Where do you dive during the winter months?

[CBulla]

Colin,

i am very much in agreement with you about Gulf diving around this time! I am not that up on nutrition, please enlighten me on why salt is good for not dehydrating in the summer? Surely it uses up/absorbs water?

With regard to boats and people on the water, i thought they increased in the summer? It seemed that they did during spring and fall, not so much over the "winter" here in the intercoastal waterway over by Melbourne when i was sailing last year and the year before. Just an observation, i thought that was the way it was, people got out on boats in the summer, in fact any time outside of winter.

Will have to see how my GF and i cope with the summer diving as it comes, we really scale down our outdoors stuff in the summer, like Adder said, you die if you are out for long in the summer heat doing something active - love that AC!!

See you in Ginnie hopefully at the end of april for the bbq.

The salty stuff is a must since your body is just passing copius amounts of it out, you need to replace it. Its called Hyponatremia. Rather than a long write up from me, I'll share an article. It talks about it in relation to endurance atheletes, dont let that fool you. Exertion in the summertime here can tax your body, and replacement of fluids and minerals is essential:

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3859&rd=1

I tend to compare things in this county with others at times and not take into account that the state of FL relased statistics that Lee County had the highest number of registered boats in the state at 40,000. The winter time on the waterways here is not very fun since this is when the largest population is here.

 

[JustAddWater]

I dive year round in California ocean waters. Winter, in between storms, can provide some nice visibility.

 

[scubafool]

In hot sweaty climates in the summer when you are active, you sweat out more than just water. You sweat out minerals, & lots of them. Sodium is just one of them. I work outside all year long (hopefully) and drinking straight water here in the summer just doesn't suffice. If you are active in the heat for long periods you will start to experience many problems if you don't pay attention to minerals & water. And hey, quit calling me a WWW! It's cold, man! BOO HOO HOO!!

 

[H2Andy]

yup... gatorade or some other sports drink is just the thing to replenish your
electrolites and other such salts and minerals...

 

[truva]

Anytime. Anywhere. Any temp. I am fortunate however. Where I work I have a heated 30' in diameter by 24' in depth tank to dive in whenever I want. Only downside is, you really feel for fish in an aquarium, because you know exactly how they feel.

I think I know where you work.... Must be nice.

Good job

Truva

 

[Trisha]

Winter diving... we checked out our local community college and found that with $3, a c-card and a buddy we can bubble in 18ft on Tuesday nights. Ohmygod, this is clear water diving? It's a first!
Meanwhile we newbies are dealing with ear squeeze after surfacing, sinus squeeze (not fun!), BAT (buoyancy, air consumption, trim), and reducing time for gear up/breakdown. All while avoiding the kids bouncing off the diving boards. We seem to be in a transition point in the aquatic center's policy on Scuba Tuesdays vs. the diving board classes.
Of course, my brother-in-law and his family just got back from Cozumel... sigh.

 

[Jmills224]

Trisha,

What community college in OKC do you dive at? Also, what times are allowed for diving. I would be very interested in diving their pool just to refresh some of my skills before heading to the lake.

Thanks
~J

 

[Pimbura]

Here in Washington State, we dive year round. Puget Sound stays about the same temp, varying only 10 degrees or so. Winter works best for most of us, as we do not die from the heat in our drysuits on the beach. Visibility is better in the winter, too. The plankton dies off around December and vis improves dramatically. Winter is best! I really don't dive much in the summer. . . too hot. Bill.

 

[Trisha]

Jmills224 -- Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S. May (I-240 and May) for Scuba Tuesdays. Bring $3, a c-card and a buddy, plus your equipment.

The diving pool should be open on February 24 but be advised -- some of the students using the diving boards complained about a crowd of scuba divers using the pool in January. Apparently it was a group doing check out dives for a trip.
Last time we were told that we could use the shallow pool (4ft) from 6:30 - 7:00 pm, and the diving pool (18ft) from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. However, the students on the dive boards were using three corners of the pool up to ten minutes before closing!

I called the Aquatic Center and also asked when paying and got the standard line (diving pool from 6:30 - 8:00 pm) and got another story from the lifeguard just as we were entering the pool.

Parking in Lot F is closer to the pool. I look forward to seeing you there!

 

[Jmills224]

Thanks for the info Trisha. I live in Stillwater but I do alot of work in OKC. Hopefully by the 24th I'll have my new 7mil suit in so I can get weighted in the pool instead of fiddling around at the lake. BTW, do you guys go to Tenkiller any? I think we're planning on going next month. Drop me an e-mail and perhaps we can all get together at the lake.

~J