Wil
Contributor
Ted,
I hope to get out in the coming weeks, first to give the boat a good check after doing some maintenance and then head offshore. We try and get 6 divers on the boat. I've had as many as 8 divers but it's gets too crowded with gear bags, etc.
For this season my hope is to get HD video and photos of the wrecks. So, the first wrecks we hit would be around the Triangle Reef area. That largely depends on the divers on that day. I'll dive anywhere and on anything. If you use Nitrox we most often use a 34% mix. With that you'll dive any wreck in the area.
Much depends on the weather and I watch the NOAA forecast pretty close coming into the weekend. Final go/no-go is usually on Friday afternoon and is based on weather. The morning of the dive we'll look at winds and sea state and decide on which wreck to dive. Then off we go!
Later in the season I want to get off the Eastern Shore and will likely position the boat out of Chicoteague for a while. Then there's Morehead City...simply great diving! Have trailer, big truck, will tow for diving.
You've seen in the forums, water temps can be a bit on the cool side. A 7mm wet suit, hood, gloves will do fine in all but the coolest months. Late summer and early fall will have the warmest water temps. However, over the past years the water's been cooler than normal. Perhaps Bobby or Andy can weigh in on this, but then, they dive dry. But I think the last couple of years haven't brought the warmer water in the fall.
Hey, it's all good when you're diving!
Safe Diving,
Wil
I hope to get out in the coming weeks, first to give the boat a good check after doing some maintenance and then head offshore. We try and get 6 divers on the boat. I've had as many as 8 divers but it's gets too crowded with gear bags, etc.
For this season my hope is to get HD video and photos of the wrecks. So, the first wrecks we hit would be around the Triangle Reef area. That largely depends on the divers on that day. I'll dive anywhere and on anything. If you use Nitrox we most often use a 34% mix. With that you'll dive any wreck in the area.
Much depends on the weather and I watch the NOAA forecast pretty close coming into the weekend. Final go/no-go is usually on Friday afternoon and is based on weather. The morning of the dive we'll look at winds and sea state and decide on which wreck to dive. Then off we go!
Later in the season I want to get off the Eastern Shore and will likely position the boat out of Chicoteague for a while. Then there's Morehead City...simply great diving! Have trailer, big truck, will tow for diving.
You've seen in the forums, water temps can be a bit on the cool side. A 7mm wet suit, hood, gloves will do fine in all but the coolest months. Late summer and early fall will have the warmest water temps. However, over the past years the water's been cooler than normal. Perhaps Bobby or Andy can weigh in on this, but then, they dive dry. But I think the last couple of years haven't brought the warmer water in the fall.
Hey, it's all good when you're diving!
Safe Diving,
Wil
