Dive Trip Report to:
West Palm Beach, Dive Boat
The Rampage
, 14-Feb-2004
Purpose:
Fish Counts and Pictures, Mapping and Markers
Dive #1:
. My Dive # 457
A. Dive Boat / Location:
The Rampage
/
Governor's River Walk Reef
- The southern most ship - Sha Sha and the next St. Jacques
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
30 - 40 ft
Seas:
2 - 3 feet
Water Temp:
71 on the bottom, 73 on the top
Skies:
Sunny, Clear Blue Sky's - Typial of Florida!!
Air Temp:
70's - 80's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 90 feet for 35 min
Air consumption:
Me: (120 cu ft), 3500 lbs to 1500 lbs, 36 % NITROX, PO2 1.33
Current:
Nil!
Description:
Well it's been a while since I've been diving - poor weather, conditions or
other things to do!! We all met at the Might Dive Ship Rampage at 7:00 am (UGH
- you sure do have to get up early). The group (we had a full boat load) left
the dock around 7:30 am. I was partnered with a diver photographer. My job
was to mark the location of each picture. We were to take pictures of the hull
of the southern most two ships. This time, I also had my own GPS to track our
dive. It was attached to the dive bouy. In we went and down to the stern of
the Sha Sah. The ship was on a list to the north (right side down, left side
up about 45 deg. We arrived at the stern and my photographer dive partner got
busy taking picture of the rudder. We made our way up to the top of the stern
cabin and took more pics and then down the right side. There were a few cudas,
no bugs and not much in the way of other fish. It was still a nice dive. We
didn't get close enough to the center hold to see it's collapse.
The second ship - the St. Jacques was more intack and upright. Again we took some pics. When my dive partner ran out of film, I decided to romp around the reef around the bottom to look for bugs. Unfortunately, my partner on 80 cu ft air, was running low. I had 120 cu ft of NITROX with plenty of air and bottom time left! So, up we went, and waited for the Capt Bob pickup.
Dive #2:
. My Dive # 457
A. Dive Boat / Location:
The Rampage
/
Tri County Reef (132k)
(cement poles, pipes et al just outside of the inlet)
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
30 feet
Seas:
2 - 4 feet, twas a growing!
Water Temp:
same, 71 on the bottom
Skies:
Sunny, Clear Blue Sky's - Typial of Florida!!
Air Temp:
70 - 80's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 58 feet for 44 min
Air consumption:
Me: (80 cu ft), 3000 - 900 lbs, 36% NITROX
Current:
Nill
Description:
Well, I've been on this mass of cement pipes, poles and other cement debree
before. On the way, the water about 100 feet to the north was UGH from the
inlet outflow. By us, it was divable. In we went, and off to station #2. My
photographer dive partner took some pics and we worked our way to marker #3.
After a few pics, my partner gave me the signal that work was over and "We
Could Play". So we went this way and that way. One turtle was spotted. Lot's
of fish, partner ided them as Tomatates. Two Scorpian fish - they sure do
blend in with the bottom. I wouldn't want to land on one of them! After 40
min, the dive was called due to time. Up we went, cleaned up, put away our
dive gear and went to the new food place on the dock just down from Rampage.
The Grouper Wrap was good!!
Last Updated: 15-Feb-2004
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