The diving on this trip was great, and got better as the days went on. The water temps were in the mid to upper 70s and our vis ranged from a sub-par low of about 15ft. on our second dive to a spectacular 100 ft. on our final day of diving.
We dove on four wrecks including two of the best dives I’ve ever done on the U-352. It’s amazing how much more you see and find on these wrecks each time you dive them.
The crew on the boats were top notch and very attentive to the safety and care of all divers. During our three-days of diving they skillfully dealt with one case of possible DCS and two divers who mistook their air dive for a nitrox dive and blew through a 12 minute deco requirement. I’m glad to say that the crew accomplished this without skipping a single dive on our schedule and that none of these divers were from the SD.com group or seriously injured. (Haven't heard the final on the DCS victim, but, he was at least walking and talking when he left the boat for the hospital).
My biggest mishap on the trip was letting my computer default to 50% EAN and go into PPO2 Berserk-Mode on the descent of our third dive. Fortunately, I remembered the NDL for the maximum depth we were diving and was able to continue the dive without incident on my trusty depth gauge and wind-up bottom timer. Its the second time this year my bottom timer saved a dive for me, so, I'm taking it out for drinks tonight (With my luck, it will probably have me in bed by 9:00).
Thanks to all on the trip for being such great company, especially Adam12 for being a great dive buddy on all six dives. Sorry I had to rush off so quickly at the end, but, I’m sure I’ll see you all again on other trips.
Kamala: I think the next NC trip should be a 2 night -3 day live-aboard complete with night dives, EH! You can sign me up for that one immediately if you book it. O yea, I put a check in the mail to you today for the $87 I owe you.
Edited by BubbleBoy, 08 October 2007 - 06:17 PM.
