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Following CkHarlan and JBD at Falling Rock quarry and we ended up in an area where we were in the water but our tanks weren't :D Chad finally tapped Jim and said something like, "Can we move to an area where it's deep enough for my tank to dive too?" LOL!
Ber :lilbunny:
 
Jorbar1551:
whats the shallowest dive that you've been on. It has to be full scuba gear, no hooka and not in a pool.

In the "Front Yard" at CocoView, Roatan. No deeper than 15 feet, maybe 2:20 bottom time after we crawled out on the sand on our bellies. Can't begin to list all the critters that we saw.

Back of hands got sunburned.
 
Max. depth 10 feet, mostly 5 to 6 feet, noodling with cousins and a novice in Crystal Lake Michigan for 20 minutes or so.

And I still cut my hand on a Zebra muscle!
 
RoatanMan:
In the "Front Yard" at CocoView, Roatan. No deeper than 15 feet, maybe 2:20 bottom time after we crawled out on the sand on our bellies. Can't begin to list all the critters that we saw.

Back of hands got sunburned.

I love those loads of fun with minimal effort dives!
 
Drift dive down the Comal River in San Marcos, Texas. Depth was from 5 to 12 feet, but the water is clear and flows, so it's a great drift dive. Bottom is swept pretty clean, except for the sunglasses, coins, dollar bills, railroad ties (you got me...but they're there), car keys and other items dropped by the hundreds of people riding tubes down the river. Nice leisurely dive. The tubers are fun, too. My partner and I surfaced to look around and a young mother exclaimed, "Thank heavens you came up when you did! My (four year old) son saw the bubbles and thought we were being chased by sea monsters!"
The view is less than flattering sometimes, though. You have to remember that often when you look up all you see are folks' bottoms hanging from inner tubes. Kinda like being perpetually mooned! In addition, we did find two bikina tops on the bottom. Never did find the owners, though. Still, we had loads of fun.
 
12 feet--Sting Ray sand bar at Grand Cayman.
 
according to my computer, 11' for 1 minute... trying out new gear without enough weight, had to go to the LDS and buy a few more pounds just to sink. I was trying to pull myself down a chain on a float, but it just connected to the float next to it. Gave up 'cause of the 2' vis.
 

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