First dive of the season
I was invited aboard Easy Diver. Needless to say I was thrilled. It's always great to see my pals-especially out in the beautiful summer weather and doing something fun.
It was a sunny hot day with the wind out of the SW.
Aboard were :Fred, Pete, Chris, Amy, Andy and I.
We anchored at Folly Cove. It the Perfect place for the first dive of the season.
Chris, Andy and I got in the water but the water was reeeeeeeally cold. The viz was spectacular at 35 feet. There was huge schools of (what I think) menhaden fish. Left in their wake were millions of little brown pellets. Fish poop! The water temp was 45F at 10 feet in the shallows. It definitely woke you up! We just did one dive and then feasted on an array of snacks shared by all. Not a bad day, eh?
July 9 2017 dive# 1010
Picture perfect day. It was one of those days I just felt grateful.
Grateful to be with my friends, grateful to be invited aboard Easy Diver, grateful for feeling clear headed(no migraine) and grateful to still be able dive and manage myself.
We had a full boat today. Fred, Pete, Chris, Andy, Alan H, Cate, Amy and Alex.
We anchored off of Grave's island. There was a lot of boat traffic and limited places to anchor out of other boats wakes. Tried to anchor at SS New Hampshire but another boat was anchored there.Wind blowing out of the SW. Cate brought me my tank hydroed, tumbled, visually inspected and rethreaded the valve so it wouldn't leak air. Brilliant girl.
Water temp on the surface wasn't bad (I didn't check it) but at 32feet the temp was 43F. There was a lot of floating stringy protein debris (what we call "whale snot") At the 32 feet the viz was much more clearer and no whale snot but it was intolerably cold. I saw a few Pollack fish, one lobster, a skate and large crabs.
Afterwards,we anchored at a different spot with less boat wash to enjoy our lunch.
Seriously, it was a perfect day. The whole world would be jealous of us! ha!
