wjefferis
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I made it out to Ft. Pickens today and met up with DocCarl, Kmenees, Tessunderwater, and Bamascubacat. The skies were clear and so was the water! High tide was at 08:44. I think we hit the water at about 07:30-07:45. I went down and tied off my dive flag while everyone was finishing gearing up. The viz was great, I would say it was at least 35 feet. To give an example of how clear the water was, when I tied off my flag to the tire/cage I could look up and clearly see my flag through the water flapping in the breeze. We went for a round trip of the area and had a great dive lasting 62 minutes. We sat out for an hour surface interval and then splashed for a second dive. The viz had diminished to 15-20 (still great) and this time we went out to the toilet and then over to the fishing pyramid which I found to be almost totally covered. However, on the upside the golf cart is now almost totally uncovered (the Gulf is fickle 
). While we were playing around out in the bay area I found some structure that I had previously never seen before NorthWest of the jeep frame. I ran some line from the jeep frame out to it and tied it off so that I can find it again. Once I am able to reference its location in my mind I will cut the string (if someone hasn't already). The structure has quite a bit of relief and is pretty big (not sure what it is). I ended dive number two at 57 minutes. I saw a couple of stingrays out in the bay area and was happy to start seeing some more of the regular life at Ft. Pickens starting to come back. I was great to meet up with some SB'ers and have a couple great dives 
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). While we were playing around out in the bay area I found some structure that I had previously never seen before NorthWest of the jeep frame. I ran some line from the jeep frame out to it and tied it off so that I can find it again. Once I am able to reference its location in my mind I will cut the string (if someone hasn't already). The structure has quite a bit of relief and is pretty big (not sure what it is). I ended dive number two at 57 minutes. I saw a couple of stingrays out in the bay area and was happy to start seeing some more of the regular life at Ft. Pickens starting to come back. I was great to meet up with some SB'ers and have a couple great dives .
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. I have been looking at some new gear and have been saving up, so I have put a new camera on the back-burner. I must say that I really miss taking pictures. I have been keeping my eye on the Canon G11.
