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Scuba Forum / Australian Scuba / April 2009Easter Weekend, End of summer diving
OK tomorrow starts my group's/mate's traditional end of summer diving dives over the Easter long w/e. Heap of dives around Sydney as it is starting to get cool in the water ( for us wimps ). Many will keep diving for a few week,s a few will keep diving through winter "morons" ( to cold in Sydney and south ). I've got horses at the Royal so only the early and night dives for me. Checked my gear and I am looking forward to tomorrow > OK tomorrow starts my group's/mate's traditional end of summer diving dives > over the Easter long w/e. Heap of dives around Sydney as it is starting to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Checked my gear and I am looking forward to tomorrow Have fun. Spring has almost arrived here (it's a little late this year), so the summer dive season can't be far behind. gc > OK tomorrow starts my group's/mate's traditional end of summer diving > dives over the Easter long w/e. Heap of dives around Sydney as it is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Checked my gear and I am looking forward to tomorrow Have a great holiday weekend. I'd like to try the Sydney diving, wouldn't even mind if it was cold. I'm still thinking Australia for travel in the next year or two. >> OK tomorrow starts my group's/mate's traditional end of summer diving >> dives over the Easter long w/e. Heap of dives around Sydney as it is [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > even mind if it was cold. I'm still thinking Australia for travel in the > next year or two. Sydney good tourist city not a great diving city destination. HOWEVER if you are ever in Sydney there is some great diving "dechucka" <vomit@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :Sydney good tourist city not a great diving city destination. HOWEVER if you :are ever in Sydney there is some great diving Really? How does it compare to Northern Australia? Dan Bracuk Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do. > "dechucka" <vomit@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting > in: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Really? How does it compare to Northern Australia? IMHO crap. I love diving the topics for all pretty fish and coral reasons. Love diving Sydney as it was my home town but N Q'land or WA is fantastic How cold does the water get ? Micheal > OK tomorrow starts my group's/mate's traditional end of summer diving > dives over the Easter long w/e. Heap of dives around Sydney as it is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Checked my gear and I am looking forward to tomorrow > How cold does the water get ? I dove a 5mm no hood and was warm but "hey that's me". water is very warm for this time of year still getting a lot of tropical fish down here ( Sydney seems to be the limit ) Great diving >> How cold does the water get ? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Great diving ... actual Temperature, or atleast a guestamate? Micheal >>> How cold does the water get ? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > ... actual Temperature, or atleast a guestamate? 22 surface temp about 18 at 30. >>>> How cold does the water get ? >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > 22 surface temp about 18 at 30. Just posted that but it is interesting Temp is Faherheirht????? depth is metric we aussie are mixed up >> 22 surface temp about 18 at 30. > > Just posted that but it is interesting Temp is Faherheirht????? depth is > metric 22 C is about 72 F. 18 C is about 64 F. 30 M is about 98 feet. Glad you had a good time. I spent an hour in 40 degree water - 39 at depth and 42 at the surface. >>> 22 surface temp about 18 at 30. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > had a good time. I spent an hour in 40 degree water - 39 at depth and 42 > at the surface. Sure beats the dive I did yesterday. I did the open water part of my open water dive course in 32F water, and 5C air. we only went in about 20-25 feet. No dry suit, wetsuit was ok, after a few minutes. Micheal On Apr 13, 6:51 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > >>> 22 surface temp about 18 at 30. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > water dive course in 32F water, and 5C air. we only went in about 20-25 > feet. No dry suit, wetsuit was ok, after a few minutes. Where is this place where water temps are in Fahrenheit, but air temps in Celsius? Also, what kind of course only requires one open water dive? On Apr 13, 6:51 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > "ben bradlee" <No...@Way.Bite.Me> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > water dive course in 32F water, and 5C air. we only went in about 20-25 > feet. No dry suit, wetsuit was ok, after a few minutes. Where is this place where water temps are in Fahrenheit, but air temps in Celsius? Also, what kind of course only requires one open water dive? Our instructor had a computer that read Fahrenheit. I had a digital themometer I had sitting near where we went in that read Celsius. Actually, it was 4 dives, the last was the coldest.. I did the dives near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Micheal > I did the dives near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. So the ice has melted?  SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. >> I did the dives near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. > > So the ice has melted? more or less.... On Apr 13, 7:33 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > On Apr 13, 6:51 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > I did the dives near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ah, Canada. Feet and kilometers, French and English. Makes sense. 4 dives makes more sense too. What doesn't make sense is setting foot in water too cold for anything but lobsters unless the lobsters are frozen at that stage and you can just walk around the sea floor picking them up and putting them in your catch bag? On Apr 13, 7:33 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > "Greg Mossman" <moss...@qnet.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > I did the dives near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. >Ah, Canada. Feet and kilometers, French and English. Makes sense. 4 >dives makes more sense too. What doesn't make sense is setting foot >in water too cold for anything but lobsters unless the lobsters are >frozen at that stage and you can just walk around the sea floor >picking them up and putting them in your catch bag? Well, there are a few issues... 