Avalon this AM was pretty yukky. Went over with Jaye to give her a tune-up dive and a chance to use her little P&S under water before we head to Belize this Friday.
We did one dive (62 minutes - max depth 70) and she did great. Thermocline at about 48 feet - went from the low 60's (like 63 - 62-ish) to 56!!!
She reported a little dampness in her drysuit, so we called the dive early...
Got back to shore - and she was soaked. Poor girl - so we went and had lunch and bailed after only the one dive. I was planning on sending the suits to Faith at DUI while we're gone anyway - pockets and Pee Valve for mine, real knee pads for her (and now a leak check for her's too...)
The viz on top (< 25) was much better than below. Then the roto tillers came and it was bad and bad all over...
Fun half-day - but even the viz in the park wasn't up to par.
No GSB, but we saw two huge (and I do mean HUGE) bat rays at the Sue Jac, and the silver rivers from last summer (schools of macerel) are back... so beautiful - huge schools shimmering in formation through the muck.
So now its aged Brie and a fine Chardonnay with my lover instead of a 4th cloudy dive in Avalon... a fine trade off.
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Ken
