CT-Rich
Contributor
I was diving in Newport on Sunday. We dove Green Bridge just High tide and then King’s Beach about around 3:00. Conditions were pretty good both dives once getting out into open water the visibility dropped from 10-15 to less than 10. Max depth was about 29’ bottom time was 59 minutes water temp was a balmy 55F. There were a few good sized taugs, but nothing amazing. I forgot my camera in the car, so no videos.
The second dive was a at King’s. We stayed mostly on the shore side. I entered the water and my dive computer started cycling through modes and I realized it was most likely the battery needed to be replaced. Since my computer is air integrated, we kept the dive short.
This year I have started something new for tracking dives. I added a dry boxed smart phone to my flag. It does not get service, but the GPS works fine. Using a software called Strava, I can track the progress of the dive to actually see where we went on the dive versus where I THOUGHT we went. It has been working pretty well so far.
The second dive was a at King’s. We stayed mostly on the shore side. I entered the water and my dive computer started cycling through modes and I realized it was most likely the battery needed to be replaced. Since my computer is air integrated, we kept the dive short.
This year I have started something new for tracking dives. I added a dry boxed smart phone to my flag. It does not get service, but the GPS works fine. Using a software called Strava, I can track the progress of the dive to actually see where we went on the dive versus where I THOUGHT we went. It has been working pretty well so far.