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When things don`t go as planned
When Things Don’t Go As Planned The winds had finally calmed down enough for the seas to return to near flat conditions this past Sunday and give us the chance to get wet again. It had been nearly an entire month since we had the chance to get wet. We set up a dive with South Florida Diving Headquarters on their boat Safari Diver to dive the wreck of the Hydro Atlantic. The Hydro as it’s called, sits upright in 172 fsw with her main deck at 145 feet, the super structure reaches up to 115 feet so...
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You learn something on every dive
Here is an edited for space excerpt from a post made by my dive buddy about a dive we attempted to do last week. I was sitting right next to him prior to our entering the water but I suffered no ill effects during the dive even though I too went on and off the loop several times before we splashed. The only reason I can come up with for this is the fact that each time I would go on the loop to pre-breath I would exhale completely and allow the ADV to open when I inhaled and replenish the loop vo...
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First non-training CCR dive.
17-Feb-07 CCR Dive, Dive# 41, Time Down: 13:54, Time Up: 14:57, Duration : 62 minutes, Max Depth : 71 FSW, Location : Florida DiveSite : Sea Emperor Buddy : Rob LaLonde Buddy : Howard Packer Gas Details: Name Air, Dive Notes: First dive after class on the Meg. Nice dive. The green Moray swam right next to me and I actually got to touch it. Flew the rig manual at 1.2 PO2. I think I did a good job. Feeling better and more comfortable. Used about 9 pounds along with the drysuit and it seemd to be a...
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