Hetland
Contributor
Woke up at Vortex Saturday morning to find JHayes75 waiting on me with a still-hot ham and egg sammich! We hit the road and soon arrived at St. Andrews park. The gates were still closed when we got there, so we had a bit of a wait, but it was a beautiful day, so we had little to complain about. Once in the park we spotted a medium sized whitetail doe munching some greens on the side of the road.
At the beach we suited up and headed for the sand. It was a bit breezy as well, and there was a tiny bit of chop in the pass, but nothing to slow us down. Once we cleared the wall, I began to worry. Vis was maybe four feet
but once we cleared the thermocline things opened up a bit, and maxed at about twenty five feet. Sadly, the twenty five we had was pretty much saturated with sand, so video was out of the question, and I knew I'd be wasting my time with photos too, but I tried anyway. We went North for about 30 yards, but things were progressively worse as we went, so we tried South with better results. We tooled around between 50ft and 60ft for about 15 minutes, then steadily worked our way up into the 30's for a while before turning back. Viz improved a bit on the way back. Despite 2-3 classes in the area, we never encountered another diver on the outside of the rocks.
We hit the beach, and re-hydrated. We both knew that conditions would only worsen over time, so we talked ourselves out of a second tank and headed back to SpringFest.
Dive Details
Water Temp: 66F
Splash Time: 8:07
Bottom Time: 58 Min.
Average Depth: 27 Feet
Maximum Depth: 60 Feet
Photos
At the beach we suited up and headed for the sand. It was a bit breezy as well, and there was a tiny bit of chop in the pass, but nothing to slow us down. Once we cleared the wall, I began to worry. Vis was maybe four feet
but once we cleared the thermocline things opened up a bit, and maxed at about twenty five feet. Sadly, the twenty five we had was pretty much saturated with sand, so video was out of the question, and I knew I'd be wasting my time with photos too, but I tried anyway. We went North for about 30 yards, but things were progressively worse as we went, so we tried South with better results. We tooled around between 50ft and 60ft for about 15 minutes, then steadily worked our way up into the 30's for a while before turning back. Viz improved a bit on the way back. Despite 2-3 classes in the area, we never encountered another diver on the outside of the rocks.We hit the beach, and re-hydrated. We both knew that conditions would only worsen over time, so we talked ourselves out of a second tank and headed back to SpringFest.
Dive Details
Water Temp: 66F
Splash Time: 8:07
Bottom Time: 58 Min.
Average Depth: 27 Feet
Maximum Depth: 60 Feet
Photos
