meigs3
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Went out on the Down Under from Orange Beach. Ride out was really rough w/a lot of 4' waves. The trip took about 2.5 hours vs. the usual 2 hours. Had 17 divers on which was not crowded. Wet Dream and an unidentified boat were on the wreck tied up at each end of the conning tower. With their locations and the rough water tying up was looking like a problem until the Wet Dream called and said they had a bent diver and they were returnning to Pensacola after one dive. Heard the USCG talking to them on the radio but don't know any more about the diver. Boat set a limit of 100' on the first dive. Viz was about 40'. Blue Chromis on the boat were the first I had seen this far north. A lot of juvenile Orange Phase File Fish. Marine growth, alage, is about 2" long on the metal. This is a really big site is the first thought I had. Just looking at the top of the carrier's island says this sucker is real big! Had a 2 hour S.I. between dives, everyone ate something and a number of naps were had as the waves had settled down somewhat. Next dive had limit of 75' which allowed for plenty of the conning tower to still be explored. A dive shop put an American flag on the tower which was pretty neat. Trip back in took 2 hours and a lot of sleeping was being done after the rough trip out and the 2 dives.
