Jan. 13, 2016 Cottam Point (near Nanoose, Vancouver Island) video
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Great vis! What lights do you use and how long do they last?
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MarkH
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They're 2 50W homemade LEDs, so 100W in total (10,000 lumens). I'm not sure how long they'd last. I only turn them on when I'm filming. I think they'd overheat if I left them on for more than 10 minutes or so.
Very nice video. In all the years I have lived in the area I have only dove this site twice. Looks like I will have to head out there again soon while the visibility is so great. What bearing did you take from the entrance point, or did you just follow the contour down from where you entered ?
Divegoose
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Straight out from the tip of the point towards Mistaken Island there's a wide, flat-topped rock reef dropping in small walls on each side. The tip of the reef ends in an area of boulders around 60' deep. I usually dive the left-hand (when looking out from shore) side of the reef. I don't follow a compass heading since the reef is just a continuation of the rocks on shore. I walk down to the corner of the point facing Madrona Point and swim out from there. I like to swim back to shore along the flat top of the reef. There are lots of huge rectangular boulders covered with zoanthids and guaranteed sealions in winter. I've heard of current being an issue here, but I've never bothered to time my dives here to any table and I've been ok.
Thanks for the information. I'll keep an eye on the tides and see what works.
Dove at Madrona this morning. Tide tables said we should have been on a low slack, but the current was ripping pretty good. When all the vegetation is lying flat on its side you know it is ripping
To top that off, one of my buddies lost a weight pouch, my camera died after one picture even though I charged the battery yesterday, and the clip that holds my dive light on my BC broke - I didn't notice it until we were gearing down, and fortunately the light stayed attached to the BC.
Visibility was good, but better once you got deeper.
Divegoose
Dove at Madrona this morning. Tide tables said we should have been on a low slack, but the current was ripping pretty good. When all the vegetation is lying flat on its side you know it is ripping
To top that off, one of my buddies lost a weight pouch, my camera died after one picture even though I charged the battery yesterday, and the clip that holds my dive light on my BC broke - I didn't notice it until we were gearing down, and fortunately the light stayed attached to the BC.Visibility was good, but better once you got deeper.
Divegoose
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