IncreaseMyT
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Awesome man for sure, just saying we should get someone to go with us is all. I am sure you will be fine, just saying me and you shouldn't go alone. Even the guys with a lot of experience run into trouble sometimes.
For instance two of my buddies were out about a month ago, one of them has over 300 hours under water. The other just under 100 hours. They were diving a 45 ft ledge and saw a rain storm coming in. They only had half a tank and were just planning on dropping down to look for some hog fish and then getting right back to the boat. It was just them two on the boat so your anchored down and no one is in the boat.
So as they tell the story, it got really dark all of the sudden down there. They had gotten separated and the first guy saw the anchor slipping and decided to surface to it pouring rain and 4 foot swells. The other guy had no idea, as far as he knows his buddy is still down spearfishing. He doesn't realize the first guy went to the boat and pulled anchor to get back closer to the ledge and entry point. He is looking for the anchor line and its not there, but he knows thats where he was because they have dived that ledge so many times. So he surfaces.
He gets to the top to pouring rain and 4 footers and the boat is nowhere to be seen, so he literally starts filling his mask with rain water. Luckily fired his marker and the first diver who is now driving the boat found him. But scary nonetheless.
I bet they wont drop down with no one on the boat and a storm coming in again lol. Lesson learned.
Point is the gulf side here is nuts in the summer with the storms. You can go from completely flat calm water to 4-6 footers with 35 knot winds and water spouts in as little as 10-15 minutes. When the storm rolls through it really messes up the water.
So just saying since we are both not extremely experienced we need to get another guy or two to go with us
For instance two of my buddies were out about a month ago, one of them has over 300 hours under water. The other just under 100 hours. They were diving a 45 ft ledge and saw a rain storm coming in. They only had half a tank and were just planning on dropping down to look for some hog fish and then getting right back to the boat. It was just them two on the boat so your anchored down and no one is in the boat.
So as they tell the story, it got really dark all of the sudden down there. They had gotten separated and the first guy saw the anchor slipping and decided to surface to it pouring rain and 4 foot swells. The other guy had no idea, as far as he knows his buddy is still down spearfishing. He doesn't realize the first guy went to the boat and pulled anchor to get back closer to the ledge and entry point. He is looking for the anchor line and its not there, but he knows thats where he was because they have dived that ledge so many times. So he surfaces.
He gets to the top to pouring rain and 4 footers and the boat is nowhere to be seen, so he literally starts filling his mask with rain water. Luckily fired his marker and the first diver who is now driving the boat found him. But scary nonetheless.
I bet they wont drop down with no one on the boat and a storm coming in again lol. Lesson learned.
Point is the gulf side here is nuts in the summer with the storms. You can go from completely flat calm water to 4-6 footers with 35 knot winds and water spouts in as little as 10-15 minutes. When the storm rolls through it really messes up the water.
So just saying since we are both not extremely experienced we need to get another guy or two to go with us