My trip to the "Big O"

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RockyTop

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Wow, I dont even know where to begin. Let's just say it is an amazing dive that everyone here needs to experience. To be honest, I really was not that excited to diving the O. I really didnt know what to expect so I was lukewarm to it really. Now I can't wait to go back.

I can't imagine what an incredible dive it will be when more fish start to call it home.

I used MBT divers for the dive shop. The boat they charter was great and the crew really made the trip even more enjoyable.

On the first dive most everyone went to do a touchdown on the flight deck. The guy I dove with stuck his computer on the ground at the deck and registered 137'. I chose not to go all the way to the deck for fear of flooding my camera. I forgot to transfer all of our pictures to the computer and promised the wife I would not flood the camera. I cut it off at 123' and started shooting pictures. Total dive time was 18 minutes and my computer registerd 64 degrees at the bottom.

Second dive was a max depth of 101' for 28 minutes and 78 degrees.

There really isn't anything I can say except get down here and dive this wonderful site.

I tried to create a gallery for some photos, but could not get them to upload. I will try and post a few in this thread and see what happens.
 
What is the big O?
 
no luck on uploading photos. It did let me add one for an avatar though.
 
Hey Rockytop, where did you guys go for the 2nd dive? And what size tank did you use?
 
excellent stuff, Rocky Top... i am not a little jealous


stangscuba98a:
What is the big O?

the USS Oriskany, an aircraft carrier that was sunk off Pensacola as a dive site
in May
 
Cool
 
well, this is weird. when I go to process the images into my gallery it says the image is too small and needs to be at least 240x240. I have saved the images at 800x600.

However, when I click on the thumbnail it shows up on the scubaboard server.

See if you can access the following links:

http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/uploads/28081/DSC01870.JPG
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/uploads/28081/DSC01875.JPG
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/uploads/28081/DSC01903.JPG
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/uploads/28081/DSC01855.JPG
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/uploads/28081/DSC01883.JPG
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/perdix-ai/
https://xf2.scubaboard.com/community/forums/cave-diving.45/

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