Dive Trip Report to:
Stuart / Jupiter - 5 miles off the Loran towers, 15-March-2002
Purpose:
To Dive FOR LOBSTER
Dive #1:
. My Dive #382
A. Dive Boat / Location:
It's U & I - out of Stuart, with Capt Bob
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
35 ft - It was Ok for bug hunting!
Seas:
Started out 6 - 10 (Inches) and finished up at 2 - 3 ft!
Water Temp:
70 - The coldest it get's here in Florida in the Winter!
Skies:
Sunny Clear Blue Skies, some minor clouds. Yes, I did get a sunburn!
Air Temp:
80's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 79 ft for 40 min, 37% NITROX, PO2 1.25
Air consumption:
Me: (120 cu ft) 3500 lbs to 700 lbs
Current:
Very minor - almost nil
Description:
Start Location: N 27 deg 02.913 min, W 080 deg 01.832 min
End Location:
Well, it was a great ride out - flat seas. There were at least a dozen boats
out here - that's a lot for a Friday! This was the typical area reef - 1 - 5
feet of relief. The reef line runs North / South in general. Not much was
seen - few bugs. Bob and I went our separtate ways - I got 2 bugs, Capt Bob
none! That's a rairty. Halfway through the dive, we lifted the anchor and
drifted. No more bugs were taken. Bob got his typical catch of tropicals.
The second amazing thing about this dive was Capt Bob came up before me! I'm
usually up 5 min before Bob, but I'm using a 120 cu ft and he's using 80 cu ft.
Capt Bob's been diving these dives for 15 years, 3 dives a day, 6 days a week
- weather permitting! But, using his air to inflate the BC to be able to drift
with the anchor used some air. So, Capt Bob was able to get the pics of me:
Irishman
in the water holding the Lobster Bag
Irishman
in the boat holding the Lobster Bag (with lobster's inside)
Capt Bob
getting back in the boat. It might look easy hear, but you've got maybe 100
pounds of dive gear et al and you need to swing you feet over the side. It's
easy in flat seas, but in 6 ft seas when the boat is bouncing up and down 10
feet with a wind - it's very hard!
Dive #2:
. My Dive #383
A. Dive Boat / Location:
It's U & I - out of Stuart, with Capt Bob
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
35 ft - The same
Seas:
Were probably at 1 ft seas.
Water Temp:
70 - The coldest it get's here in Florida in the Winter!
Skies:
Sunny Clear Blue Skies, some minor clouds. Yes, I did get a sunburn!
Air Temp:
80's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 81 ft for 39 min, 1:41 hrs up time from the
previous dive, PO2 1.27 with 37 % NITROX.
Air consumption:
Me: (120 cu ft) 3500 lbs to 700 lbs
Current:
Same as before, very small to the north
Description:
Start Location: N 27 deg 02.441 min, W 080 deg 01.622 min
End Locatoin: N 27 deg 02.522 min, W 080 deg 01.662 min
This was the same type of dive. This time, I got one bug, Capt Bob got 2.
Dive #3:
. My Dive #384
A. Dive Boat / Location:
It's U & I - out of Stuart, with Capt Bob
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
35 ft - or maybe a little less.
Seas:
Well were now into the 1 to 2 ft seas!
Water Temp:
70 - The coldest it get's here in Florida in the Winter!
Skies:
Sunny Clear Blue Skies, some minor clouds. Yes, I did get a sunburn!
Air Temp:
80's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 78 ft for 29 min, 1:26 hrs up time, PO2
1.24, 37% NITROX
Air consumption:
Me: (80 cu ft) 3200 - 700 lbs
Current:
Same - mild to the north
Description:
Start Location:
End Location: N 27 deg 02.641 min, W 080 deg 01.730 min
Well, this was similar to the last dives. I got no bugs, Capt Bob got 1.
And here's the results of the dives:
BUGS
, we didn't get many, but there were two big ones! The biggest was finished
off for dinner by a Very Close Friend!!!
Irishman
with the two biggest!
Last Updated: 10-July-2002