AfterDark
Contributor
Dive 2075 6-23-19 Sunday Newport Kings Beach 1st dive of 2019 Solo
Finally, 6 months into 2019 I'm in the water again. After rotator cuff surgery, a full knee replacement, injections into my spine, and a self inflicted wound that took 20 stiches to close, I am able to dive again. I got a great day for it too!
Sunny, incoming tide, light WNW wind, vis 10-15' surface temp 66 at max depth 63.
I donned my dry suit and one of my LP 72 steel tanks, grabbed my metal detector and walked into the water. Had a few issues along the way, had to readjust my chest strap to fit the dry suit, got my float line tangled on my reg/valve while putting my fins on. During the dive my reg started free flowing I tried a few things to get it to stop but finally switched to my octo. It was a short dive, by the time I got submerged I was overheated and sucking air like a hoover vac. It seemed just as I got to a good area, I hit my turn around pressure. After 31 minutes and a max depth of 23FSW the dive was over. Saw a lot of life, small bait fish, togs, scup, the scup like to follow you around, What looked to be the same scup kept appearing during the dive. I'm not sure if it's curiosity and territorially.
The only bad thing that happen was my new knock-off go-pro flooded.
A nice dive to start what I hope is a lot of diving this season.
Finally, 6 months into 2019 I'm in the water again. After rotator cuff surgery, a full knee replacement, injections into my spine, and a self inflicted wound that took 20 stiches to close, I am able to dive again. I got a great day for it too!
Sunny, incoming tide, light WNW wind, vis 10-15' surface temp 66 at max depth 63.
I donned my dry suit and one of my LP 72 steel tanks, grabbed my metal detector and walked into the water. Had a few issues along the way, had to readjust my chest strap to fit the dry suit, got my float line tangled on my reg/valve while putting my fins on. During the dive my reg started free flowing I tried a few things to get it to stop but finally switched to my octo. It was a short dive, by the time I got submerged I was overheated and sucking air like a hoover vac. It seemed just as I got to a good area, I hit my turn around pressure. After 31 minutes and a max depth of 23FSW the dive was over. Saw a lot of life, small bait fish, togs, scup, the scup like to follow you around, What looked to be the same scup kept appearing during the dive. I'm not sure if it's curiosity and territorially.
The only bad thing that happen was my new knock-off go-pro flooded.
A nice dive to start what I hope is a lot of diving this season.
