BillP
Senior Member
A buddy (Campana from RSD and Diverlink- he should be along soon) and I headed out to Clear Springs Scuba Park in Terrell, Texas for their 1st annual Polar Bear Dive today. We met up with Texas Mike, Corsair, and Phantom.
Air temps were just above freezing. One fellow thought he saw snowflakes, but the snow is supposed to head south of us today (Waco might get 4") and all I saw was white ash from the bonfire blowing around. Water temps were a nice 51°F on my computer and 46° on Campana's. I would say maybe 30 divers showed up through the morning, and I would guess that most of the drysuit divers in Texas were there (grin). The wetsuit divers didn't hang around very long at all.
We did about a half hour dive to almost 50'. The park is usually teaming with fish, but we must have been where they weren't. I saw a largemouth bass and Campana saw a big catfish. We found some nice rock formations at one end of the lake, and the way the bottom was pockmarked I think someone was nesting. The park has a lot more to offer in the way of life in the summer, but all in all it was a good dive.
Happy New Year All!
Bill
(Attached file of the t-shirt from the dive. Hey, after you've been there and done that, you gotta get the shirt!)
Air temps were just above freezing. One fellow thought he saw snowflakes, but the snow is supposed to head south of us today (Waco might get 4") and all I saw was white ash from the bonfire blowing around. Water temps were a nice 51°F on my computer and 46° on Campana's. I would say maybe 30 divers showed up through the morning, and I would guess that most of the drysuit divers in Texas were there (grin). The wetsuit divers didn't hang around very long at all.
We did about a half hour dive to almost 50'. The park is usually teaming with fish, but we must have been where they weren't. I saw a largemouth bass and Campana saw a big catfish. We found some nice rock formations at one end of the lake, and the way the bottom was pockmarked I think someone was nesting. The park has a lot more to offer in the way of life in the summer, but all in all it was a good dive.
Happy New Year All!
Bill
(Attached file of the t-shirt from the dive. Hey, after you've been there and done that, you gotta get the shirt!)