decapoddiver
Contributor
Reefseal and I met up at Winter Island Park to do a few dives off Salem / Marblehead. After transferring his gear into my boat, we were off! Beautiful topside conditions with sunny skies, a little breeze and no fog (for a change). About 10 minutes later we were anchored and got ready to do some scalloping. Water was much warmer than last week (52°) at depth of 44'. We filled up our catch bags and returned to boat for the fun part: The cleaning
We then moved the boat over to a different spot for more scallops. During my graceful entry I caught my drysuit crotch strap on a portside cleat and rrrrrrrippo! My drysuit became a wetsuit. Luckily I was able to get back in the boat quickly thanks to reefseal and he went down to collect more scallops. He popped up after about 10 minutes and said the place was barren (gee, and he thought I ripped my suit by accident I let him scout out the area) I moved him over to an island I had wanted to try for bugs and he continued his dive. Meanwhile I patched my suit and hoped it would hold for another dive. He returned to the boat and described a beautiful spot with swim thru's and big crevices. He also saw a bunch of bugs so we decided to try it for our final dive.
I entered the water with my fingers crossed and it appears I have fixed the tear. Vis was less than ideal at around 5-7' but what a neat spot! Big walls, lots of marine life and we managed to get 4 bugs. I plan on going back to seriously explore this area
A beautiful day, a great buddy and some fresh seafood. It just doesn't get much better.
P.S. During the bug dive I got pushed into a rock by some surge and the back of my glove and an urchin met. Three spines went through and into my hand but it didn't seem an issue. Once I got home I noticed some swelling and a decrease in motion on the affected hand. An hour after that I had almost total paralysis of the hand. Off the to ER
I was seen very quickly (one of the few perks of being a paramedic) but the Doc's had never heard of this before. Ended up with a wrist brace and Advil. Much better now but I still had some residual "lethargy" in my hand. Oh the traumas of scuba diving in New England
We then moved the boat over to a different spot for more scallops. During my graceful entry I caught my drysuit crotch strap on a portside cleat and rrrrrrrippo! My drysuit became a wetsuit. Luckily I was able to get back in the boat quickly thanks to reefseal and he went down to collect more scallops. He popped up after about 10 minutes and said the place was barren (gee, and he thought I ripped my suit by accident
I let him scout out the area) I moved him over to an island I had wanted to try for bugs and he continued his dive. Meanwhile I patched my suit and hoped it would hold for another dive. He returned to the boat and described a beautiful spot with swim thru's and big crevices. He also saw a bunch of bugs so we decided to try it for our final dive.I entered the water with my fingers crossed and it appears I have fixed the tear. Vis was less than ideal at around 5-7' but what a neat spot! Big walls, lots of marine life and we managed to get 4 bugs. I plan on going back to seriously explore this area
A beautiful day, a great buddy and some fresh seafood. It just doesn't get much better.
P.S. During the bug dive I got pushed into a rock by some surge and the back of my glove and an urchin met. Three spines went through and into my hand but it didn't seem an issue. Once I got home I noticed some swelling and a decrease in motion on the affected hand. An hour after that I had almost total paralysis of the hand. Off the to ER
I was seen very quickly (one of the few perks of being a paramedic) but the Doc's had never heard of this before. Ended up with a wrist brace and Advil. Much better now but I still had some residual "lethargy" in my hand. Oh the traumas of scuba diving in New England
