Mini-trip report = Old Garden Beach, Rockport, MA, 26 May 2012

[large_diver]

2 nice shore dives at Old Garden Beach in Rockport, MA on Saturday. Warm weather above water, with temps reaching the low 80s F. Winds out of the west kept seas relatively flat and temperatures warmer at the coast.

Water temps varied from the low 50s F at the surface to 46-48 F at the bottom. Not much in the way of fish life on these dives, but quite a few lobsters and crabs. Visibility was not bad - 15 feet on average, but seemed to drop (as did the bottom temp) as the tide started to come back in on our second dive.

Dive 1 = 43 feet max depth, 41 minutes, 48F bottom temp.
Dive 2 = 40 feet max depth, 46 minutes, 46F bottom temp.

One humorous moment....a guy who was at the beach with his kids (non-diver) was asking divers to put their tanks in the shade while they (the divers) were in the water....since his family would "obviously be in danger since the tanks might explode if left in the sun". Hmmmm.....

Chris

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Thanks for the "likes"

Thought you might also like the following video = a mix of underwater footage and stills I took during the dives. Not the most exciting video.....but lots of waving kelp. I find kelp kind of hypnotic

Click on the picture to watch the video

Chris

 

[Cecil]

Very nice pictures and videos.

 

[porgyhunter]

That Video was excellant!!! Did that take a lot of editing and what not?

 

[MB104]

Nicely done. I love diving up there. I only wish the lobster rules were the same as they are here in NJ, where anyone, no matter what state they are from, can take a few. They looked yummy!

 

[large_diver]

Thanks for the positive feedback

Editing wasn't too bad....although it gets quicker with practice. We have a Mac desktop at home....I use Aperture for photo editing and iMovie for editing the video footage....with iMovie being the main platform for the finished product. iMovie automatically "sees" any pictures in your Aperture library, making it easy to drag in still photos to insert into the movie. Same thing with music in your iTunes library, with adjustments as to when you want the music to start, fade in/out, etc. Once the movie is done, you can export it and then upload where you want it.

 

[porgyhunter]

Thanks L.D......Look forward to some others