Jaysun1327
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Im a little late in posting this report.
These were my first dives in a drysuit after the drysuit course. I dove in a rented Scuba Pro Everdry 4 neoprene drysuit
Saturday, May 28th, 2011 Folly Cove (Left side)
Time in 10:27am/BT 47 min/ depth 22 ft/water temp 45 ⁰F/ vis 10 ft
A finicky mask strap almost cost us the dive, luckily I packed a spare. Skies were overcast and air temperature was 56 ⁰F upon entry. Surface temperature of the water was 54 ⁰F but quickly dropped with depth. Visibility wasnt great but there was plenty to see. We were immediately greeted by two horseshoe crabs, one on top of the other, mating I guess. A big reason I got drysuit certified was so that I could check out some of the New England nudibranchs, so I was pretty excited when I found of pair of red finger aeolis. Other species seen: rock gunnel, sea raven, several grubby sculpins, several winter flounder, winter skate, mysid shrimp, Acadian hermit crab, jonah crab, lots of northern sea stars and sand dollars. Had some buoyancy issues with the suit, buddy called the second dive.
Sunday, May 29th, 2011 Loblolly Cove
Time in 10:02am/BT 43 min/ depth 14 ft/water temp 52 ⁰F/ vis 10 ft
Dropped the gear off, parked at Pebble Beach, and rode bike to Loblolly. As we entered the water there was fog covering the cove and we could barely see past the mouth. By the time we surfaced it was a beautiful sunny day. I dove with ankle weights this time and was in much better control of the suit. Again, the visibility wasnt great and the surge was really pushing us around especially around the boulders near the point. Since the surged was smashing us from boulder to boulder we turned around and headed back in. Thats when we spotted this [video=youtube;Q96y1r3xJrY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q96y1r3xJrY[/video].
This was my fish lumpfish sighting and I was pretty excited. This guys fins were much more pinkish/purple than appear in the video. We move on from the lumpfish and my buddy gets my attention and points to her wrist where the diveflag lanyard should be. We surface and see the dive flag drifting into the Atlantic. After about a ten minute surface swim we chased down the dive flag, swam back into the cove, descend and continued the time. Other species seen: Acadian hermit crab, mysid shrimp, two winter flounder, a grubby sculpin, alobster, a Jonah crab, and a school of long skinny fish at the sandy entry that I havent been able to identify. Ive attached a picture of these fish, but it isnt the greatest, any ideas on what they are?
Sunday, May 29th, 2011 Folly Cove (left side)
Time in 1:19pm/BT 52 min/ depth 25 ft/water temp 45 ⁰F/ vis 5-10 ft
As mentioned above the weather was absolutely beautiful; sunny blue skies and a calm Folly cove. The air temperature was in the high 80s and I was melting as I was donning that drysuit. The surface water temperature was again 52 ⁰F and quickly dropped with depth. Visibility was pretty bad but we again saw the usual suspects: several red finger aeolis, rock gunnel, grubby sculpins several winter flounder, mysid shrimp, Acadian hermit crab, jonah crab, rock crab, moon snail, lots of northern sea stars and sand dollars. This time buddy had buoyancy issues with her suit.
Overall we had some hiccups this weekend and are definitely still learning the ins and outs of drysuit diving, but the nudibranchs and lumpfish made it all worth it.
These were my first dives in a drysuit after the drysuit course. I dove in a rented Scuba Pro Everdry 4 neoprene drysuit
Saturday, May 28th, 2011 Folly Cove (Left side)
Time in 10:27am/BT 47 min/ depth 22 ft/water temp 45 ⁰F/ vis 10 ft
A finicky mask strap almost cost us the dive, luckily I packed a spare. Skies were overcast and air temperature was 56 ⁰F upon entry. Surface temperature of the water was 54 ⁰F but quickly dropped with depth. Visibility wasnt great but there was plenty to see. We were immediately greeted by two horseshoe crabs, one on top of the other, mating I guess. A big reason I got drysuit certified was so that I could check out some of the New England nudibranchs, so I was pretty excited when I found of pair of red finger aeolis. Other species seen: rock gunnel, sea raven, several grubby sculpins, several winter flounder, winter skate, mysid shrimp, Acadian hermit crab, jonah crab, lots of northern sea stars and sand dollars. Had some buoyancy issues with the suit, buddy called the second dive.
Sunday, May 29th, 2011 Loblolly Cove
Time in 10:02am/BT 43 min/ depth 14 ft/water temp 52 ⁰F/ vis 10 ft
Dropped the gear off, parked at Pebble Beach, and rode bike to Loblolly. As we entered the water there was fog covering the cove and we could barely see past the mouth. By the time we surfaced it was a beautiful sunny day. I dove with ankle weights this time and was in much better control of the suit. Again, the visibility wasnt great and the surge was really pushing us around especially around the boulders near the point. Since the surged was smashing us from boulder to boulder we turned around and headed back in. Thats when we spotted this [video=youtube;Q96y1r3xJrY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q96y1r3xJrY[/video].
This was my fish lumpfish sighting and I was pretty excited. This guys fins were much more pinkish/purple than appear in the video. We move on from the lumpfish and my buddy gets my attention and points to her wrist where the diveflag lanyard should be. We surface and see the dive flag drifting into the Atlantic. After about a ten minute surface swim we chased down the dive flag, swam back into the cove, descend and continued the time. Other species seen: Acadian hermit crab, mysid shrimp, two winter flounder, a grubby sculpin, alobster, a Jonah crab, and a school of long skinny fish at the sandy entry that I havent been able to identify. Ive attached a picture of these fish, but it isnt the greatest, any ideas on what they are?
Sunday, May 29th, 2011 Folly Cove (left side)
Time in 1:19pm/BT 52 min/ depth 25 ft/water temp 45 ⁰F/ vis 5-10 ft
As mentioned above the weather was absolutely beautiful; sunny blue skies and a calm Folly cove. The air temperature was in the high 80s and I was melting as I was donning that drysuit. The surface water temperature was again 52 ⁰F and quickly dropped with depth. Visibility was pretty bad but we again saw the usual suspects: several red finger aeolis, rock gunnel, grubby sculpins several winter flounder, mysid shrimp, Acadian hermit crab, jonah crab, rock crab, moon snail, lots of northern sea stars and sand dollars. This time buddy had buoyancy issues with her suit.
Overall we had some hiccups this weekend and are definitely still learning the ins and outs of drysuit diving, but the nudibranchs and lumpfish made it all worth it.
