TaoH
Contributor
Been a bit busy to post here, but better late than never.
Weekend didn't start off perfect but overall I had a good time.
First dive at BW on Saturday I was overweight and was either dragging along the floor or trying to prevent unwanted ascents. I was too light on my last dive and decided to add more weight, but I put in more than I needed. I brought the camera along but stopped shooting when I had to keep attention on buoyancy control. I hope Ben wasn't annoyed with my bouncing around depths on the dive. :11doh:
Missed the second dive when I blew the zipper on my suit. Glenn at AQII wouldn't touch it but gave me a good deal on a rental. I went over to Cricket's and she made some permanent changes to the zipper but I was out of there in 5 minutes and I was able to use my own suit again.
I decided to stay out of the night dive because it was getting late and I didn't want to dive without knowing if my ballast weights were where I wanted them.
Dove at Lobos on Sunday and I had a good dive. Ballast was perfect, I didn't have to play with the inflater as much and I had a good buddy (Thanks Gail!), Saw some new creatures and was checked out by a seal. It was pretty surgy and swells were picking up towards the end of the day, so we called it a day, hung out for a little while and went home.
I had a good time overall despite other technical problems thrown in during the weekend. Nice to see/meet people I've seen around the forums and ba_diving and thanks to Jeff for the advice on my ballast weights.
Here are photos I took during the weekend: BW Photos
Tao
Weekend didn't start off perfect but overall I had a good time.
First dive at BW on Saturday I was overweight and was either dragging along the floor or trying to prevent unwanted ascents. I was too light on my last dive and decided to add more weight, but I put in more than I needed. I brought the camera along but stopped shooting when I had to keep attention on buoyancy control. I hope Ben wasn't annoyed with my bouncing around depths on the dive. :11doh:
Missed the second dive when I blew the zipper on my suit. Glenn at AQII wouldn't touch it but gave me a good deal on a rental. I went over to Cricket's and she made some permanent changes to the zipper but I was out of there in 5 minutes and I was able to use my own suit again.
I decided to stay out of the night dive because it was getting late and I didn't want to dive without knowing if my ballast weights were where I wanted them.
Dove at Lobos on Sunday and I had a good dive. Ballast was perfect, I didn't have to play with the inflater as much and I had a good buddy (Thanks Gail!), Saw some new creatures and was checked out by a seal. It was pretty surgy and swells were picking up towards the end of the day, so we called it a day, hung out for a little while and went home.
I had a good time overall despite other technical problems thrown in during the weekend. Nice to see/meet people I've seen around the forums and ba_diving and thanks to Jeff for the advice on my ballast weights.
Here are photos I took during the weekend: BW Photos
Tao