lstepko
Guest
I dive with Narcosis in WP a few times a month. Their DM are great at giving you the layout of the dive site and normally one will carry a dive flag. If you are expericed/comfortable and have your own safety sausage Ray will normally let you drift with your own group and come pick you up when you surface. He's also really great with bottom time. You must be the group that got most of the boat this weekend - curses!
Not sure where you'll do your advaced dives. He normally hits a wreck (I forget the name) but it's 3 wrecks right in a row. Normally there is a strong current so you may have to do a negative descent - but last time we dove it, it was dead calm and the viz was great (could see two wrecks at once). We were actually able to dive, ascend, and re-dive without a redrop! If you do a night dive, they are pretty nice too. Lots of life on the reefs down here, and lots of cool stuff that only comes out at night.
Anyway, after that you'll probably do a deeper reef. Like everyone else says, don't worry about the drift. You just dive and surface and magically the boat is there to pick you up. The first time I had to navigate back to the boat I thought, man I miss drift diving
I'm not sure about the viz right now. I know it was crappy this past weekend.
"like mud to 50' and low viz (15'-ish) below that." Maybe that will help you feel more in your element, eh? But, from what I hear it is supposed to clear up this week.
If you have any other specific questions about Narcosis let me know. If you PM me I can send you photos of a few of our dives with them.
Not sure where you'll do your advaced dives. He normally hits a wreck (I forget the name) but it's 3 wrecks right in a row. Normally there is a strong current so you may have to do a negative descent - but last time we dove it, it was dead calm and the viz was great (could see two wrecks at once). We were actually able to dive, ascend, and re-dive without a redrop! If you do a night dive, they are pretty nice too. Lots of life on the reefs down here, and lots of cool stuff that only comes out at night.
Anyway, after that you'll probably do a deeper reef. Like everyone else says, don't worry about the drift. You just dive and surface and magically the boat is there to pick you up. The first time I had to navigate back to the boat I thought, man I miss drift diving
I'm not sure about the viz right now. I know it was crappy this past weekend.
"like mud to 50' and low viz (15'-ish) below that." Maybe that will help you feel more in your element, eh? But, from what I hear it is supposed to clear up this week.
If you have any other specific questions about Narcosis let me know. If you PM me I can send you photos of a few of our dives with them.