Well, the day was nice, not too many divers in the water.
Met up with bhapps, Devils_Advocate and notabob, my friend Tom came along to bubble watch.
Devils_Advocate and notabob buddied up and I hit the water with bhapps. New wetsuit caused some buoyancy issues so we went back and I ended up putting 30 lbs on the weight belt. So because of this equip. prob. we missed out on the first dive.
Second dive, did surface swim out and I was able to descend but when we got near the wall the surge popped me back up and I couldn't get back down. My buddy Steve is the best... he swam back to shore with me and my friend Tom kayaked him out to notabob and Devils_Advocate so he could get some semblance of a dive in...
The few minutes I was down about 25 ft., vis was about 6 - 10 ft., water temps in low 50s.
I decided I do not like my new suit, too hard to don a bit too tight. I needed a lot of help getting the shorty on over my maryjane and I don't like that aspect at all. It restricted my movement too much as well, I couldn't reach back to my emergency dump valve on my bc so that didn't help.;-0
All in all, got to meet bhapps and Devils_Advocate, wish notabob happy birthday and get some sunshine and a bit sick from overexertion.
Bhapps was an excellent buddy, very patient and understanding.
After dive beers on Narragansett Street and we were on our separate ways.
So congrats to bhapps, he is now an official NELD!
Met up with bhapps, Devils_Advocate and notabob, my friend Tom came along to bubble watch.
Devils_Advocate and notabob buddied up and I hit the water with bhapps. New wetsuit caused some buoyancy issues so we went back and I ended up putting 30 lbs on the weight belt. So because of this equip. prob. we missed out on the first dive.
Second dive, did surface swim out and I was able to descend but when we got near the wall the surge popped me back up and I couldn't get back down. My buddy Steve is the best... he swam back to shore with me and my friend Tom kayaked him out to notabob and Devils_Advocate so he could get some semblance of a dive in...
The few minutes I was down about 25 ft., vis was about 6 - 10 ft., water temps in low 50s.
I decided I do not like my new suit, too hard to don a bit too tight. I needed a lot of help getting the shorty on over my maryjane and I don't like that aspect at all. It restricted my movement too much as well, I couldn't reach back to my emergency dump valve on my bc so that didn't help.;-0
All in all, got to meet bhapps and Devils_Advocate, wish notabob happy birthday and get some sunshine and a bit sick from overexertion.
Bhapps was an excellent buddy, very patient and understanding.
After dive beers on Narragansett Street and we were on our separate ways.
So congrats to bhapps, he is now an official NELD!