Yaaarrrrr Treasure Hunt Madness!

So the rabbit in wonderland has nothing on us for lateness it seems! (the new movie is was pretty cool btw!)

On Sunday the club got togther for its official start of the summer dive season. (for those of you who dont wear dry suits that is). It was a picture perfect day. Mostly sunny with a splash or 2 of clouds. We had our best attendance every with over 50 people in attendance and almost as many divers. I think it was 47 who braved the water.

Details of the dive vary, some folks opted to just swim around in the shallows looking for the magic numbered golf balls while others like myself opted for the deep dive to the ledges at 80-109 feet. Vis near the surface down to 20 feet was poor but under 35 feet it opened up to 30 feet. Not alot of life down there today I think we scared them off. Water temps in the first thermoclines were 54ish while below that were 48F.

We had a great spread of food by Kim and a few extra fresh baked goodies from members (Sheila!) and even more fun were the fantastic spread of prizes given out by our local vendors such as: Northern Tech Divers, Dive Tech, and Rockport Divers. Big thanks from all our members to you guys. If we didnt have you guys around it would be very hard to dive around here! As a club we are very fortunate to have such a wide variety of freindly shops to choose from.

A couple of pics, nothing underwater this time I was playing with a stage bottle again. Someone thinks they are going to "trick me" into tech diving =P

As allways yours in Fun Safe Diving

Matt

The Knife guy

PS: no real pirates were harmed during the making of this blog! Though a couple were starting to annoy me alot. Yarr Arr!.. Yar.....

Picnic the perfect Pick-Me-Up...

Under sunny skies, with excellent water conditions (if you ignore a slightly chilly edge to the temperature) the annual Treasure Hunt and Picnic went off today with a very high level of attendance. More than 20 divers participated and there were at least 30 members present altogether. Kim and Scott did a wonderful job of pulling the whole event together. Their efforts on the catering front deserve special mention. The food was delicious and the home-made cookies and other delights just made the day. It was particularly good to see youngsters present. I think that Sophie, a babe in arms, took the prize for youngest of all.

The diving was good, despite a silty layer deposited by morning rain. One group was lucky enough to spot a Long-Nosed Gar. The accompanying picture was captured by Marc-Etienne.



As always, the occasion proved to be the rallying point for some members who have been away - or whose gear doesn't suit the colder weather diving. It was great to see them back in the water.

Dive 'n Dine - again...

It takes energy to keep a dive club going - and Ashley's idea of getting together for a dive and then enjoying a late season, informal barbecue at Nicholson's Point was an excellent example of the way to go. Although only a few people managed to get out, it was very clear that they thoroughly enjoyed the experience of soaking up Autumn sunshine at the water's edge after a decent dive outing. The dive also presented the opportunity for Mario to complete his Deep Adventure on the way to completing Advanced Open Water certification. His dive was flawless. Once again, it's evident that the water is turning colder. This should be no surprise given the cold nights we're 'enjoying'. The low temperature, below a 70' thermocline, was somewhere around 53℉ (12℃). The visibility though, at the greater depths, is in excess of 40 feet now.