Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Training Day..

Today's dive schedule was shaped around an opportunity to complete the certification dives for one of our RMC members, Ryan. His Summer plans don't start for a week or so and the weather was perfect for some diving. In all, we managed three of the four dives. The first two took place at Portsmouth - always a good venue for introducing students to Open Water. Besides the usual pleasure of showing someone the anchors, wrecks and STOP sign for the first time, a large Carp's appearance made for a memorable couple of outings.

The third dive - after a disappointment over access to the Marine Museum (another topic) - was at the KPH. This one also went well. Tomorrow, we head for the quarry.

Water temperature, 43F (6C). Visibility about 40 feet, despite clouds of loose algae and carpets of the stuff on the shallow bottom areas. Some sections of the lines are almost completely hidden.

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