Tobermory Dive Operations

[Coldwater_Canuck]

from my logbook:

July 22/07 Forest City 47F, 118 ft.......Arabia 40F 108 ft

July 19/08 Forest City 40F 141ft........Niagara II 41F 83ft........Lighthouse 60F 66ft

That matches up more with what others were saying, not sure why Divers Den lists a July deep dive as only 50. In any case, I think I should be alright as long as I'm in the 40s. If I hit 30 something I'd start to get a little concerned (although the people in here are rubbing off on me a bit, I may expedite my pony purchase)

 

[ScubaSteve]

So Coldwater Canuck....are you in Seattle or Southern Ontario?

 

[Coldwater_Canuck]

So Coldwater Canuck....are you in Seattle or Southern Ontario?

Depends what sort of weather I feel like when I wake up

Seriously, right now I'm in Ontario (Waterloo to be exact) but then in a couple months I'll be back in Seattle, then back in Waterloo, then probably back in Seattle: at least I'm consistent.

 

[ScubaSteve]

Yeah but you could not have picked a nicer diving area to go back and forth with? Seattle would likely be GREAT....but there is less to see here :shakehead

 

[Coldwater_Canuck]

Yeah but you could not have picked a nicer diving area to go back and forth with? Seattle would likely be GREAT....but there is less to see here :shakehead

Ya I suppose Seattle <> Carribean would be a little bit nicer, but I really need to graduate.

And I don't know if you should call Seattle GREAT. There's a ton of water and plenty of good dive sites, but it's pretty cold, vis sucks, most spots are at least moderately current sensative. There's some interesting plants and critters, but nothing like dive photos I see from warm water spots. Not that I'm complaining, still fun diving, but I don't think it's somewhere you'd want to go out of your way to visit. I think if you go North towards Victoria though (San Juan Islands) there's supposed to be some really awesome diving, I'll need to get up there at some point.

 

[elan]

Only half empty? Did it stop freeflowing at some point?

Ah you actually bough a second Flathead? I'm leaning towards a Atmos Pro for the pony, also sealed and balanced (and adjustable second stage) but a fair bit cheaper (and I think lighter) than the Flathead.

Yes I got it for a good price on sale when FH7 came out. I will eventually put them both on doubles so I decided to go with the same reg. I have tested it in 35F water before and I was happy with it, why experiment ?

 

[shoredivr]

I think if you go North towards Victoria though (San Juan Islands) there's supposed to be some really awesome diving, I'll need to get up there at some point.

Quadra Island life everywhere

Senanus Island, cloud sponges


*edit* a little ALu 30 would be good for a slung pony.

 

[Coldwater_Canuck]

Yes I got it for a good price on sale when FH7 came out. I will eventually put them both on doubles so I decided to go with the same reg. I have tested it in 35F water before and I was happy with it, why experiment ?

Ah I can definitely see your thinking there, especially if you eventually want to go doubles. The Flatheads are still a good price ($375) on Scubatoys, dropped another $25 since I bought mine.

I'm not really looking at doubles anytime soon (I don't really see an advantage for what I'm doing over getting a HP tank), so I'll probably just get something cheaper with good reliability.

 

[Coldwater_Canuck]

Quadra Island life everywhere

Senanus Island, cloud sponges

I'll keep those in mind

*edit* a little ALu 30 would be good for a slung pony.

Well here's how I'm thinking, and tell me if I'm way off on this. I do want to get a 30 eventually when I do my deep diver cert, because I figure that's enough right to 130'

But it seems like a tank that big slung would be somewhat annoying (and take some practice to get used to diving with). On the other hand, a 13 cf is only about a foot high so I don't see it being nearly as much of an adjustment to dive with. While I'd never want to take a 13 down to 130', I think this would be more appropriate for dives to 70 or 80.

Pony tanks are pretty cheap, the expensive part is the regulator and PSI gauge. So if I had both a 13 and 30, I could choose one based on the dives I was doing.

Maybe I'm overestimating the learning curve to having a larger pony, but it seems to me like a 13 would be much more comfortable and easy to swim with.

 

[elan]

In fact you do not really notice a 30cuf sling, I'm not sure how you want to put your 13 cuf bottle, most likely to the main tank so you will need to get the kit to connect it. I bought 30 cuf right away. You will most likely grow to those depths faster than you think.Why spend money again.


yes I found 375 bucks for a reg like FH VI is pretty nice. I bought my first one for 500 off season (in winter) a year and a half ago. They were going higher during season times as far as I remember.