Gator Diver
Contributor
Thanks to all who gave their experience on Troy.
Definitely some helpful tips. Now for my
report from a new diver's first dive at
Troy.
Weather: drizzly and cloudy. Luckily the rain
stopped from our arrival to Troy until
we disassembled our gear.
Visibility: apparantently very good for Troy.
I could easily see the bottom from the surface.
Upon our arrival to Troy, I wanted to buy the
park pass that a few of you had mentioned.
However, to my surprise Troy is based on the
honor system and there is no park ranger person
there to sell you a pass. I guess I will have
to wait till my next state park spring dive.
After parking we walked down to the dive site.
We were the first to arrive.
It is a long winding walk to the water that reminded
me of the crooked street in San Fran.
As we walked back up to assemble our gear
three other divers from Georgia arrived.
Once our gear was assembled, we donned it
and walked the long path down to the entry site.
Once under, visibility was good and I was able
to practice some trim and buoyancy skills. I also
tested out my new computer.....way cool. soon
the other three divers joined us and surprisingly
no one silted up the place whle we were down
there. 2500 psi later we exited the spring.
We decided not to swim out the "wreck" this time.
Actually we ended our dive just in time, almost
immediately after we got out the other 3 divers
came up and said someone had just silted up
the whole place. "It was like an avalanche. You
guys got out just in time".
We took apart our gear and headed home.
By now the parking lot was about 1/2 full.
Overall impression: good dive for a new diver.
Total dive time 34minutes. Max depth: 67ft
I would definitely do it again.....not too much to
see but a good place to hone your skills...
thanks everyone for you help
Definitely some helpful tips. Now for my
report from a new diver's first dive at
Troy.
Weather: drizzly and cloudy. Luckily the rain
stopped from our arrival to Troy until
we disassembled our gear.
Visibility: apparantently very good for Troy.
I could easily see the bottom from the surface.
Upon our arrival to Troy, I wanted to buy the
park pass that a few of you had mentioned.
However, to my surprise Troy is based on the
honor system and there is no park ranger person
there to sell you a pass. I guess I will have
to wait till my next state park spring dive.
After parking we walked down to the dive site.
We were the first to arrive.
It is a long winding walk to the water that reminded
me of the crooked street in San Fran.
As we walked back up to assemble our gear
three other divers from Georgia arrived.
Once our gear was assembled, we donned it
and walked the long path down to the entry site.
Once under, visibility was good and I was able
to practice some trim and buoyancy skills. I also
tested out my new computer.....way cool. soon
the other three divers joined us and surprisingly
no one silted up the place whle we were down
there. 2500 psi later we exited the spring.
We decided not to swim out the "wreck" this time.
Actually we ended our dive just in time, almost
immediately after we got out the other 3 divers
came up and said someone had just silted up
the whole place. "It was like an avalanche. You
guys got out just in time".
We took apart our gear and headed home.
By now the parking lot was about 1/2 full.
Overall impression: good dive for a new diver.
Total dive time 34minutes. Max depth: 67ft
I would definitely do it again.....not too much to
see but a good place to hone your skills...
thanks everyone for you help