vshearer
Contributor
Ok, I should let others post this but I had such a good time I can't wait. Some of us from the BBSC club of Savannah along with Captain Tim Gaylor on his 31' Morgan ran to the artificial wreck "Sagebrush" about 20mi. off Ossabaw today. The Sagebrush is a 180' buoy tender from 1944.
http://www.coastguardchannel.com/viewerCont/sagebrush/sagebrush.shtm
I will start with the only negative. The run out is about 1:45 of which 35-40 minutes is clearing the sound. Of course long runs are a given along the Georgia-South Carolina Coast. The good part is the boat is very comfortable for a 6-pak, and you can either nap or enjoy the scenery which is beautiful for that first 40 minutes. Not much of a negative.
We did two dives on the wreck. The first had excellent vis at over 40+. We hit it just past low tide. Max depth. 70'. Lots of small fish and swarms of baitfish. Spade, small snapper and grouper. One or two rangy 'cuda. I spent most of the first dive just going around the wreck with a few passes over the deck. This is a great ship to dive. my comp showed water temp was 82 on the surface and 77 on the wreck.
After our SI we made a second dive. Viz had decreased to about 15-20' on the wreck and current had picked up a bit. Spent most of this one going over the deck and superstructure and it was almost like diving another boat. You definitely need two dives to really appreciate all there is to see here, if not more. Max depth 75'. ( I dug a hole)
Lots of jellyfish though.Seemed they were all in a layer between 10-30'. I felt like a Liberator Bomber dodging flak bursts during the safety stops, but it was fun and makes it go by fast.
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Hopefully we will be doing more of these, along with some spearfishing trips, etc. Get some of you Atlanta folks down here!
http://www.coastguardchannel.com/viewerCont/sagebrush/sagebrush.shtm
I will start with the only negative. The run out is about 1:45 of which 35-40 minutes is clearing the sound. Of course long runs are a given along the Georgia-South Carolina Coast. The good part is the boat is very comfortable for a 6-pak, and you can either nap or enjoy the scenery which is beautiful for that first 40 minutes. Not much of a negative.
We did two dives on the wreck. The first had excellent vis at over 40+. We hit it just past low tide. Max depth. 70'. Lots of small fish and swarms of baitfish. Spade, small snapper and grouper. One or two rangy 'cuda. I spent most of the first dive just going around the wreck with a few passes over the deck. This is a great ship to dive. my comp showed water temp was 82 on the surface and 77 on the wreck.
After our SI we made a second dive. Viz had decreased to about 15-20' on the wreck and current had picked up a bit. Spent most of this one going over the deck and superstructure and it was almost like diving another boat. You definitely need two dives to really appreciate all there is to see here, if not more. Max depth 75'. ( I dug a hole)
Lots of jellyfish though.Seemed they were all in a layer between 10-30'. I felt like a Liberator Bomber dodging flak bursts during the safety stops, but it was fun and makes it go by fast.
.Hopefully we will be doing more of these, along with some spearfishing trips, etc. Get some of you Atlanta folks down here!
