My Diving Blog

5/31/2007 - First Dives of 07 Monday Memorial Day

Any way my Dive Club had a dive and cook out today at the Quarry (HQ) we had about 12 people show up and we did some great dives in different size groups. Our first dive for the group of 5 i was in we did a Deep Water entry off the West Dock drop down and went over to the ss Flamingo which is a house boat then over to the Lark.Both sit in 45 feet of water. Air temp was 70, water temp at surface was 56 water temp at depth 45 ft was a cool 48 degrees Vis was beatiful a good 35 feet or better.Time of dive 35 minutes.
Second dive around noon was a first for me. Another Deep Water Entry off the West Dock this time we were going to do dive West Wall then they wanted to show me the drop off to the Deep Hole then from there we would hit the East Wall surface then float back to the dock. Well we did just that and it was another deep dive we stayed at 60 ft got to the entrance of the deep hole drop down for a few minutes to 65 ft and just went across the opening.Ended dive at 35 feet and surface for the float back.Water at depth another cool one this time it was 46 degrees. Hood Gloves 7mm wetsuit warm the whole time.Time of dive was 30 minutes and vis was still good at 35 to 38 ft
Saw a few fish over on the deep end today but we sure as heck saw more Snakes today then fish lol lol . Yep our spot was over my the West Dock there is about 5 tables there and room for about a dozen cars or trucks. Well we had a quest for the cook out a 4 ft Bull Snake took a look around and he headed back to the brush by the water.Then 10 minutes later some one yelled Snake by the dock in the water yep another Bull Snake in the water by the rocks .Then as i was leaving the Quarry going down the long driveway to the main road i had to stop because there was a 6 ft Bull snake across the drive way just taking his time getting across.Snakes 3 Fish 2 LOL. Great dives today along with some Snakes and Fishes and a good cook out. Snorkel