Living and diving in three-quarter time

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

[video=youtube_share;A__X_NFxDQ0]http://youtu.be/A__X_NFxDQ0[/video]

We were diving off of Ocean Divers boat today & saw these dudes...

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[video=youtube;nBb3Z8oVLCk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBb3Z8oVLCk&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Today was day #2 of Rick's Advanced Wreck class. We made a dive on the Spiegel Grove penetrating spaces on the main deck. This short video clip shows Rick pulling the reel out that I put in. I think he does a fine job with the reel, his buoyancy & posture.

[video=youtube;6qDZdKocQeU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qDZdKocQeU[/video]

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Devil's Ear 8/21/2014

Today I started a Stage diver class at Devil's Ear/Eye. This class is intended to teach fully qualified cave divers how to safely and properly extend their penetration distance while cave diving. I went with Luke today and we spent a bit over two hours in the cave at about 100 feet deep much of the time.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Luke and I made another great dive today -- Up the Roller Coaster to the Bats and beyond. Dive # two of Lukes' NSS-CDS & NACD stage specialty class.
[video=youtube;f3GhGD9drjw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3GhGD9drjw[/video]

 

[The Chairman]

Dude, it's making me miss Cave Country even more.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

[video=youtube_share;NPJDGOgmJ9s]http://youtu.be/NPJDGOgmJ9s[/video]

 

[sportxlh]

The eagle ray and 'flapping' flag video's are very cool!

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Cavern Class completed in Cave Country

Over the past two days I ran a cavern class for Lisa, Rich and Eric. We had a good time and they did a good job earning their NSS-CDS cavern diver certifications.

 

[The Chairman]

I remember those days. Let's hear from your class! Tell 'em we want to read about their experiences.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

<rant>

I have known this for a long time and have spoken to friends about it many times. Ocean diving in general is more difficult than cave diving.
Cave diving is more dangerous and requires specialized training, but cave divers very often do not do very well when ocean diving.

Lets look at the differences:
Cave Divers dive from the back of a car, truck, van or picnic table. These are motionless and have never caused anyone to fall down, stumble or get seasick.
There are no topside timetables for diving in caves.

Boats have schedules that must be adhered to. No schedules....

Conditions in the caves are predictable and are known, or can be easily known prior to getting in the water. Not so with the ocean. The current can be non – existent one minute and become unmanageable a short time later.

Decompression stops while cave diving are frequently done while lying on the bottom or pinned to the overhead.

Decompression stops in the ocean can be brutal in high current and may require specialized skills to complete safely, with the diver ending up hundreds of yards away from the dive site under a lift bag or SMB.

Because of these differences it is no surprise to me that many boat crew members are not particularly impressed with the “cave diver” when they show up on the boat announcing that they are a “cave diver”.

</rant>