{"id":523,"date":"2009-11-21T12:30:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesg.net\/?p=523"},"modified":"2009-12-21T21:56:36","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T04:56:36","slug":"devils-to-mainland-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesg.net\/?p=523","title":{"rendered":"Devil&#8217;s &#8211; To Mainland&#8230;or not&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Breathing Gas<\/strong>&#8211; 32% Backgas \/ 100% Deco<br \/>\n<strong>Max Depth<\/strong>&#8211; 101ft<br \/>\n<strong>Avg Depth<\/strong>&#8211; 85ft<br \/>\n<strong>Visibility<\/strong>&#8211; 150+ft<br \/>\n<strong>Water Temp<\/strong>&#8211; 72F<br \/>\n<strong>Dive Time<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMet with Brian to do a dive to Mainland.\u00a0 The plan was to double stage on the scooter ride there, dropping the first stage at stage bottle rock (about p1800), and then breathe the second stage all the way to Mainland.\u00a0 From there we would use limited backgas to see whatever we could, and then head back.\u00a0 Unfortunately I got a little ambitious, and jumped about 10ft too early into a low, silty, and probably better off side mount passage.\u00a0 One thing I learned, make the OTHER guy lead in a siphon, a single errant fin kick blitzed the viz, and we were both left on the line for the exit. 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