diverrobs
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I did my first Dry suit dive the first weekend in April at West Humber Park in Toronto. We got there and took a look at the water. Between me and my dive buddy we decided the vis. looked OK based on the clarity of the water near shore. So we got in and went out. The visibility in the first 40 feet from shore was about 20' (not terrible) (only 10' deep at that point). When we got 150' from shore (25' deep) the visiblity was 3' max. We went down and lost each other in the first few minutes, surfaced (only 15' apart) and decided to go down and follow a line that was on bottom, just for something to do. I set my bouyancy to 0 and crawled along the bottom like a crab following the line for anouther 10 min. After that we gave up and decided to end the dive. Not really the best diving experience but I guess I now know what it is like to dive in nearly 0 vis water at 40F. I did not get alot of practice at bouancy control with the dry suit though, having set it to 0.
What do you do on a dive like this? My guess is we did the only logical thing, take advantage of the line and follow it. After getting tired of that quit the dive. Is anthing else to do on a near 0 vis. dive.
What do you do on a dive like this? My guess is we did the only logical thing, take advantage of the line and follow it. After getting tired of that quit the dive. Is anthing else to do on a near 0 vis. dive.