kidsdream
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Last weekend I went to down to Florida to finally get my Deco cert. I had taken Advanced Nitrox a few years back (which allowed me to get O2 fills) and have been doing Deco dive for quite awhile, but I finally had time to take the class/get the card.
As usual my buddy John's hospitality was outstanding; which was ideal as I was taking the class with Dayo Scuba located in Winter Park, Florida.
After a day of classroom and dry-land work, we were off at O'dark thirty to make it to Hudson Grotto located about 10 miles South of Weeki Watchi (I was hoping to see a mermaid).
Hudson Grotto is simply a sink hole filled with the darkest water imaginable - it sucked every lumen out of my 10 watt HID. And to top that off there was a ten foot layer of hydrogen sulfide at 100'. I was still tasting rotten eggs for 2 days. Max depth of the sink is around 140', but we stayed above 130 during all 3 dives we did on the second day.
Day 3 had us at the famous 40 Fathoms Grotto located just outside of Ocala. 40 Fathoms is over 240' deep. We did both of our dives to 150' as specified by TDI's Deco Procedures class.
Entering the water at Hudson
The water was Tanic at Hudson
I denied I was narc'd at 40 Fathoms, but I swear I danced with a Polar Bear at 140'
And then I felt the need for some grooming right before I started the deco gases
But seriously, the class was a great experience and things went very smoothly
As usual my buddy John's hospitality was outstanding; which was ideal as I was taking the class with Dayo Scuba located in Winter Park, Florida.
After a day of classroom and dry-land work, we were off at O'dark thirty to make it to Hudson Grotto located about 10 miles South of Weeki Watchi (I was hoping to see a mermaid).
Hudson Grotto is simply a sink hole filled with the darkest water imaginable - it sucked every lumen out of my 10 watt HID. And to top that off there was a ten foot layer of hydrogen sulfide at 100'. I was still tasting rotten eggs for 2 days. Max depth of the sink is around 140', but we stayed above 130 during all 3 dives we did on the second day.
Day 3 had us at the famous 40 Fathoms Grotto located just outside of Ocala. 40 Fathoms is over 240' deep. We did both of our dives to 150' as specified by TDI's Deco Procedures class.
Entering the water at Hudson
The water was Tanic at Hudson
I denied I was narc'd at 40 Fathoms, but I swear I danced with a Polar Bear at 140'
And then I felt the need for some grooming right before I started the deco gases
But seriously, the class was a great experience and things went very smoothly
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