Smmcdonald
United States
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Nº223
Date: 2023-05-13 - 09:15
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Max Depth: 10.1m Duration: 35mins
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- Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 14°C
- Dive type : Recreational
- Visibility: Bad Water: Fresh
Specific gear used
- BCD: Scubapro - Nighthawk
- Computer: Shearwater - Perdix AI
- Mask: Genesis - Panview
- Other: Scubapro - 2.5mm Hooded Vest
- Regulator: Scubapro - AIR2
- Regulator: Scubapro - MK21/S560
- Wet suit: Henderson - Thermaxx 3mm
- Weights: 2.7 kg
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- 1. Air
- 12L Steel 210 → 99 bar
- Average depth: 3.6m
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The new owners have changed the name to presumably incorporate the non-SCUBA activities, including an inflatable water park. The price has increased to $25 per diver, well worth the difference considering improvements they have made to the facilities. The water clarity is about the same, as to be expected, but they have a new feature that I wanted to check out: a 53' motor yacht sunk about two weeks ago.
Today was the first Quarry Social of the year and I was asked if I wanted to guide a dive (I did not) before being asked to buddy with a new diver, which I did. Andrew has about 20 dives under his belt and has been diving for a little over a year. Our plan was to begin near the shelter, fin to the airplane and bream beds, then to the shallow glass-bottom boat where I was told the new boat had been sunk nearby. We conducted a swim-through at the airplane before crossing the bream beds, which were full, toward the far wall where I expected to pick up the line to the boat. I overshot it on the first attempt but found it after a short backtrack. We turned toward the #9 buoy where we came upon the glass-bottom boat after a short swim. The very large, bright white facade of the yacht still clean of algae loomed just at the bow of the boat. It was fun to explore, but the windows and other obstacles are still in place inhibiting easy swim throughs, though the cabin was accessible from the stern. I didn't venture into the boat as I didn't have a light. Andrew peered into the opening with his for a bit before we swam up to the fly deck and sat in the captain's chair. Back at the glass bottom boat, a line from its bow to the old sunken platform and nowhere from there, so we turned back and stopped at the stern of the yacht. I signaled to Andrew that we would follow the line out and back to the entrance. He confirmed, and we set out toward the old 'bridge' where the line was tied. We had followed the line for a few kicks when I noticed my AI was no longer working. I held it closer to my transponder to see if it would pick up the signal to no avail. Though I was not worried about my air at this point, I turned to let Andrew know that I was having an issue and would carry on back to entrance. He was gone! I looked around and started a slow 360-turn. Waiting a minute, I turned back down the line toward the boat stopping at the bridge. No sign, but I could hear bubbles. I stayed for another 30 seconds or so, looking around as I did so, before slowly ascending while hoping Andrew would remember his training, and figuring I would be able to better locate his bubbles even if he had not. I was delighted when he surfaced near me at the #9 buoy, just above the boat! He looked around, a bit frantic. Once he made eye contact, he was ok and very apologetic. With a laugh I told him "No worries, we did exactly what we were supposed to do." and let him know I was having trouble with my computer. Since we were close to the beach, we would surface swim over and walk back to the entry.
The water was a chilly 69 degrees at 20 feet and dropped dramatically to 57 degrees at 30 feet. I wore my 3mm with 2mm hooded vest, gloves and booties and felt comfortable. I only used six pounds of weight, which was ideal with the 100cf steel cylinder.