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Scuba Forum / General / February 2005Re: " Dive seaon starts and ends?" Lee Bell
Lee, any diver should know there is a start and end to the dive season! Start = January 1st End = December 31st Al Bottoms Up Divers > Lee, any diver should know there is a start and end to the dive season! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Al > Bottoms Up Divers I don't often dive December 31st, but I always start the season off with a dive in Lake Michigan on January 1st. Dive safely, Captain Dale > I don't often dive December 31st, but I always start the season off with a > dive in Lake Michigan on January 1st. I could handle that. I tolerate cold water well. Anything down to about 80 F, I'm fine. Lee >> I don't often dive December 31st, but I always start the season off with a >> dive in Lake Michigan on January 1st. > >I could handle that. I tolerate cold water well. Anything down to about 80 >F, I'm fine. But yer a weeny. JF >>> I don't often dive December 31st, but I always start the season off with >>> a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > JF He tolerates cold well, 80 degree is cold? Something wrong with this picture. <snip> >He tolerates cold well, 80 degree is cold? Something wrong with this >picture. Just spoiled rotten. All the water around here is pretty damn hard. --- Mike from Ottawa > <snip> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > --- > Mike from Ottawa yeah - just thinking about 80 deg water hurts. about 29 here and having the salt water freeze on you as you get out into -15 air is a drag. isn't worth fresh water rinsing anything - that'll just freeze it solid it time. > He tolerates cold well, 80 degree is cold? Something wrong with this > picture. Trust me, everything is right about that picture. There's something wrong with a picture of people dressed up in rubber suits. How can you call it getting wet, when you're diving dry? OK, so the water's closer to 70, alright? Lee >> He tolerates cold well, 80 degree is cold? Something wrong with this >> picture. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Lee I will believe it only because you said so. Who said any thing about diving dry? OK, I did just buy a dry suit but just so I can get more dives in. I have been divining wet since I got certified ( 8/99), last year the only two months I didn't get wet were February and March. So far (463 dives) most of my dives have been in Maine and New Hampshire, I did log five dives in Canada and I went South for one dive to Rhode Island. BTW, my warmest dives where the ones in Canada 75 F. Al Bottoms Up Divers >> He tolerates cold well, 80 degree is cold? Something wrong with this >> picture. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Lee >> OK, so the water's closer to 70, alright? Spiegel Grove off Key Largo, Florida. Two dives, about 100 minutes total, 133 feet maximum, water temperature 73 F minimum. Air temperature, cold enough to make me shiver after each dive. Next time I'll take better surface thermal protection. Lee >Air temperature, cold > enough to make me shiver after each dive. Next time I'll take better > surface thermal protection. Even on trips to the tropics the minimum I pack is a fleece pullover and a goretex windshell. I figure I lose enough heat while diving that it's going to be hard to get *too* warm for the first couple of hours after the dive and I'll often wear the fleece even though I don't actually feel cold. Putting on something warm before I actually feel cold isn't any different than drinking before I actually feel thirsty. If I was at all cool during the dive (which has happened on exactly 100% of my dives) I figure my body temp is down a bit even though I may feel comfortable once I'm dry.  SignatureSteve The above can be construed as personal opinion in the absence of a reasonable belief that it was intended as a statement of fact. If you want a reply to reach me, remove the SPAMTRAP from the address. >>Air temperature, cold enough to make me shiver after each dive. Next time >>I'll take better surface thermal protection. > > Even on trips to the tropics the minimum I pack is a fleece pullover and a > goretex windshell. Not bad advice when there's enough space to accomodate everybody. That wasn't the case this time. It was a day boat, lacking in excess space suitable for things that need to stay dry. Lee > >>Air temperature, cold enough to make me shiver after each dive. Next time > >>I'll take better surface thermal protection. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > wasn't the case this time. It was a day boat, lacking in excess space > suitable for things that need to stay dry. That's why God invented ziploc baggies... ;-) > Lee > Spiegel Grove off Key Largo, Florida. Two dives, about 100 minutes total, > 133 feet maximum, water temperature 73 F minimum. Air temperature, cold > enough to make me shiver after each dive. Next time I'll take better > surface thermal protection. Get yourself one of those warm coverup thingies from Lynn - she lent us a couple on one of our trips last year, and they were great. >> Spiegel Grove off Key Largo, Florida. Two dives, about 100 minutes >> total, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Get yourself one of those warm coverup thingies from Lynn - she lent us > a couple on one of our trips last year, and they were