theskull
November 12th, 2006, 08:29 PM
I had the pleasure of tagging along Saturday while scububa completed his IANTD Advanced Nitrox and Deco Procedures training dives with SLIM. Congratulations, scububa!
Then stayed over to make a couple Sunday dives with scububa for fun and to practice skills some more.
Water temp was 57 F at the surface, with the thermocline somewhere between 70 and 80 ft. deep. The deep temp was 48-50 F. Viz varied from 10-20 ft. with the better viz being on Sunday when the surface was calm (Saturday was windy with choppy water). Most of the fish were hanging out at about 50 ft. deep, inluding some Blue Catfish, Striped Bass, Bluegill, and Croppie.
All our dives had a max depth of 110-140 ft., and though we dived deco profiles on the ascents, we made our bottom times short enough that our computers never required any deco stops of us. We also carried deco stages with us and breathed them at our 20 ft. "safety" stops for the practice in making gas switches and to be kind to our bodies during our repetitive deep dives.
Our skill practice included deploying lift bags,
removing and replacing fins ;)
gas sharing drills, valve drills, and managing a stage bottle.
I enjoyed excellent relaxing dives, got to check out SLIM's home fill station, and finally got to meet and dive with scububa and meet his family as well. A great weekend.
theskull
Then stayed over to make a couple Sunday dives with scububa for fun and to practice skills some more.
Water temp was 57 F at the surface, with the thermocline somewhere between 70 and 80 ft. deep. The deep temp was 48-50 F. Viz varied from 10-20 ft. with the better viz being on Sunday when the surface was calm (Saturday was windy with choppy water). Most of the fish were hanging out at about 50 ft. deep, inluding some Blue Catfish, Striped Bass, Bluegill, and Croppie.
All our dives had a max depth of 110-140 ft., and though we dived deco profiles on the ascents, we made our bottom times short enough that our computers never required any deco stops of us. We also carried deco stages with us and breathed them at our 20 ft. "safety" stops for the practice in making gas switches and to be kind to our bodies during our repetitive deep dives.
Our skill practice included deploying lift bags,
removing and replacing fins ;)
gas sharing drills, valve drills, and managing a stage bottle.
I enjoyed excellent relaxing dives, got to check out SLIM's home fill station, and finally got to meet and dive with scububa and meet his family as well. A great weekend.
theskull