oldflounder
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I'll be going to Nubble next Wednesday for an evening dive if anyone is in the area and wants to join up.
Nubble evening dive 8/24/11
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Aqua-Andy
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I'm up for a dive. what time were you planing to be there? I get out of work at 4:00 so i could be there by a little after 5:00.
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Hi Andy - I get out of work at 5 so the earliest I can get there is 6 with a splash about 6:30. I know of another person meeting me there from the Maine dive club. I don't know if he can get there early or not. I'll contact him to see if he wants to get in earlier with you. Hope to see you there. I have dove there with you before if you remember. My cell is 603.540.6459. It sounds like it might be a good night for it if the forecast holds up. A young torpedo ray and a school of squid was spotted there last Saturday so maybe we'll get lucky............Joe
Aqua-Andy
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That sounds good. Ya I remember meeting you last year. Any time works for me, I'm a bachelor this week as my wife and kids are away. If you want to get there later that is fine also I will do a dive solo before hand and have some buddies for the second dive.
petrieps
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I think i'm gonna join you guys tomorrow night. I can get out of work at 5:00 and head north from Newburyport, I should be able to get there at 6:00.
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Wednesday might be the last good day [until next week] to get a dive in "calm seas" before the storms hit. Looking forward to meeting you Paul.............Joe
petrieps
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Who knows, next week we may have to contend with a hurricane.
Were you planning on 1 dive or 2?
Looking forward to meeting you Joe. I'll get to pick your brain a little bit.
Were you planning on 1 dive or 2?
Looking forward to meeting you Joe. I'll get to pick your brain a little bit.
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Whether I do 1 or 2 dives depends upon what you and others are doing. I have a long work day [13 hours] the next day but I'll stay if there will be a crowd to night dive with.
As a heads up - don't tell anybody because I don't want to get flamed - I don't mind buddy diving but I prefer to dive as a group of independent divers, each responsible for themselves and available to help one another if the need arises. [I don't like the term solo - it is becoming classed as a technical form of diving - requiring special training and a cert card.] I see that you have done postings about this subject before. When I buddy dive I tend to take on the hat of a mother hen and I spend the bulk of the dive watching my buddy, so that I don't really get to see that much on the dive, especially in the pitch black. I am sure you and Aqua Andy don't have a problem with that but I am just putting it on the table before we meet up.
And you can pick my brain all you want but you don't need a very big pick - there's not a lot there.
As a heads up - don't tell anybody because I don't want to get flamed - I don't mind buddy diving but I prefer to dive as a group of independent divers, each responsible for themselves and available to help one another if the need arises. [I don't like the term solo - it is becoming classed as a technical form of diving - requiring special training and a cert card.] I see that you have done postings about this subject before. When I buddy dive I tend to take on the hat of a mother hen and I spend the bulk of the dive watching my buddy, so that I don't really get to see that much on the dive, especially in the pitch black. I am sure you and Aqua Andy don't have a problem with that but I am just putting it on the table before we meet up.
And you can pick my brain all you want but you don't need a very big pick - there's not a lot there.
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Joe, your speaking my language when it comes to buddy diving. I couldn't have said it better myself.
I'll plan on bringing 2 tanks. I haven't done a night dive in many years, but if the consensus is there I would be up for it.
I'll plan on bringing 2 tanks. I haven't done a night dive in many years, but if the consensus is there I would be up for it.
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Paul - if you haven't done a night dive at Nubble you are in for a treat. Especially with it being high tide:
1. The parking lot is lit up so you can get your bearings when you surface [we won't mention fog.]
2. You don't need to drag a flag around so you really put on a show for the tourists, standing around on the ledges, when you walk up out of the surf in the pitch black.
3. There are a lot of critters in the cove at high tide - maybe the squid will be attracted by our lights. You have to be careful on the entry/exit that you don't step on the juvenile lobster underfoot as they are right up against the water's edge.
4. It's enjoyable to stand around afterwards in the dark and talk to each other about what you saw that the others missed.
5. The cove is enclosed on three sides so it is hard to get lost. So long as you keep going in one direction [nothing with an N in it] for a while you will eventually end up against the shore.
6. It's an experience to be down at 40', alone, and shut the lights off for a short time - it's almost spiritual - [they did say the sharks are 20 miles offshore, right???] - this is when you really feel those guys sitting on your shoulders - your guardian angel on the left and that other one on your right -the one with the hay scythe.
7. The bars are still open in town so you can catch a quick one before heading home. You have to hurry though. They roll the streets up at 10.
1. The parking lot is lit up so you can get your bearings when you surface [we won't mention fog.]
2. You don't need to drag a flag around so you really put on a show for the tourists, standing around on the ledges, when you walk up out of the surf in the pitch black.
3. There are a lot of critters in the cove at high tide - maybe the squid will be attracted by our lights. You have to be careful on the entry/exit that you don't step on the juvenile lobster underfoot as they are right up against the water's edge.
4. It's enjoyable to stand around afterwards in the dark and talk to each other about what you saw that the others missed.
5. The cove is enclosed on three sides so it is hard to get lost. So long as you keep going in one direction [nothing with an N in it] for a while you will eventually end up against the shore.
6. It's an experience to be down at 40', alone, and shut the lights off for a short time - it's almost spiritual - [they did say the sharks are 20 miles offshore, right???] - this is when you really feel those guys sitting on your shoulders - your guardian angel on the left and that other one on your right -the one with the hay scythe.
7. The bars are still open in town so you can catch a quick one before heading home. You have to hurry though. They roll the streets up at 10.
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