Breathing Gas– 32% Backgas / 100% Deco
Max Depth–
Avg Depth–
Visibility– 150+ft
Water Temp– 72F
Dive Time:
Notes:
Met up with AJ and Stacey late in the afternoon. Stacey is quite frankly much better on a scooter than either of us are right now, so we had asked her to give us pointers, and guide us in the right direction to become more proficient on DPV’s. Since she takes weekly water samples in the Insulation Rooms, we would tag along during this dive. AJ and I lead during the dive so that Stacey could observe us. Getting into Devil’s Ear just isn’t fun yet, I’m doing better, but still need work. We made it to the Insulation Rooms, which was a new experience, as the jump line here is tied off to the ceiling, and scooters are great at floating as well as catching flow at the same time, so once again, as with any new thing in diving, very task loading. While it’s not the easiest place to run a reel with a safety/stage, please don’t just throw your scooter or stage bottles in the clay where you jump off mainline, the damage is very evident from people doing that at this particular location. Anyways, back to my story….we got the scooters clipped off and headed down the passage, stopping for each of us to cookie the T and then following Stacey to the area where she takes her weekly samples. On exit, AJ and I had decided to alternate towing each other, which Stacey said we did well. However, we do need to work on OOA drills, as the additional task loading of the scooter made for a way to eventful drill. Once again, deco was minimal (I’m starting to love the Gavin for that!).
