I did a beautiful night dive Saturday September 5, 2015 at Fort Wetherill Jamestown. It was dive 2051 and it was so beautiful and rare I decided to dedicate to the memory of Lynn Flaherty
The life was out tonight!!
Black sea Bass everywhere, good size ones, small togs sleeping in the rocks, sea anemones too many different varieties for me to remember, covered the huge rocks that jut up from the bottom and create overhangs 10’-20’ deep and 30’-40’ high, lobsters, blue crabs, spider crabs, running around the rocks hunting, Johnna crabs sitting back in the rocks waiting for their next meal to come by, green bio luminescent critters covered the surface and gave off a light show with each fin kick going back to shore.
The outer point is one of those places where the current can run in opposite directions at different depths and sometimes be very strong. We hit it just right, almost zero current! Just a little weak outgoing current at 40-45FSW and then once around the point the current was pushing us gently towards shore which is where we wanted to go.
Total time 1 hour, bottom time 50 min, max depth 80, bot temp 61F, surface temp 72F, visibility was a surprising 15’ 20’. My buddy Dave and I swam out from Sandy bottom Cove went around the outer most point at the west end of the cove and ended the dive in West Cove.
Godspeed Lynn Flaherty never got to meet you and Peter but I know we all have the love of diving and the sea in common. Peter, God Bless, I hope you find peace.
