{"id":350,"date":"2009-07-11T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesg.net\/?p=350"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:29:07","slug":"cow-springs-mainline-to-1400ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesg.net\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"Cow Springs &#8211; Mainline to 1400ft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Breathing Gas<\/strong>&#8211; 32% Travel \/ 100% Deco<strong><br \/>\nMax Depth<\/strong>&#8211; 103ft<strong><br \/>\nAvg Depth<\/strong>&#8211; 70ft<br \/>\n<strong>Visibility<\/strong>&#8211; 75ft+<br \/>\n<strong>Water Temp<\/strong>&#8211; 70F<br \/>\n<strong>Dive Time: <\/strong>71min<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMet Stacey at her place and carpooled over to Dive Outpost to get the key.\u00a0 Despite a few issues getting in the water, we had a great dive.\u00a0 Unfortunately my doubles were only at 3100psi, so even with a stage, we only made it about 1400ft.\u00a0 Running a primary reel while pushing a stage ahead of you isn&#8217;t nearly as easy as I&#8217;d hope.\u00a0 For some reason the mainline seems to be run in less than ideal places, sometimes you can swim 5ft off mainline and be in a much larger area where you won&#8217;t bang your tanks, something to look out for if you&#8217;re backmount like me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesg.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/MG_9061_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[350]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-365\" title=\"Cow Springs\" src=\"http:\/\/jamesg.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/MG_9061_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cow Springs\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesg.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/MG_9062_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[350]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-367\" title=\"Cow Springs\" src=\"http:\/\/jamesg.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/MG_9062_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cow Springs\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breathing Gas&#8211; 32% Travel \/ 100% Deco Max Depth&#8211; 103ft Avg Depth&#8211; 70ft Visibility&#8211; 75ft+ Water Temp&#8211; 70F Dive Time: 71min Notes: Met Stacey at her place and carpooled over to Dive Outpost to get the key.\u00a0 Despite a few issues getting in the water, we had a great dive.\u00a0 Unfortunately my doubles were only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,56,48],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dive-log","tag-cave-diving","tag-cow-springs","tag-scuba-diving"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Breathing Gas- 32% Travel \/ 100% Deco Max Depth- 103ft Avg Depth- 70ft Visibility- 75ft+ Water Temp- 70F Dive Time: 71min Notes: Met Stacey at her place and carpooled over to Dive Outpost to get the key. 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