wjefferis
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After a diving hiatus of close to three months I decided to treat myself to a great dive after getting such good grades this semester. I decided to dive the Oriskany on the second anniversary of its sinking as an artificial reef. The weather two days before was not cooperating and the skies and seas did not favor a trip out this Saturday (5-17-08) and I was sure we were going to get blown out. I woke up this morning and was glad to see sunny skies and nice seas on my drive over to Orange Beach from Pensacola. The ride out was a little sloppy with twos and threes, but it was laying down the whole ride there and by our arrival we were in one foot seas. I splashed in and was pleased to see that the really bad weather didnt totally crap out the visibility. I would say viz was about 60 ft, surface temps were 72 (have not verified with my computer) and temps at the flag bridge was 69*. I did this dive in my 3 mm and was fine until my second dive when I got a little chilled. I was really psyched to see all the life and growth on the O in just two years. It has totally changed as a dive since I dove the O 30 days after it was sunk. I had a great time with Captain Gary (algulfdiver) and divemaster John did a great job as always. Diving with Amadus98 and Denisegg is always a pleasure and this trip was no exception. I cant wait until the next adventure; maybe we could hit the Chevron
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Here are a few pics of the dive:
Here are a few pics of the dive:
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