Pennyroyal Opens for the 2011 season April 9th

[crpntr133]

Anybody else notice that this is the only thread in the KPP that is active?

With that said, I might be down in August with or without helping Tammy. Early July just doesn't work for diving.

 

[Pauly854]

I was in Hop-town last Friday. Viz was 10'-ish, temp was Brrrrrrrrrrrr. 80 on the surface, and 54 at 22'!

 

[tstormdiver]

Thanks for the update, Pauly. About what I would expect it to be. Hopefully this warmer weather will get the water to warm faster

 

[Pauly854]

They said they had treated the water, but the viz wasn't much better...so they were going to treat it again. Hopefully warm and clear soon!

 

[tstormdiver]

We can only hope. I am starting to kinda get used to braille diving,..... I won't know what to do being able to see again....

 

[Pauly854]

We can only hope. I am starting to kinda get used to braille diving,..... I won't know what to do being able to see again....

LOL, I'm just the opposite. I did braille diving for years...starting to like the decent viz.

 

[tstormdiver]

Guess I'll just have to go around blind folded, like I did through most of my full cave course.

J/K It'll certainly make getting around on my scooter much easier.:blinking:

 

[tstormdiver]

Just finished up some students on their OW certifications Wed. & Thurs. (July 6 & 7th). The conditions in the shallow area was: Vis at & above 15 ft was 30+ ft. You could see directly from attraction to attraction. The temp was a warm 83 degrees:coolingoff:. Below 15 ft. the vis drops off to about 20 ft & the temps drop into the low 60's. Below 25 ft you hit another thermocline & it drops even more,... Brrrrr:cold:..... Since I had OW students, I did not go any deeper, so I am not sure of the conditions in the deep parts.

 

[KY_BOB]

I was there yesterday. I did 2 dives, the first deep and the second shallow. The vis was great from the top to the bottom 20'+ everywhere to start with. The first thermocline was at 19-20'. With the water being high in the quarry, the bottom around most of the attractions is about 23-25. It was 69 degrees at that depth. The first dive I was fairly well dressed for cold water but the second dive I didn't wear a hood or gloves, My hands and ears were uncomfortably chilly if I was close to the bottom of the shallows.

The vis deep was better than it was shallow but it seemed to be darker than normal. My light was on my harness but I hadn't really planned on using it, when we hit 70', I unclipped it and turned it on. The deepest we went was the deep training platform, 89' according to my computer. The vis there was 30'+. It was 44deg there.

The second dive was something that I was unprepared for. They were having a treasure hunt. I had never done one, so I thought WTF. All of the balls were in the shallows. When 60ish divers all hit the bottom at the same time the vis went from 20' to about a foot! You almost need to be solo certified to do that because you chances of staying with your buddy are slim. I would say at least half of the divers, including me, lost their buddies. At one point, me and another diver swam into each other before we saw each other. On a plus note, I found a ball and won a nice dive watch.

 

[Pauly854]

Unfortunately, my FIRST dive was the treasure hunt. Yup, the viz went to crap pretty quick. I went in for a second dive after that, and it had settled pretty well. I managed to find a ball, as well...but someboby got the nice dive watch that I had my eye on!:mooner: