easily sorted out on the interval.
Max depth was only 86fsw in a hole I found. I remembered it being deeper around 100fsw. Bottom time was 55 min, with a total run time of 70. The current had ebbed a bit for the hang so I did not need the jon line. Back on the boat the people who went to the stern section reported the same wildlife report as the bow. Being totally mission driven, I bagged the second dive and got on with my floating picnic. all in all a great day on the water and my 72's worked out fine other than I still had to much gas left over, ie to much to waste and not enough to do a second dive on the same set. I am now eyeing a twinset of steel 63's to do the light stuff. lol just what I need more sets of doubles!
Eric
For the first time I can remember in a long time, I did not know anyone on the boat. We found we shared a lot of diving companions but these people were new to me, no matter the pool was open.
I am slow and methodical gearing up and am often the last person to splash. I went slower than normal today as I was diving my new twin 72 set up. I splashed and managed to get below the herd of jellyfish passing by without incident. The temp up top was a balmy 72, with the bottom at in the low 60's. A current was running top to bottom at 1 knot which made it a job to explore. Vis on the bottom was 10-15 with quite a bit of particulate and the wreck was teaming with sea bass, all small. There were bugs and flounder and some female taug around, but they were all on the smallish side and none were harvested. I did a complete exploration of midships to the end of the plating and made the jump acrossed the sand to the bow piece. I managed to fubar my reel on the return trip, oh well, but it was easily sorted out on the interval.
Max depth was only 86fsw in a hole I found. I remembered it being deeper around 100fsw. Bottom time was 55 min, with a total run time of 70. The current had ebbed a bit for the hang so I did not need the jon line. Back on the boat the people who went to the stern section reported the same wildlife report as the bow. Being totally mission driven, I bagged the second dive and got on with my floating picnic. all in all a great day on the water and my 72's worked out fine other than I still had to much gas left over, ie to much to waste and not enough to do a second dive on the same set. I am now eyeing a twinset of steel 63's to do the light stuff. lol just what I need more sets of doubles!
Eric
