8/20/2006 - Saturday Dives
Yesterday Aug 19 my dive buddy and i went to Haigh Quarry for a day of diving and just hanging out.It had rain on Friday real heavy but we said we were still on for Saturday.We got there around 8am and started to gear up about 10 minutes later.
Air temp was 73 degrees , no wind at all, water temp from the surface to 25ft was 74 degrees at around 40ft it would drop to 63 degrees and the vis all day was 15 to 20 ft depends where you were. First dive i chose to do a wall dive off the beach.Only problem was there were two classes right in our way where we drop off at and i was not going to ask them to move so we went about 20 yards from them and went down.
Only problem no wall but a long slope so we went down to the bottom to 48 ft and came across a rather large 5 foot Dia and 40 ft long piece of pipe on a stand.Yes we found something again like we did last month without even trying.It was kind of awsome to come across it.The we headed away from from it and again we came across the US Marine Corp Lark that we found last month. So we were able to check it out more did we did last time in July. First dive went well both came back with 1200 psi left and our dive lasted 30 minutes at 48 ft.
Second dive of the day about a hour later we decided to do a short dive with the remaining air in our tanks so Tim pick the spot where the fish would be so he could get some pictures. As we got down to 28 ft he was ahead of me about 10ft when i saw something blue laying in the weeds about 20ft feet away from me. I found a brand new Blue snorkel that some one had lost during class that morning.Tim was able to find his fish and get some we check our air and yes it was time surface. Time on second dive 21 minutes at 28 ft water temp a nice 74 degrees.
Oh about the snorkel yes i was one of those Honest divers and took it up to the dive shop/office and turn it in and it just so happend that the person that lost it was there asking about it and was happy that some one found it.
Third dive about two hours later we did a wall dive it s a short wall only in 28ft of water and about 200ft long. So we went along that and then out over to the Rock Crusher to see more fish and get more pictures. There were lot s of fish and i do mean lots in the area plus a lot of diver s.Third dive was another 28ft dive for 40 minutes.
All and all it was a fun day of diving and hanging around with other divers.Which brings me to this. Yesterday there were about a good 300 people at the Quarry and i would say that half if not more were students in classes with there instructors. I have notice more and more women are taking up scuba diving and some of the classes we saw yesterday had more women in them then guys.Ladies by hat is off to you all no mater if you a rec diver, teck diver dive master or instructor your all doing a great thing for diving and i know you Ladies enjoy diving. I would not be surprise if soon you will out number us guys and you know what thats just fine with me ,keep up the good work. Girls and Guys till next time DSDO.
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