Col. Panic's Journal: 2 More Dives

Went ... you guessed it, Diving last Sunday and I guess I should put it down since this is becoming a good record (better than my log). I went without the group this time, so I had to pick up a buddy on the boat. My buddy was Nick, a retired electrician from MD who has definitely been diving for awhile. He said his last tanks didn't pass visual inspection and he had to get new ones after ten years so that is a good indication of how experienced this guy is.

We went to two reefs and I carried the flag, which meant I controlled the dive. We weren't worried about air consumption so we dove deeper than the others on the boat (about 80 feet) and still stayed under for almost an hour total.

Nick tried out a new mask with a pinkish tint that was supposed to enhance colors at depth. He said it worked great! Gotta look into those sometime because I was impressed without the enhancement.

We saw some lobsters and a couple of eels. One was purple with spots and kept opening and closing its mouth like it was trying to scare us off. Looked very cool.

I finally got seasick on this trip. I had nothing to eat all day and drank the diet soda they keep onboard and just felt terrible for part of the boatride. They say it gets easier but this was the first time I felt so bad. Next time I think I will make sure to have some food a few hours before the boat leaves and see if it helps.

Awesome trip though. Great form of recovery after a weekend which included 40 hours of overtime. Sheesh.