Yesterday, I would have expected to be forced out of the water by ice for a while. Today, thanks to a brisk Westerly wind, forecast to reach gale force this evening, the ice at Portsmouth had all been broken up and blown away from the entry point, giving Dianne, Jeremie and I perfect diving conditions. The Sun was shining and the air temperature was just below freezing at -3C (28F). In the water, there was very little life. One Bass was seen sheltering under the wreck close to shore and something else shot off at one stage during the dive, which took us out to and around the STOP sign. The neatest experience of 2007 so far was observing the 7/8 of some large, isolated, broken ice chunks around us in the water. The only way to describe them is as mini icebergs. The surface water, predictably, was registering 32F (0C) - but slightly deeper - it remained the anticipated 35F (2C). Visibility, slightly upset by the surge brought on by the wind, was only about 25 feet.
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