1) you get caught with lobsters without a liscence.... you go to jail. 2) the first thought going though my mind is... who thought this up. Eventually, It became "ok, its not so bad". I now know that if the water is cold, I can do it. Micheal <snip> > Well, there are a few issues... > > 1) you get caught with lobsters without a liscence.... you go to jail. Maybe not jail, but a HUGE fine per lobster. > 2) the first thought going though my mind is... who thought this up. > Eventually, It became "ok, its not so bad". I now know that if the water is > cold, I can do it. I'm a little south of you in Shelburne County. Last winter I had to do a cold dive. 29F salt water, -9C air. Needless to say, I dive dry. > Micheal Signature</Tazz> > <snip> > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> Micheal ...maybe we could hook up in the summer and get some diving done. Micheal On Apr 13, 11:09 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > On Apr 13, 7:33 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > Eventually, It became "ok, its not so bad". I now know that if the water is > cold, I can do it. It sounds like you now know that if the water isn't frozen, you can do it. I was certified in the chilly waters of California, with the coldest I've ever experienced being the upper 40s. Mid-50s are the norm, with temps in the low 60s in the summer and even warmer near the surface. Still, when I first tried tropical water, I was amazed. Almost like the first time having sex. I can't imagine what it would feel like for someone certified in ice water. You'll probably implode. Congratulations on the certification and especially congratulations on surviving. On Apr 13, 11:09 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > "Greg Mossman" <moss...@qnet.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > is > cold, I can do it. >It sounds like you now know that if the water isn't frozen, you can do >it. >I was certified in the chilly waters of California, with the coldest >I've ever experienced being the upper 40s. Mid-50s are the norm, with >temps in the low 60s in the summer and even warmer near the surface. >Still, when I first tried tropical water, I was amazed. Almost like >the first time having sex. I can't imagine what it would feel like >for someone certified in ice water. You'll probably implode. >Congratulations on the certification and especially congratulations on >surviving. Thank you, and part of the reason for me doing it now instead of waiting for later in the season is I am going to Fort Lauderdale by the end of the month, and want to go diving to see a reef. Micheal On Apr 13, 11:52 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Thank you, and part of the reason for me doing it now instead of waiting for > later in the season is I am going to Fort Lauderdale by the end of the > month, and want to go diving to see a reef. > > Micheal Make sure you plan lots of dives. You'll be so busy enjoying the warm water on your first few dives that you won't notice any fish. While the diving is OK around Ft. Lauderdale and there are a few wrecks, I found the diving to be far more interesting on Boynton Reef to the north, worth the hour drive each and every morning I've stayed in Ft. Lauderdale IMO. You're still new to the game and therefore not as particular about which pretty fish you see, but in Boynton you see big schools of them and that will blow you away. On Apr 13, 11:52 am, "Micheal Artindale" <michealartind...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Thank you, and part of the reason for me doing it now instead of waiting > for > later in the season is I am going to Fort Lauderdale by the end of the > month, and want to go diving to see a reef. > > Micheal >Make sure you plan lots of dives. You'll be so busy enjoying the warm >water on your first few dives that you won't notice any fish. >While the diving is OK around Ft. Lauderdale and there are a few >wrecks, I found the diving to be far more interesting on Boynton Reef >to the north, worth the hour drive each and every morning I've stayed >in Ft. Lauderdale IMO. You're still new to the game and therefore not >as particular about which pretty fish you see, but in Boynton you see >big schools of them and that will blow you away. I was amazed to see a little crab and some sand dollars... I bet a reef would be breath taking... but I will remember to breath Micheal > I was amazed to see a little crab and some sand dollars... > > I bet a reef would be breath taking... but I will remember to breath We can do a lot better than that. > Thank you, and part of the reason for me doing it now instead of waiting > for later in the season is I am going to Fort Lauderdale by the end of the > month, and want to go diving to see a reef. You don't say. Let us know when you're in the area. Perhaps there's a drink in it for you. Lee >> Thank you, and part of the reason for me doing it now instead of waiting >> for later in the season is I am going to Fort Lauderdale by the end of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Lee I will not have access to this newsgroup, but any of you may email me @ micheal_can@hotmail.com I know there is going to be a company there for fleet week, at the end of this month, which is when I will be there. Micheal >> You don't say. Let us know when you're in the area. Perhaps there's a >> drink in it for you.Lee > I will not have access to this newsgroup, but any of you may email me @ > micheal_can@hotmail.com The email address used to send this post is a Spamtrap, but it's close to the real one. Just remove the number 2. Lee Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :Where is this place where water temps are in Fahrenheit, but air temps :in Celsius? Canada Dan Bracuk Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do. >>>>> How cold does the water get ? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Just posted that but it is interesting Temp is Faherheirht????? depth is > metric I know about Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Rankine, Delisle, Newton, Réaumur, and Rømer So what's a Faherheirht? Dennis >>>>> How cold does the water get ? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > we aussie are mixed up we(USA) have known that for some time now | >>>>> How cold does the water get ? | >>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] | | we(USA) have known that for some time now What's with this whole summer / winter thing. Temp here is the same almost every day (will go down 2 when raining) of the year. There are a couple of months when it rains more than others but that's about it. Average rainfall is about an inch a day over the year. When there are over 300 inches of rain a year things get a little green, but as it rains at night it doesn't matter much. I am yet to se a lawn sprinkler here. Diving an anything more than shorts is considered odd at any time of the year. I have had cold water here but you need to go into the highlands and find a waterfall, even then it is just refreshing. Trying to explain snow to a local is interesting as they have no idea that ice can be found anywhere other than a freezer. SignatureBrad Leyden 6° 43.5816' S 146° 59.3097' E WGS84 To mail spam is really hot but please reply to thread so all may benefit (or laugh at my mistakes) |
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