dive #833 July 24 2011

Dive # 833 July 24 2011

Today was predicted to be cooler in temperature than it has been. Then again, I think Hades was cooler than it was on friday.

Fred, Chris, Pat and Pete were onboard. Chris was suffering with a summer cold. It's hard enough to breath with a nasty cold but add hot humid weather to the mix. Yeesh...

As predicted, I could feel a migraine monsoon coming on. I could blame it on the hot weather but the bottom line is I get this F*&^ing things so often that I've given up on finding a reason and a cause.

We had Bill L, Diane K and two new nice guys aboard (sorry, I can not remember their names. Blame it on the zomg) We anchored on the Eastern point side.

First stop was the 'stone garage". I was looking forward to jumping in to getting my head cold and boy, did it get frosted.

Water temp was a frosty 48F.

The news guys said on TV that the ocean temp was 62F. Ha!

I think they were measuring the water temp in a puddle, not the ocean.

I jumped in and screamed. I wasn't expecting it to be that friggin' cold.

I pretty much stayed under the boat. I worry about boat traffic passing by so I stay very close to the boat.

I only stayed in about 20 minutes max. Yes, it was cold but it was nauseatingly surgy. I really felt like I could get sick fast!

That was it for me. I was glad at least I could log a dive. There was a lot of (undulating) sea kelp, good sized lobsters and some pollack.

Pete caught a few lobsters plus some crabs which I teased him about saying that they were "duds".

I had repaired my force fins with brand new straps and buttons that I had ordered online at the forcefin website. They felt like brand new fins.

I took a zomig on my way home before things escalated out of control. After I cleaned my dive gear, took care of the birds and ate dinner I was in bed by 7:30.

I was glad I could log a dive.