Met up with Sean Manta at the dive shop, loaded my gear into the van then followed him down to the harbor where we met up with a number of other divers. A fellow by the name of Ken owns a wet dive boat and built a skiff for easy transportation of gear.
We all loaded up and headed out, while setting gear together and bantering back and forth. A half dozen guys with lots of experience went down first as the boat is pretty crowded if everyone tries to splash at the same time. Then the rest of us newbies along with Gerald(my course instructor) suited up and jumped in.
Dropped down the Rivtow Lion's stern line and made a half decent stop at the end. Only barely touched the deck which is 60' down! Everything was dark, green and rust coloured, but visibility was darn good. We could see at least 30'! We leisurely made our way down the port side to the bow, found a number of lingcod about 3 feet long, then made our way back down the starboard side then up the stern line again making a safety stop at 20 feet.
Back at the boat I found out just how amazing the skipper is. All you have to do when you get to the ladder is hold on and lift your feet out while he pulls them off for you! Then he went ahead and made a nice big pot of hot chocolate and served it up with dark and white chocolate cookies. YUMMMY!
Hey Chelly-boy. Nice to hear that you are having lots of fun scuba-diving with out us. Would love to see you soon.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're having fun with your new sport. Sounds awesome!
ReplyDeleteHey Danaka! I'm sure you would love to do it too! There is so much to see and the course isn't very hard at all. And so much FUN!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMom, I would love to get into it more, but unfortunately everything about it is expensive.