The new year must be started off with a dive, regardless of conditions, so off we went to my favorite dive site~ the P38. Why is it my favorite?  First, it's not a commonly dived wreck (the coordinates are not freely given to people). Second, its a beautiful site- the plane is fairly intact & the amount of life on it is amazing. Third, I have a fondness for things that have a history behind them.  I have many dives on the 38, and have loved each one...

 The ocean wasn't playing nice that day and the boat felt like a toy in a washing machine Got to the site and anchored (which was tricky because there were some major currents & swells going on).. By this time, nobody on the boat was feeling well, me incuded, so I threw on my doubles & jumped into the water- which was COLD! I was using a new mask and although I'd toothpasted & defogged it, well... it just wasn't being cooperative, so I had someone from the boat hand me another one of my masks... Ok, much better. Dropped down the anchor line into thick green murk and upon hitting the bottom, the vis had not improved.. 2-5 ft at best, and the current was blowing.. Needless to say, I never made it to the wreck (it's very small and without good vis, its not easy to find, even w/ good coordinates).. After heading back up the line, I let the current pull me over to the boat and grabbed the ladder.. Took off a fin and tried to toss it onto the boat~ unfortunately I missed and the fin bounced back into the ocean, several feet away Black fins tend to sink but I was able to grab it after several tries.
The ride back was equally unpleasant as the ride over- except that the swells and wind had both picked up.. We did go through a huge pod of dolphins (prolly 80-100- I've never seen SO many!)...
Not a good dive~ but it was a New Years dive regardless.