cmufieldhockey8
Contributor
Massachusetts and 3 Barges 8/28
My non-diving boat captain friend took Halftime and I out for a day of diving last Thursday. We hit hit the Massachusetts at high tide and there was a ton of life on it! It was both of our first dives on it and we enjoyed a leisurely lap around the ship which took about 40 min. There were a couple spots I squeezed myself through because I was in some cave withdrawl and I look forward to going again with a light and buddy I can penetrate it with. Even though it was just 20-30 ft my computer read between 73 and 75 degrees so I ended up calling the dive on account of my cold whimpiness. There were quite a few moon jellies who harassed us in the shallower depths. Viz was probably 25 feet.
We headed over to 3 barges- the gulf was unbelievably flat! First we anchored up and Halftime and I swam around but didn't find it. My only other attempt to dive this site was fruitless also so I feared I was 0/2, but we moved the boat and ended up putting the anchor right on the wreck! What a great dive, there were a bunch of fish on this one- just little fish but a whole lot. Viz was closer to 40 feet. The site was really spread out too so we swam down one side of it, started to come back and we ended up having to ascend before we found the line. We ascended directly to the boat. Talk about dumb luck!
I had an awesome time and we couldnt've had better conditions.
Navarre Pier 8-30
Denisegg came into town yesterday for whatever shore diving we could get in before the storm comes. We met up with mrxray at Navarre Beach and we got a beautiful dive out at the pier. Viz was unbelievable for a shore dive! 40 feet I'm guessing. I missed it but xrayman saw a couple huge stingrays. There were various tropical fish, a lawn chair (I'll leave that one for xrayman) and a turtle too. We should see some nice video and pictures soon. I christened my underwater mp3 player this dive so I rocked out the hour we were down there. Denise and I got harassed by a few swimmers but overall it was an excellent dive!
Halftime and daughter had arrived when we got out of the water and we all got some grub and came back for the scheduled night dive. The wind had picked up really bad and viz was zero but we figure it would get better out from the breakers. HT and xray made it out there but Denise and I got beat up by the waves and had some navigational struggles so we called it. The boys had a great dive but I'll let them tell you about it.
Afterwards, HT had to get going but Denise, Barry and I had a few beers across the street and told the bartender tales of our underwater adventures. Denise and I were delayed by a bike accident that happened in front of us on 3 mile bridge but I think all involved were fairly ok.
My non-diving boat captain friend took Halftime and I out for a day of diving last Thursday. We hit hit the Massachusetts at high tide and there was a ton of life on it! It was both of our first dives on it and we enjoyed a leisurely lap around the ship which took about 40 min. There were a couple spots I squeezed myself through because I was in some cave withdrawl and I look forward to going again with a light and buddy I can penetrate it with. Even though it was just 20-30 ft my computer read between 73 and 75 degrees so I ended up calling the dive on account of my cold whimpiness. There were quite a few moon jellies who harassed us in the shallower depths. Viz was probably 25 feet.
We headed over to 3 barges- the gulf was unbelievably flat! First we anchored up and Halftime and I swam around but didn't find it. My only other attempt to dive this site was fruitless also so I feared I was 0/2, but we moved the boat and ended up putting the anchor right on the wreck! What a great dive, there were a bunch of fish on this one- just little fish but a whole lot. Viz was closer to 40 feet. The site was really spread out too so we swam down one side of it, started to come back and we ended up having to ascend before we found the line. We ascended directly to the boat. Talk about dumb luck!
I had an awesome time and we couldnt've had better conditions.
Navarre Pier 8-30
Denisegg came into town yesterday for whatever shore diving we could get in before the storm comes. We met up with mrxray at Navarre Beach and we got a beautiful dive out at the pier. Viz was unbelievable for a shore dive! 40 feet I'm guessing. I missed it but xrayman saw a couple huge stingrays. There were various tropical fish, a lawn chair (I'll leave that one for xrayman) and a turtle too. We should see some nice video and pictures soon. I christened my underwater mp3 player this dive so I rocked out the hour we were down there. Denise and I got harassed by a few swimmers but overall it was an excellent dive!
Halftime and daughter had arrived when we got out of the water and we all got some grub and came back for the scheduled night dive. The wind had picked up really bad and viz was zero but we figure it would get better out from the breakers. HT and xray made it out there but Denise and I got beat up by the waves and had some navigational struggles so we called it. The boys had a great dive but I'll let them tell you about it.
Afterwards, HT had to get going but Denise, Barry and I had a few beers across the street and told the bartender tales of our underwater adventures. Denise and I were delayed by a bike accident that happened in front of us on 3 mile bridge but I think all involved were fairly ok.
