Leave it to me to pick the coldest day of the entire weekend!
I headed off the the Fremont YMCA this morning and met up with Patrix Heschel who was working with a group of open water students. Knowing that he would have some free time, we had arranged to work on some full face mask (FFM) skills. I have had an Ocean Reef Neptune FFM for nearly two years, since winning it in a dive related drawing. Once I got some pointers and worked on a few skills, with Patrix's help, I really love the mask and can see that I'll be enjoying it quite a bit this summer!
After the pool sessions, I headed around the corner to Gibsonburg and White Star Quarry where I met my dive buddy Josh L. After getting an air fill and getting geared up in my dry suit, we headed in and oriented along the south quarry wall where we dove both small boats. From here, we headed north along the east quarry wall and investigated the platforms (two of the three still on the bottom) and went to the wooden swing set and buoyancy course. We then, after a short 3-minute safety stop, headed back into the shore. While I was quite warm, my dive buddy was getting cold feet--literally--in his 3mm booties and 6.5mm wet suit. My profile included a maximum depth of 41feet, for a total of 23 minutes bottom time and a water temperature 49ºF. The second dive didn't happen as the wind and air temp made Josh even colder. Not to worry. I'll be out again soon.
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