Sunday, May 6, 2007

Double Dipping...













Now that the warmer weather is here - two-dive days (and more) may become the norm. Today was a good example. I started out with Jim, Nancy and Malcolm at Portsmouth Harbour, where I wanted to get some pics and video of the wrecks inshore. Then, after a quick break, it was into Navy Bay with Dianne and Chris.

Both dives were really enjoyable. The water is now up to 41F (5C) quite consistently, making prolonged dives quite bearable. The bright sunshine in the shallows is a joy - and visibility, this early in the season, is routinely 50 feet or more. The large shoals of Perch were very much in evidence in Navy Bay - threatened somewhat by a lurking Pike. There is also a lot of the spawn shown in the second pic around. Can anyone positively identify it, please?

Five minutes of video showing the wreck fragments by Portsmouth Harbour can be seen here, and a three-minute video clip of the sunken structures at RMC's Navy Bay can be accessed here.

2 comments:

SteveC said...

Both videos are excellent. The shots were held long enough to allow the subject and context be figured out. The panning was controlled and at the perfect pace. It must be a little tricky controlling you position when swimming so slowly.

I had no idea that there was so much to see at POH. The silt and visibility is pretty bad when ever I am around; surely these are not related events.

It was nice having the divers in for scale and a sense of movement or action. A few more diver scenes would be appropriate…so I a volunteering to be taped.

Thanks for the great videos.
Cheers,

Kingstondivepro said...

Volunteer status recorded, Steve. Just give me a time and place..