great. I love it when great minds work along the same lines. Rick Simms stayed with me over the weekend and he had one. If it had not been for all the people coming and going over the weekend, I would have driven up to Boynton to get one from Lynn. Lee > >> Spiegel Grove off Key Largo, Florida. Two dives, about 100 minutes > >> total, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > people coming and going over the weekend, I would have driven up to Boynton > to get one from Lynn. Are you guys talking about a Chammyz'? http://www.chammyz.com/products.html > Lee >> >> Spiegel Grove off Key Largo, Florida. Two dives, about 100 minutes >> >> total, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Boynton >> to get one from Lynn. >> Lee >Are you guys talking about a Chammyz'? > >http://www.chammyz.com/products.html More like a full length stadium jacket that's pile lined with a nylon shell outer skin. Hit's you about mid-calf in the legs. The inside drys quickly. http://www.truwest.com/parkas/menu.html The red one about three down on the menu. Rick Simms >>> Spiegel Grove off Key Largo, Florida. Two dives, about 100 minutes >>> total, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Lee Yeah, but I forgot it and left it in the truck. It's well worth the money when ya remember to bring it along. Rick Simms <rick_simms> wrote > Yeah, but I forgot it and left it in the truck. It's well worth the > money when ya remember to bring it along. You'll probably remember it next trip.......when you won't need it, of course. Waiting for one of y'all to give up a good trip report. All I can say to describe it was very well worth it to get a little salty for a change, and the company was awesome. Curtis ><rick_simms> wrote > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > You'll probably remember it next trip.......when you won't need it, of >course. March sound good to you? > Waiting for one of y'all to give up a good trip report. I vote to let Pop's write it. He can include the nightly after dive entertainment portions. > All I can say to describe it was very well worth it to get a little >salty for a change, and the company was awesome. > >Curtis Yes it was and yes they were. BTW, ping me when you get a chance. I forgot to give you the contact numbers for the cell phone. Rick Simms > March sound good to you? Possibly, although 2 weekends are already spoken for.......was thinking you were looking at July. >> Waiting for one of y'all to give up a good trip report. > > I vote to let Pop's write it. He can include the nightly after dive > entertainment portions. Since my part was very enjoyable, but not too much to brag about, good idea. >> All I can say to describe it was very well worth it to get a little >>salty for a change, and the company was awesome. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Yes it was and yes they were. BTW, ping me when you get a chance. I > forgot to give you the contact numbers for the cell phone. Done. Curtis >> March sound good to you? > > Possibly, although 2 weekends are already spoken for.......was thinking >you were looking at July. At present, July 18th thru 25th is a definite. Ronnie is coming along to look at condo's if we haven't bought one before then. But I'm hoping to some of the Thursday thru Tuesday runs down for some diving during the summer. >Curtis Rick Simms >> He tolerates cold well, 80 degree is cold? Something wrong with this >> picture. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >OK, so the water's closer to 70, alright? In these surroundings water has a similar role to diving as vacuum has to do with astronauts. Last dive : Sunday Feb 13th. 52 minutes. Dive boat cancelled because of 2 meter waves right into port, so we did a shore dive. 2 degrees surface, huge "film" of a thermocline at 22 meters, 9 degrees below. Acceptable visibility; but some sand churned up by the waves. Dove on 35% nitrox to have a max time below the 22 meter mark. Max depth 27.7 meters. Pretty square profile of the dive. -- mrr >>> I don't often dive December 31st, but I always start the season off with >>> a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> > But yer a weeny. There you go, calling people names just because they had the good sense to be born in a warm climate. Lee > >>> I don't often dive December 31st, but I always start the season off with > >>> a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > There you go, calling people names just because they had the good sense to > be born in a warm climate. Ahh..but he's much better prepared for the coming ice age (which'll be caused by global warming) Dennis > Lee >> >>> I don't often dive December 31st, but I always start the season off >with [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Dennis Exactly. All the www's will be screwed for diving when the ice age comes. With the over-regulation we have there won't be any place left to dive that won't require a cavern, cave or ice cert . At least the dive sites won't be crowded. And besides, the www's won't be able to handle the extra gear needed for cold water. They'll all be fussing about hoodhair and such. JF > Lee, any diver should know there is a start and end to the dive season! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Al > Bottoms Up Divers Sorry, my bad. You're right. Lee |
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