notabob
Contributor
Well, the wetsuit season has finally started for me! About time! Went out on Captain Robs boat, Giant Stride, this past Sunday, the 11th. Did two dives.
Dive 1 Swedes Cove. A pretty cool dive site. Dropped anchor in the middle of the cove, in about 20ft of water. Temp was 47-48 at the surface, about 45 at the bottom. Great vis, probably 30-35ft. Lowest depth ~30ft. Dive time about 38mins, my buddy was starting to run low on air and it was starting to become a bit chilly. On the right side of the cove therere a couple of narrow inlets that you can swim into pretty cool, but theyre also pretty shallow, about 10ft. On the plus side, the water in them was much warmer, about 50. Along the center of the cove are a couple of ledges, and another small and very narrow inlet, with a small overhang at the end, pretty cool. Yet another inlet is on the far left, but I didnt make it into there. The floor of the cove is a maze of rocky ledges, swimthroughs, what have you The whole cove is a great place to just play underwater, up and down, in and out of inlets, depressions, overhangs A divers playground! Didnt see much marine life, though. Plenty of kelp and seaweeds, but marine life was restricted to starfish, a few crabs, sea snails, hermit crabs, and lots of small crustaceans (krill perhaps?). Still a very cool site. I can imagine it would be teeming in the warmer months.
Dive 2 Duck Island. This was to be a seal dive. As we pulled up, the seals all jumped in the water from the nearby rock, and were bobbing all around us as we were gearing up to get in. We slide in the water one by one, but by the time we were under, the seals all scattered. The entire dive I saw only one seal swim past me about 20ft away. And I was one of the luckier ones. Most didnt see any seals at all, though one of the divers found a small cove where they all apparently decided to hide in, and saw quite a few. So the dive wasnt as exciting as Id hoped, but it was still nice to be in the water. The site used to be a practice area for the Navy in the past, so supposedly there may still be some unexploded ordnance around. Temps were 47-49, 40mins, vis 35ish at the beginning, but dropped to about 25 towards the end of the dive. Lowest depth again ~30ft.
Oh, and on a brighter note, my pressure gauge flooded! It was still readable, though the needle kemp twitching. And I just had the thing serviced! Oh well. Looks like a new SPG in the stars.
-Roman.
Dive 1 Swedes Cove. A pretty cool dive site. Dropped anchor in the middle of the cove, in about 20ft of water. Temp was 47-48 at the surface, about 45 at the bottom. Great vis, probably 30-35ft. Lowest depth ~30ft. Dive time about 38mins, my buddy was starting to run low on air and it was starting to become a bit chilly. On the right side of the cove therere a couple of narrow inlets that you can swim into pretty cool, but theyre also pretty shallow, about 10ft. On the plus side, the water in them was much warmer, about 50. Along the center of the cove are a couple of ledges, and another small and very narrow inlet, with a small overhang at the end, pretty cool. Yet another inlet is on the far left, but I didnt make it into there. The floor of the cove is a maze of rocky ledges, swimthroughs, what have you The whole cove is a great place to just play underwater, up and down, in and out of inlets, depressions, overhangs A divers playground! Didnt see much marine life, though. Plenty of kelp and seaweeds, but marine life was restricted to starfish, a few crabs, sea snails, hermit crabs, and lots of small crustaceans (krill perhaps?). Still a very cool site. I can imagine it would be teeming in the warmer months.
Dive 2 Duck Island. This was to be a seal dive. As we pulled up, the seals all jumped in the water from the nearby rock, and were bobbing all around us as we were gearing up to get in. We slide in the water one by one, but by the time we were under, the seals all scattered. The entire dive I saw only one seal swim past me about 20ft away. And I was one of the luckier ones. Most didnt see any seals at all, though one of the divers found a small cove where they all apparently decided to hide in, and saw quite a few. So the dive wasnt as exciting as Id hoped, but it was still nice to be in the water. The site used to be a practice area for the Navy in the past, so supposedly there may still be some unexploded ordnance around. Temps were 47-49, 40mins, vis 35ish at the beginning, but dropped to about 25 towards the end of the dive. Lowest depth again ~30ft.
Oh, and on a brighter note, my pressure gauge flooded! It was still readable, though the needle kemp twitching. And I just had the thing serviced! Oh well. Looks like a new SPG in the stars.
-Roman.
