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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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The Three Stooges
I went diving today off Palm Beach with two other CCR divers on a private boat. Both of the other divers were on the Optima, one has about 80 hours on the rig but for the other fresh out of training and it was his first dive since the class. The current was running about 1.5 knots and the vis sucked but we just wanted to do a shallow reef dive to build up some more time. The seas were getting really rough by the time we splashed so I was into my 3rd shade of green when it occurred to me that I c...
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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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Going Bubbleless
Well I did it. I bought a Megalodon CCR. It should be here by the end of next week and hopefully I`ll be in training to learn how to use it shortly after. I can`t wait to see what it`s like to dive with no noise except for the sound of your own breathing. No more bubbles. I`ll add some pictures and post a bit on what`s like once I`m in training. Scott...
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Maybe going bubbleless
I`ve been wanting to switch to a closed circuit rebrether aka CCR for quite some time but the cost has always kept me from taking the bubbleless plunge. $6000 to $15000 has always made me think twice but I had a chance to talk to Richie Kohler (Deep Sea Detectives) at DEMA (The Diving Equipment Marketing Association trade show)this year about his new Evolution CCR by Ambient Pressure Diving. His comments peaked my interest again and after running a few number on how much money I`ll save on breat...
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Oriskany Dive Trip
The seas were 2 to 3 feet that morning so the trip was a little bumpy. We made it to the dive site in just under an hour. Capt. Ron tied the boat in on the aft end of the island at 115 fsw where the large radome used to be, I guess it broke loose when the ship went down, and we were all in the water within the hour. We suited up two at time and splashed off the back then pulled ourselves to the anchor line at the bow to make our descent. Our dive plan for this first dive was 180 feet for 25 minu...
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