waterpirate
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I was saving this till I got back, but to brighten up the mood in here I thought it would help.
Arrived sunday afternoon with plans to dive monday through friday:
Pompano beach, diving with the new kids in town Pompano dive center
Monday
Tornado watch and heavy building seas/ nogo
Tuesday
flat seas and no current. destination rodeo 25 to warm up and get our game face on. max depth was 120 run time was 51 minutes on 25/20. visibility was 50' with one very large barracuda gaurding the wheelhouse. felt good to be wet.
wednesday
flat seas no current again! destination hydro atlantic. max depth 162 runtime 63 minutes 25/20. visibility was 70' with clouds of small fish just off the wreck. The resident grouper was large and in charge going well over 350#. it was like seing a swimming volkswagon jetta. I bent the sh*t out of my duo by not pressing gas switch button at 40fsw. I am fine, note to self.... push button next time
thursday
flat seas again!! wow current smoking. destination hydro atlantic. max depth? run time 71 minutes. dropped into the engine room and was duly impressed. they are some biiig engines in there! Mr. swimming jetta was present again and we got within 18' and now think it was a swimming micro bus. the hang had us in a 2 knot current and the use of a jon line was mandatory. duo was still bent this morning so I used a cochran and was happy with the profile it yielded vs. my cut tables.
friday
good ground swell with current, normal now. destination guy harvey. current was smoking crack today!!! it pulled the mooring ball down to 14' after the mate tied us in. going down the line felt like home. visibility was 75' plus. max depth 143 runtime 78 minutes on 25/20. the wheel house was covered withyellow stuff that looked like daiseys. I was wax poetic untill I nearly got ripped off the wreck by the current! back to business at hand. deck was colapsed and allowed a good soak out of the current. we made a complete circuit around the exterior which was like running a marathon given the current, back inside. saw a couple small grouper darting around the bottom holes in the wheel house. jon line was mandatory agian for flying hang. Duo still bent, once again I was happy with the cochrans profile vs. cut tables. note to self, bigger screen is easier on old eyes.
next weeks report still to come. the folks who have set up residance at sands harbor marina complex POMPANO DIVE CENTER are very good people with on site lds,boat,fill station with mix for back gas and the ability to fill stages as well. they are also breather freindly. I would highly reccomend them for anyone wanting to see the wrecks in pompano.
Eric
Arrived sunday afternoon with plans to dive monday through friday:
Pompano beach, diving with the new kids in town Pompano dive center
Monday
Tornado watch and heavy building seas/ nogo
Tuesday
flat seas and no current. destination rodeo 25 to warm up and get our game face on. max depth was 120 run time was 51 minutes on 25/20. visibility was 50' with one very large barracuda gaurding the wheelhouse. felt good to be wet.
wednesday
flat seas no current again! destination hydro atlantic. max depth 162 runtime 63 minutes 25/20. visibility was 70' with clouds of small fish just off the wreck. The resident grouper was large and in charge going well over 350#. it was like seing a swimming volkswagon jetta. I bent the sh*t out of my duo by not pressing gas switch button at 40fsw. I am fine, note to self.... push button next time
thursday
flat seas again!! wow current smoking. destination hydro atlantic. max depth? run time 71 minutes. dropped into the engine room and was duly impressed. they are some biiig engines in there! Mr. swimming jetta was present again and we got within 18' and now think it was a swimming micro bus. the hang had us in a 2 knot current and the use of a jon line was mandatory. duo was still bent this morning so I used a cochran and was happy with the profile it yielded vs. my cut tables.
friday
good ground swell with current, normal now. destination guy harvey. current was smoking crack today!!! it pulled the mooring ball down to 14' after the mate tied us in. going down the line felt like home. visibility was 75' plus. max depth 143 runtime 78 minutes on 25/20. the wheel house was covered withyellow stuff that looked like daiseys. I was wax poetic untill I nearly got ripped off the wreck by the current! back to business at hand. deck was colapsed and allowed a good soak out of the current. we made a complete circuit around the exterior which was like running a marathon given the current, back inside. saw a couple small grouper darting around the bottom holes in the wheel house. jon line was mandatory agian for flying hang. Duo still bent, once again I was happy with the cochrans profile vs. cut tables. note to self, bigger screen is easier on old eyes.
next weeks report still to come. the folks who have set up residance at sands harbor marina complex POMPANO DIVE CENTER are very good people with on site lds,boat,fill station with mix for back gas and the ability to fill stages as well. they are also breather freindly. I would highly reccomend them for anyone wanting to see the wrecks in pompano.
Eric
