nolatom
Contributor
After seeking advice here, I logged a 16-minute muck dive at my marina to find my lost prescription eyeglasses, max depth was 8 feet. Seriously.
But the scuttlebutt was, "it's part of your diving history" "you succeeded in your objective, go ahead and log it".
So I did. Actually I found it way more difficult than a 100' dive in clear vis (for me, that would be the Flower Garden Banks off Tex/La). Zero vis was very disorienting, you can't read gauges and everything is "braille". Took me three or four mini-resurfacing intervals to reorient and read my pressure gauge.
Plus if you ever have to do it again, the info about how much weight, how fast your air consumption was, and what thickness gear was comfortable (or not) are really valuable, and if you don't log it, you won't remember it.
I would bet those shallow river dives are more difficult than some of the 35' clear water--pretty fish dives we all log without questioning it.
But the scuttlebutt was, "it's part of your diving history" "you succeeded in your objective, go ahead and log it".
So I did. Actually I found it way more difficult than a 100' dive in clear vis (for me, that would be the Flower Garden Banks off Tex/La). Zero vis was very disorienting, you can't read gauges and everything is "braille". Took me three or four mini-resurfacing intervals to reorient and read my pressure gauge.
Plus if you ever have to do it again, the info about how much weight, how fast your air consumption was, and what thickness gear was comfortable (or not) are really valuable, and if you don't log it, you won't remember it.
I would bet those shallow river dives are more difficult than some of the 35' clear water--pretty fish dives we all log without questioning it.