Monday: Not enough people (just me) trip cancelled.
Tuesday: 10 people we get a little outside of the jetties and trip called due to weather/waves.
The Rio Grande Valley area has been getting record rain falls here lately.
Wednesday: No trip. I played golf. Had to wait for the rain to quit to do that.
Thursday: Finally the wind layed off, the rain didn't but we can dive in the rain.
The boat was Diver I. Gear is put together on the dock by the customer and put on the boat by one of the dive masters. Gear rides up top of the house. Almost the whole boat is enclosed. There is a bench on the bow where a customer could ride, but it would be a wet ride.
The Little Sara is a gas production rig in about 100 feet of water. Divers stage inside and one by one go onto the dive deck/step, gear up with assistance, and hit the water. The boat was tied to the rig from the bow with a side line to the trail line in the back. There was a thermalcline and muck layer at 50 feet. Surface temp was 77oF with 40-60 foot vis. Below the thermal the temp dropped to about 70oF with next to no vis. The rig was covered in barnacles with blennies living in many of them. Large schools of Look Downs, spade fish, and a couple barracuda. A single ling came and checked us out.
To be continued....
Tuesday: 10 people we get a little outside of the jetties and trip called due to weather/waves.
The Rio Grande Valley area has been getting record rain falls here lately.
Wednesday: No trip. I played golf. Had to wait for the rain to quit to do that.
Thursday: Finally the wind layed off, the rain didn't but we can dive in the rain.
The boat was Diver I. Gear is put together on the dock by the customer and put on the boat by one of the dive masters. Gear rides up top of the house. Almost the whole boat is enclosed. There is a bench on the bow where a customer could ride, but it would be a wet ride.
The Little Sara is a gas production rig in about 100 feet of water. Divers stage inside and one by one go onto the dive deck/step, gear up with assistance, and hit the water. The boat was tied to the rig from the bow with a side line to the trail line in the back. There was a thermalcline and muck layer at 50 feet. Surface temp was 77oF with 40-60 foot vis. Below the thermal the temp dropped to about 70oF with next to no vis. The rig was covered in barnacles with blennies living in many of them. Large schools of Look Downs, spade fish, and a couple barracuda. A single ling came and checked us out.
To be continued....
