rhyz
Contributor
Was just incredible the feeling I had when we did our last did. We took our OW dives at Dutch Springs yesterday and today and it was a great experience to say the least. We had 4 Instructors with the class split into 2 groups each day and today our main Instructor Kathy told my buddy and myself to after the skills were done we would be going with Steve (another Instructor). I was like hhmmmm, looked at my buddy and he had the same look on his face, I knew something was up.
So after the skills were done we split up and Steve took my buddy and myself and his buddy out. About 30' down and away from the rest we stop and he writes on the slate "How deep are you allowed to go?" I signal 60 and he wipes it and writes down "Are you ready?"...I know my mouth got into a huge *** grin cuz I was like hell yeah!!
So off we went swimming along a sheer drop off wall and finally I settled at around 62', my buddy was around 64' and mad was the 63 degree water freezin! ( I think that was the 2nd thermocline we hit) I didnt realize it would feel that cold but it felt like 30. Looking up was amazing, it seemed sooo deep. And it was exciting as hell!!!
We stayed there only about 1 1/2 minutes and ascended to around 30' to finish off and swimm around, but that was the best dive of the weekend for us 3. Incredible, and this was in a spring feed old quarry that has alot of silt. Plain, not alot of fish...but just amazing to say the least!!
Now we're signing up for AOW and cant wait to get back there to dive some more and keep practicing this unbeleivable sport I have just gotten into!! Cant wait till I get some dives under my belt and book a trip to the caribbean.
Thaks all to help advise me on equipment pruchases because I felt I was steered in the right direction and just the excitment totally justifies the cost I've put into this sport even as as a newbie!
-rhyz
So after the skills were done we split up and Steve took my buddy and myself and his buddy out. About 30' down and away from the rest we stop and he writes on the slate "How deep are you allowed to go?" I signal 60 and he wipes it and writes down "Are you ready?"...I know my mouth got into a huge *** grin cuz I was like hell yeah!!
So off we went swimming along a sheer drop off wall and finally I settled at around 62', my buddy was around 64' and mad was the 63 degree water freezin! ( I think that was the 2nd thermocline we hit) I didnt realize it would feel that cold but it felt like 30. Looking up was amazing, it seemed sooo deep. And it was exciting as hell!!!
We stayed there only about 1 1/2 minutes and ascended to around 30' to finish off and swimm around, but that was the best dive of the weekend for us 3. Incredible, and this was in a spring feed old quarry that has alot of silt. Plain, not alot of fish...but just amazing to say the least!!
Now we're signing up for AOW and cant wait to get back there to dive some more and keep practicing this unbeleivable sport I have just gotten into!! Cant wait till I get some dives under my belt and book a trip to the caribbean.
Thaks all to help advise me on equipment pruchases because I felt I was steered in the right direction and just the excitment totally justifies the cost I've put into this sport even as as a newbie!
-rhyz
