JKSteger
D/M Wannabee ! ! !
Sat. I packed up the car and along with my brother we headed over to Pelham, Alabama to Alabama Blue Water Adventures. The weather was looking like it might rain all day as it had been raining all week long. We took a chance and drive the 2.5 - 3 hours from Atlanta, GA over to Pelham, AL; just south of Birmingham. The weather turned out great. I even got sunburn on a SI.
The drive was pleasant and I had never been over to Pelham and didn't really know what to expect other than what I have read on the board and heard from dive buddies. We were to meet up with fellow SB'er Corigan when we got to the quarry. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw kylepreid with Corigan. He said that he wasn't going to be able to make it out but things changed which was great.
ABWA had a pretty good setup and the quarry was really nice. I will be back soon.
I got 3 dives in.
1st...85'
BT...44min.
This dive was to get familiar with the quarry layout. I cursed around the 2nd wall at about 60' for the 1st half of the dive then went up to the 1st wall at about 15' on the way back to the entry point.
Temp. was 59F at 85' which is where the viz. improved to about 35'. The average was probably in the 20' range for most of the dive.
2nd...47'
BT...60min
This was a slow shallow dive. I decided to NOT wear a hood and gloves and try to stay above the thermocline which was hard to do since the 1st thermocline was at about 20'.
3rd...42'
BT...61min
This was a slow and pretty shallow dive too. After we entered the water we turned right and followed the wall at about 25' and checked out the firetruck which had a toilette located on top of it. Checked out some of the other things down there as well. We swam thru the big concrete pipes in the water and said hello to the resident dolphin. Saw some rather large bass, brim and such. There was reports of a rather large turtle in the water but I missed him.
It's not too far of a drive from Atlanta and I look forward to getting out to ABWA again soon.
Jeremy
The drive was pleasant and I had never been over to Pelham and didn't really know what to expect other than what I have read on the board and heard from dive buddies. We were to meet up with fellow SB'er Corigan when we got to the quarry. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw kylepreid with Corigan. He said that he wasn't going to be able to make it out but things changed which was great.
ABWA had a pretty good setup and the quarry was really nice. I will be back soon.
I got 3 dives in.
1st...85'
BT...44min.
This dive was to get familiar with the quarry layout. I cursed around the 2nd wall at about 60' for the 1st half of the dive then went up to the 1st wall at about 15' on the way back to the entry point.
Temp. was 59F at 85' which is where the viz. improved to about 35'. The average was probably in the 20' range for most of the dive.
2nd...47'
BT...60min
This was a slow shallow dive. I decided to NOT wear a hood and gloves and try to stay above the thermocline which was hard to do since the 1st thermocline was at about 20'.
3rd...42'
BT...61min
This was a slow and pretty shallow dive too. After we entered the water we turned right and followed the wall at about 25' and checked out the firetruck which had a toilette located on top of it. Checked out some of the other things down there as well. We swam thru the big concrete pipes in the water and said hello to the resident dolphin. Saw some rather large bass, brim and such. There was reports of a rather large turtle in the water but I missed him.
It's not too far of a drive from Atlanta and I look forward to getting out to ABWA again soon.
Jeremy
