Nubble 9/14/11 night dive

[oldflounder]

I'd like to get in a couple more night dives this month before it starts getting colder and sunset gets much earlier. I plan to go to Nubble next Wednesday for a long 1 tank dive - conditions permitting - and am looking to get others interested. If you're in the area that night you're welcome to join me and whomever else I can get together. Some of us like to dive independent [solo] at night [but as a tight group]. So, if you don't have a buddy, and you can deal with the dark, you're still welcome. I get out of work at 5 and it takes me over an hour to get there so splash time for me is 6:30-6:45 ish. Sunset is at 6:55 and low is at 7:25....Joe

 

[Aqua-Andy]

I will try to be there. Night diving is my favorite type of diving and the season is coming to an end, god I have to find a way to get there.

 

[oldflounder]

Hi Andy - the latest conditions are looking good for Wednesday night. I hope you can make it. So far I have 1 positive response from my NH dive club and 2 from the Maine club. Hopefully there will be a little group of us there. I don't mind diving in the dark by myself but it is a little lonely without someone to share the experience with. Hope to see you there. Splash a little after 6:30. My cell is 603.540.6459. I get out of work at 5 and will be on the road to Nubble then unless there are severe T-storms in the ocean area.

 

[smorneau]

Thanks for planning the dive. What a great way to spend an evening. I had a great time and it was nice to meet everyone. That was the biggest pair of lobsta I have seen while diving. Scott

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[oldflounder]

Thanks Aqua-Andy, Scott and petrieps for a great dive tonight. We also had 2 of us from the NH club [and Tim's brother] and Wayne from the Maine club for a total of 7. The conditions were guite unusual tonight. The best night dive I think I have ever had there. Ocean was very kind to us. I think the viz must have been at least 20' and better[30???]. My max depth was 40' max and no thermo that I noticed - that's king of unusual when I think about it. Lots of little fishies, tons of lobster, quite a few crabs, very little sediment in the water column. Regretfully no squid or torpedo rays. Saw the big red anemone against the island side. For anyone interested we splashed about 7 and got out a little after 8 to an almost full moon rising over the lighthouse island. The dive plan was Due N 300' from the mooring ball, then due E 200' to the island, we went N and E to the tip of the island at the sand bottom and then turned around and returned to the entry/exit point eventually. I hated to leave. Hope all of you got home safe and sound. Looking forward to another dive in the near future.....................Joe

 

[porgyhunter]

Nice report O.F. Great news about the Vis. If the nubble was in R.I. you guys would be eatin Lobster tonight

 

[petrieps]

The diving was great. Night diving sure does make for a long day. It was nearly midnight by the time I got back to Mass and had my gear rinsed, but it's always worth it. The conditions were as good as they get, I just hope the weather holds out for a sunrise dive in Magnolia this Sunday.

 

[porgyhunter]

The diving was great. Night diving sure does make for a long day. It was nearly midnight by the time I got back to Mass and had my gear rinsed, but it's always worth it. The conditions were as good as they get, I just hope the weather holds out for a sunrise dive in Magnolia this Sunday.

Petrieps...You doing the half hour before sunrise thing for Bugs?

 

[petrieps]

Hey Porgy, The bug hunting is part of it, it's always nice to get em while their still out. But the main reason is I like to dive as often as possible, way more often than my wife wants me to. She doesn't have the same feelings about the ocean that I do. Diving at sunrise allows me to get home at a decent hour and doesn't cause any friction. So if it means getting up at 4 or 5 in the morning to do what I love I'm fine with it. Come on up.