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This number is added to the total number of dives logged in Diveboard (public+private) for the stat "Total number of dives". - Dives published:5
- Total dives count:5
- Dives this year:0
- Total underwater time on Diveboard:1 hr 48 min
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United States - Deepest Dive:
25.3m in Florida Pensacola, United States - Longest Dive:
26 min in Florida Pensacola, United States - Pictures in logbook:0
- Number of species spotted:0
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2017-07-15 United States Florida Pensacola
Tri Lodge ReefThis was my first dive experience in the Gulf. I haven't been nervous before a dive in a long time, but the strong currents, low visibility and lack of experience in these waters left me with a case of the butterflies. I entered the water off the starboard side with a Giant Stride and immediately found the yellow line that would guide me to the anchor line towards the front of the boat. The current was evident as I pulled myself along the line and only became stronger as we descended along the anchor line. The visibility was an eerie 30 feet on the way down and it became immediately evident why they call this the "Emerald Coast" as the greenish hue to the water seems to keep things hidden from plain view. The Reef at the floor bottom lacked the vibrance and color that I'm used to seeing in the Bahamas and Caribbean however it is still teeming with life. My Dive Buddy is an avid spear fisherman and had coordinated with the boat captain to select a dive spot where there was known to be plenty of Lion Fish (a fish that is apparently ruining the reef because of their numbers). I clung fairly close to Tim due to the low visibility and we began our search almost immediately. Tim showed me how the spear worked by hooking a few LFs before handing it over to me. I hit the first two but not squarely and they were able to squirm free. The third LF was not so lucky... it hit him squarely and he ended up in Tims specially designed container. I quickly caught the hang of it and collected one more LF before handing the spear back to Tim. I understand now how spear fisherman consider SCUBA spearing cheating... with enough time it's like shooting fish in a barrel! There were quite a few fish however my overall impression was of a barren reef probably because it was much different than the Caribbean diving I've done most of my career. The ascent and safety stops were relatively easy with the guidance of the anchor line.
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2017-07-29 United States Arizona
Lake Pleasant Vista PointDive Buddy: Sean from class The objective of this dive was to recover a lost flash light that one of the other divers lost. There were seven divers in total and Jason decided that we should all just cozy up next to one another and begin the search using a heading that was given to us by the flashlight owner. We all descended and began our search... it was difficult to stay in formation and not kick up any silt from the bottom. As we continued the search our depth increased significantly and the water cooled quickly. It became uncomfortable even in the full body 3mm wetsuit. I monitored my depth from Sean's computer since min wasn't working. We were unable to find the flashlight, turned back, did our safety stop and ended the dive.
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2017-07-29 United States Arizona
Lake Pleasant Vista PointDive Buddy: Sean from class. The object of this training dive was to successfully recover a block of fake gold bars using the Jack recovery pattern. We descended to about 30 ft where the tape line/Baseline for our search was already setup... we quickly found our line and anchor on the tape measure. A group of about 10 other divers descended almost on top of us striking Sean in the head and muddying the waters to zero visibility. We decided to surface and regroup. After a quick discussion we descended again and quickly found our line again and then I ran the line. Adding the extra wight from the line anchor is tricky and takes a minute to adjust your buoyancy... I also let too much rope out initially and quickly got tangled up. You should always keep the rope taut or with minimum slack. I followed a North compass heading set my line and pulled the rope once to signal Sean I was ready to go. We both began our search and found the item on our first pass. We inflated the Lift Bag and ascended to the surface for a successful recovery.
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2017-07-29 United States Arizona
Lake Pleasant Vista PointDive Buddy: Sean from class The objective for this dive was to recover a lost set of keys that Scott had dropped. We had our search area identified and then decided to use a Circular pattern since it was a small item and we had no obstructions. We descended and I acted as the anchor while Sean was the recoverer. Sean probably did about 10 circles before returning. When he returned I spotted and recovered the keys near our starting position. We ascended victoriously after a successful recovery. Side note: perhaps you need more weight when acting as the anchor, especially when you begin to run out of oxygen and lose that weight. Additionally, when I was acting as the anchor a small fish with yellow highlights stopped directly in front of me looked me square in the eyes and just sat and stared for at least 20 seconds... then he disappeared but returned again about 2 minutes later. He stopped and stared again for a brief moment. I've never had that happen before.
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