fuzzybabybunny
Contributor
Conditions:
2ft waves, easy entry, crawled out.
Vis: ~30ft
At first I thought my depth gauge was completely broken. Dropped down at the same spot that Andrew, Kristina, and I dropped down when we went, but this time depth was 25ft instead of 45ft... then I arrived at the place Claude and I saw a seal, and it was only 25ft when I could have sworn it was at 45ft or more. But looking up at the kelp and surface, I figured that the gauge was right.
Of course this meant what was once 100ft was now 80ft. Went down to max of 132ft, started getting narced at 100ft and was pretty narced at 130. Boulder hopping, has having a hard time slowing my breathing (wasn't breathing fast, just wasn't breathing slooooow, remember thinking that my inability to control breathing was something I'd need to work on at depth), heart was beating faster (something else to work on), but still was able to comprehend instruments and remember the readings. Vision was different... not as crisp. Checked gauges religiously. The shop filled my LP100 steel to 3440PSI so I still had 2400 when I was at 130ft, lol. It's weird seeing so much air and yet your computer is saying you've only got 8 minutes and the N2 loading graph is borderline in the deco zone. Sat on a boulder and stared out at the expanse for 2 minutes. Spent total of 5-6 minutes at 130ft.
I noticed a sunken... bouy? Or some sort of marker or sign at 100ft. I could not make it out. A decorator crab was hanging on its face but when I gently removed him off I still couldn't make out the words. Warning or Beware? Anyone know when I'm talking about? Cylindrical bottom with a flat square sign sticking vertically off of it.
Ascended slowly, did safety stop at 50ft, then one at 20ft.
Kelp area was getting really surgy and the sandy bottom was littered with dead and broken kelp and vegetation.
Overall a good dive. Great way to end my long Thanksgiving weekend.
2ft waves, easy entry, crawled out.
Vis: ~30ft
At first I thought my depth gauge was completely broken. Dropped down at the same spot that Andrew, Kristina, and I dropped down when we went, but this time depth was 25ft instead of 45ft... then I arrived at the place Claude and I saw a seal, and it was only 25ft when I could have sworn it was at 45ft or more. But looking up at the kelp and surface, I figured that the gauge was right.
Of course this meant what was once 100ft was now 80ft. Went down to max of 132ft, started getting narced at 100ft and was pretty narced at 130. Boulder hopping, has having a hard time slowing my breathing (wasn't breathing fast, just wasn't breathing slooooow, remember thinking that my inability to control breathing was something I'd need to work on at depth), heart was beating faster (something else to work on), but still was able to comprehend instruments and remember the readings. Vision was different... not as crisp. Checked gauges religiously. The shop filled my LP100 steel to 3440PSI so I still had 2400 when I was at 130ft, lol. It's weird seeing so much air and yet your computer is saying you've only got 8 minutes and the N2 loading graph is borderline in the deco zone. Sat on a boulder and stared out at the expanse for 2 minutes. Spent total of 5-6 minutes at 130ft.
I noticed a sunken... bouy? Or some sort of marker or sign at 100ft. I could not make it out. A decorator crab was hanging on its face but when I gently removed him off I still couldn't make out the words. Warning or Beware? Anyone know when I'm talking about? Cylindrical bottom with a flat square sign sticking vertically off of it.
Ascended slowly, did safety stop at 50ft, then one at 20ft.
Kelp area was getting really surgy and the sandy bottom was littered with dead and broken kelp and vegetation.
Overall a good dive. Great way to end my long Thanksgiving weekend.
That's a hell of a mistake to make though, on a 130' dive. I suppose your gas consumption is less than half of mine, or even better.
