I'm going to start trying to post pics every week or so for our Church of Scuba dives we do nearly every Sunday here in Unalaska / Dutch Harbor. Might be a challenge... I don't take many underwater photos, but someone has been dragging a camera (digital still or video) recently, so hopefully I can find stuff to add!
Anyhoo, this Sunday was particularly interesting. It's been COLD here recently, with above water temps in the mid 30s, and water temps around 35 - 36f. This past weekend it decided to get even colder, and the water dropped down to 32-34f on Sunday.
I don't have the underwater pictures or video from the buddies yet, but figured I'd post some of the topside pics from my dry camera. I should have known something would go wrong, being that it was the 13th of the month - the weather was pretty ugly on our way out to the dive site, but the water was fairly calm. By time we exited, it was a full blown blizzard with winds gusting to 50mph. I had to go to work, but a few other divers just had to have some under the ice video, so they went back out for a second dive. I watched them from work and sipped hot cocoa...
Here's the pics I have so far:
Entry for the first dive:
Entry for the second dive:
Me doing my best "I'm freezing my ass off Aleutian Islands style Shaka" with my suit pumped full of air in a desperate attempt to get warm :
More pics and video coming soon.
-B.
Anyhoo, this Sunday was particularly interesting. It's been COLD here recently, with above water temps in the mid 30s, and water temps around 35 - 36f. This past weekend it decided to get even colder, and the water dropped down to 32-34f on Sunday.
I don't have the underwater pictures or video from the buddies yet, but figured I'd post some of the topside pics from my dry camera. I should have known something would go wrong, being that it was the 13th of the month - the weather was pretty ugly on our way out to the dive site, but the water was fairly calm. By time we exited, it was a full blown blizzard with winds gusting to 50mph. I had to go to work, but a few other divers just had to have some under the ice video, so they went back out for a second dive. I watched them from work and sipped hot cocoa...
Here's the pics I have so far:
Entry for the first dive:
Entry for the second dive:
Me doing my best "I'm freezing my ass off Aleutian Islands style Shaka" with my suit pumped full of air in a desperate attempt to get warm :
More pics and video coming soon.
-B.