D_O_H
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I'm going to be on my way through Ketchikan on May 9th and am trying to decide whether it's worth hauling my gear up there to get a dive in. I chatted a bit with the folks at Wind and Water (who are super nice, by the way) and it sounds like they'd be willing to take me out, but I have a few questions I didn't think about asking them. If anyone can help me out, I'd appreciate it.
To the extent it's relevant, I'm a solid diver, used to cold water, low viz and current (though not the kind of current they can get up in AK!) and have my own drysuit.
1) W&W talked about diving a pretty deep profile to 130'. Do you have to go that deep to get out of the plankton bloom or find the best critters? I'm not super crazy about such a deep dive for both bottom time and safety reasons and would much rather keep it above 100' or even 80'.
2) They said they don't like to take divers to Mountain Point on their first AK dive, which is too bad, since it sounds like an amazing spot. Is it just that there's no hard bottom or are there other reasons this site is more dangerous (we'd be diving at slack tide)? And is Mountain Point significantly better than wherever else we'd likely go?
3) How good is the diving? It needs to be pretty good to justify bringing all my gear for just one dive.
To the extent it's relevant, I'm a solid diver, used to cold water, low viz and current (though not the kind of current they can get up in AK!) and have my own drysuit.
1) W&W talked about diving a pretty deep profile to 130'. Do you have to go that deep to get out of the plankton bloom or find the best critters? I'm not super crazy about such a deep dive for both bottom time and safety reasons and would much rather keep it above 100' or even 80'.
2) They said they don't like to take divers to Mountain Point on their first AK dive, which is too bad, since it sounds like an amazing spot. Is it just that there's no hard bottom or are there other reasons this site is more dangerous (we'd be diving at slack tide)? And is Mountain Point significantly better than wherever else we'd likely go?
3) How good is the diving? It needs to be pretty good to justify bringing all my gear for just one dive.
