Given the sunshine and the relatively calm waters, Dianne and I took the opportunity to visit the Brick Barge (Cora Post) on Howe Island this afternoon. Yes, we ignored the other factors like snowdrifts, gale warnings and occasional flurries. Did I mention near freezing water temperatures as well...
But nothing matters when you get below the surface and enjoy the tranquillity of the underwater environment. Visibility was pretty fair at something like 30 feet and the line out was quickly and easily picked up and followed. There was a secondary aim for the day of taking Dianne down to 60 feet for the first time. Conveniently (and unexpectedly) we found that someone has placed a line down to about 65 feet from the South side of the wreck. Total dive time was just under 35 minutes and the water temperature 34F (1C). The air temperature, little helped by a brisk Westerly wind - was just on freezing.
And the dive was made all the more interesting by the sighting of a Pike in the shallows on the return leg..
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