Random Question - Morning diving

[sarita75]

My husband and I were trying to figure out why it is that most dive courses and fun dives meet so early in the morning. Is there any real reason? Anyone? :light:

 

[PerroneFord]

I wish I knew. I prerer to do my first dive of the day around 10am-noon. I get up early enough the other 5 days of the week.

Honestly, I think everyone is "trying to beat the crowd" when in truth, all the crowd shows up early. Fortunately for me, the caves look the same no matter the time of day!

 

[diver 85]

My husband and I were trying to figure out why it is that most dive courses and fun dives meet so early in the morning. Is there any real reason? Anyone? :light:

God only makes so many hours of sunlite in a day.....Starting early(esp now with computers) also gets you in more non-nite dives.........Honestly, I don't know, has something to do with sunlite though.......

 

[J.R.]

I wish I knew. I prerer to do my first dive of the day around 10am-noon. I get up early enough the other 5 days of the week.

Honestly, I think everyone is "trying to beat the crowd" when in truth, all the crowd shows up early. Fortunately for me, the caves look the same no matter the time of day!

Hummm.... two trips per day? Morning dive... Afternoon dive? Twice the customers???

Three trips a day?

Habit???

Early out... early in... gives ya' more time for guzzlin' gin????

Tides and currents?


Hummm... interesting question...

 

[zahner]

In some places, esp Hawaii, the tradewinds pick up in the early afternoon, which can make for pretty rough surface conditions. Hence the 7am departures.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

There are a number of possible reasons ...

If it's in areas that are tide-sensitive, dive plans will be based on periods of slack.

If it's in areas where prevailing winds build during the day (due to temperature and weather patterns) it'll be based around the best anticipated conditions for diving.

In some areas, it'll be based on when is the best time of day to see certain types of marine life.

If in areas that see heavy usage, groups will tend to want to get there when parking and setup space are available.

There are probably lots of other reasons as well ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[TSandM]

Unfortunately, around here, diving has to be timed with the tides, and as everybody knows, they wait for no man

I'm with you, though; I keep trying to figure out why somebody like me, who loathes mornings and dreads getting cold, took up a sport that involved getting up WAY too early in the morning to go freeze one's butt off . . .

 

[thomjinx]

In many popular dive spots, the surface is calmer and the vis is better earlier in the day.

 

[vladimir]

Coral reef dives are livelier in the morning and at dusk, with feeding and mating activity. The noon dive is often much less interesting.

 

[sarita75]

This is really great information. Lots of things that I never would have even thought about.