Jeff_O
Contributor
I have and old SeaDoo Sea Scooter GTI. It only has a 12Ahr 12v battery, but still is fun. Another time I 'll try it out on scuba. In all the years I had it I only did breath hold snorkeling with it.I’ve been thinking of building my own scooter..
Today did about hour an half under surface of Gualala River. Also maybe 1/2 hr in-between times when snorkel but with tank on at the surface.
Saw aquatic lichen. White with a circular look and radiant streaks. A 10 ft piece of I beam steel with colored yellow growth on it. Saw resting on bottom about 3in long reticulate sculpin. Lots of aquatic plant growth and interesting shape rock structures. Only got to 17ft max depth. Very clear visibility.
Got some extra Velcro webbing to get my air 2 on my Ranger BC wing to not float way up. Still works easy right with mouth piece. After a while got neutral buoyancy to a point, breathe in slight rise, breathe out slight sink. No bruising from suspender buckle snap in newer CF200, cause I swapped the old suspenders from old defunct CF200 that did not have snap. Very dry and not too warm. Water was around 60 to 65 F. The last storm was not enough to get the depth to 30ft. Also really no current to speak of. I dove in strong current zero vis last year. Not fun or worth the risk.
Had filled the air in my tires with hand bike pump for my wagon and so the gravel to pull my stuff to stage on the beach on the way out was better. Had about 5 pound in each tire going in. 20 works way better.
Thinking of soon to get Olympus Tough uw camera. Could start out possibly easy conditions in river if it holds the way it is now. Get the hang of digital. Then to more interesting salt water venue.