It's been pretty quiet here so I thought I would post some diving. Pretty much every dive charter this winter I've booked has been blown out/canceled due to weather. I've had to resort to shore diving to get to my fix but I'm getting sick of washing sand and mud from my gear :-(
Thankfully last weekend provided some great winter conditions and I was able to get out with North Atlantic Dive Expeditions (Gauntlet) and dive Alma Holmes. A couple weeks prior, I was on Cape Ann Diver's boat doing a scallop dive and Poling dive and we had decent conditions too.
I took a little GoPro video my 4 lights. Getting a bit of backscatter so I'm going to try to upgrade to longer arms/bigger lights in future.
Full Report Here: Diving the wreck of Alma E.A. Holmes - wrecklessdiver.com
The Alma E. A. Holmes was a four-masted schooner that was used to transport coal. She sank on October 10, 1914 following a collision with the steamer Belfast. (Source: wikipedia)
She lies in approximately 160ft (49m) of water off the coast of Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is a very pretty wreck that is covered in lots of frilled anemones and northern red anemones similar to a lot of other deeper wrecks in the area.
While the wreck itself is mostly the skeletal ribs, what remains of gunnels and debris it is a somewhat easy wreck to navigate. It is however not without its dangers and is covered in rogue ghost traps, nets and monofilament line. This is the 3rd time that I have dove on her and first time diving her on my rebreather.
Max depth was 151ft (or 148ft depending on which Shearwater I looked at, weird.). I had a bottom time of about 28 minutes with a total runtime of 63 minutes. Visibility was a solid 15-20ft and water temperature was 39f.
Thankfully last weekend provided some great winter conditions and I was able to get out with North Atlantic Dive Expeditions (Gauntlet) and dive Alma Holmes. A couple weeks prior, I was on Cape Ann Diver's boat doing a scallop dive and Poling dive and we had decent conditions too.
I took a little GoPro video my 4 lights. Getting a bit of backscatter so I'm going to try to upgrade to longer arms/bigger lights in future.
Full Report Here: Diving the wreck of Alma E.A. Holmes - wrecklessdiver.com
The Alma E. A. Holmes was a four-masted schooner that was used to transport coal. She sank on October 10, 1914 following a collision with the steamer Belfast. (Source: wikipedia)
She lies in approximately 160ft (49m) of water off the coast of Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is a very pretty wreck that is covered in lots of frilled anemones and northern red anemones similar to a lot of other deeper wrecks in the area.
While the wreck itself is mostly the skeletal ribs, what remains of gunnels and debris it is a somewhat easy wreck to navigate. It is however not without its dangers and is covered in rogue ghost traps, nets and monofilament line. This is the 3rd time that I have dove on her and first time diving her on my rebreather.
Max depth was 151ft (or 148ft depending on which Shearwater I looked at, weird.). I had a bottom time of about 28 minutes with a total runtime of 63 minutes. Visibility was a solid 15-20ft and water temperature was 39f.
