"Stolen" from our very own pdellony --
Shout out to the everyone who dives Vista Point: Today was busy--lots of open water classes so the vis in the shallows was misty per se. However, the vis in the deeps was on average, 30-40 feet and the temps were 52 degrees.
With the water way up and the air temps busting 80's use of VP is way up. Today, a pair of open water divers debated removing an AL40 deco bottle tied off to one of the lines... at twenty feet. Luckily, I was still on the surface, heard the exchange between the divers and explained waht the bottle was down there for.
Please, if you are teaching out there mention to your students that the lines have a purpose and cylinders tied off are not abandoned--the bottles were prepositioned for decompression. Divers may also encounter AL80 stage bottles tied off along the wall in the range of 80-100 feet--same deal. They are not anbandoned.
The lines support tech dives into the canyons and walls beyond the recreational limit. So if you encounter a bottle tied to the line, it's because someone is out there and will be returning and needs the gas.
I realize not everybody who dives at VP posts here, but please pass the word around the shop and to anyone else who dives VP.
Thanks,
PD