08-14-2004, 12:18 AM
I just got back from a trip on the Rec Diver in the Straits with Hoofers HI MATT club. The rest of the divers were diving rental singles and the RDP. I dove doubles with an O2 bottle, not budgeted in a deco profile, but as a safety buffer during 20 and 10 foot safety stops on 23-34% Nitrox. My run times ended up being 33-57 minutes for the 5 dives that were mostly no-deco; One dive got me 1 minute at 10 feet, but the computer was unaware that my upper stops were O2, of course.
My question is, has anyone found anyone else beside Rec Diver up there to do deco or technical dives?
Even though my dives were or at the edge of recreational dives, the operator didn't seem to be very happy to have anyone without a snorkel on his boat: I was talking about the O2 explosion at Cave Excursions in Florida and the captain asked why anyone would use 100%!!!
Later he sent a letter to the club complaining about the use of doubles and reels.
Not that I'd go back there, the divemaster was an utter fool, throwing a huge wake in the harbor (and getting yelled at by the tour boat captain sitting at the dock) and then argued with me about wether my manifold was open, he kept turning it clockwise! And then later he attempted to top off my tanks, said it was full while my PG was reading 1500. We did this 3 times before I noticed he was reading his bank supply pressure, not the fill pressure. His reply, "We know how to do our fills!". Whatever. And then the captain hit me in the face with my stage bottle while I was in the water, I took that a little personally!
Who does tech charters up there, I'd really like to explore the Cedarville and the Eber Ward much more thoroughly?
My question is, has anyone found anyone else beside Rec Diver up there to do deco or technical dives?
Even though my dives were or at the edge of recreational dives, the operator didn't seem to be very happy to have anyone without a snorkel on his boat: I was talking about the O2 explosion at Cave Excursions in Florida and the captain asked why anyone would use 100%!!!
Later he sent a letter to the club complaining about the use of doubles and reels.
Not that I'd go back there, the divemaster was an utter fool, throwing a huge wake in the harbor (and getting yelled at by the tour boat captain sitting at the dock) and then argued with me about wether my manifold was open, he kept turning it clockwise! And then later he attempted to top off my tanks, said it was full while my PG was reading 1500. We did this 3 times before I noticed he was reading his bank supply pressure, not the fill pressure. His reply, "We know how to do our fills!". Whatever. And then the captain hit me in the face with my stage bottle while I was in the water, I took that a little personally!
Who does tech charters up there, I'd really like to explore the Cedarville and the Eber Ward much more thoroughly?