Salsette - my worst dive ever?

[milldog]

today was a lot better on u772 Lou but very dark,

i must admit i tried my best to get a shark over ...... i was chumming it all the way out and back with Gary mmmmm no sharks despite the Chicken soup, bacon roll, hot chocolate and biscuits, and that was one or the worst dives i have done.

you forgot to mention Tango running over one of our divers and then getting all arse about the signals

well at least i got to go in GUE shop, so it wasn't all bad

[Mark Chase]

Hi Lou

Sorry it was a bad one, it hapens and it sounds like the pair of you did well under the circumstances.

I am thingking of doing the Solsett in November. Acording to my log book its a good month for diving, Generaly calm sea and good viz in the last few years.

Perhaps we can sort something out.

ATB

Mark Chase

[Paul Oliver]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

Hi Lou

Sorry it was a bad one, it happens and it sounds like the pair of you did well under the circumstances.

I am thinking of doing the Solsett in November. According to my log book its a good month for diving, Generally calm sea and good viz in the last few years.

Perhaps we can sort something out.

ATB

Mark Chase

I would be up for that as well

Anyway Lou forgot to mention i replaced C on her dive earlier this year with Puddle Pikey Sister Fi although i did manage to lose them quite early on

I suspect you over exerted your ear drum when it was a bit sticky, this can lead to dizziness and is quite disorientating, i have seen several divers do this and get quite freaked out, and i did it myself a couple of years ago on a dive on the Anderman, which is the only time i have sacked a dive in water as i could not clear the damn ear after 15 min of trying

I find when there is a swell bouncing my DSMB letting it go and swimming around it, watching the line not the bouncing reel is the best option, we get the same problem decoing on the shot line off Dover, the dives last week were terrible for this, but hey the dives and wrecks were fantastic

Better luck next time

[angleseydiver]

I think the YD-Massif need to learn a bit about Neaps and Springs (and Mega-Springs )
Lou, I'm really surprised you put yourself in this position, I thought you had a decent head (now-now-Finless, lie down!) on you.
We've had a great week of weather (no iffy/rough stuff here) but even though the sea is only 200m away and full of treasure it's been a period of "don't bother". As guessed, the vis is shite, there's not much (if any ) slack, not really surprisng, is it?

Glad you all made it back without incident, more by luck than anything...
Sorry, but it has to be said...

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by angleseydiver

I think the YD-Massif need to learn a bit about Neaps and Springs (and Mega-Springs )
Lou, I'm really surprised you put yourself in this position, I thought you had a decent head (now-now-Finless, lie down!) on you.
We've had a great week of weather (no iffy/rough stuff here) but even though the sea is only 200m away and full of treasure it's been a period of "don't bother". As guessed, the vis is shite, there's not much (if any ) slack, not really surprisng, is it?

Glad you all made it back without incident, more by luck than anything...
Sorry, but it has to be said...

I sat and watched a dive rib go out yesterday loaded with dive kit and thought **nkers ,,,,, not only did we have 7.2 mt tides here , but to

Originally Posted by Lifeboat crew

That was fcuking rough out there

was no joke.

Yet again this morning 2 ribs went out ........

Viz has dropped from 15 mts down to 3 in a matter of days from a easterly blow...

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by Paul Oliver

I would be up for that as well

ME ME ME

[angleseydiver]

not only did we have 7.2 mt tides here

Well that buggers my theory!
7m IS a neap for us... had 10m+ tides since Thursday...

ATB,
Terry

[Adrian Kelland]

Originally Posted by Fiona

ME ME ME

Likewise for the right dates and SWMBO day pass.

[Janos]

Well we had a great day out yesterday in Brighton. Swells were about a couple of foot on the way out and a foot on the way in. And viz was 5m.

And "Sick Nick" who throws up when his car goes over a speedbump kept all his breakfast down and even looked like he enjoyed being on a boat.

So it just goes to show that there's nothiing more capable of surprises than the sea.

Janos

[Lou]

Originally Posted by angleseydiver

I think the YD-Massif need to learn a bit about Neaps and Springs (and Mega-Springs )
Lou, I'm really surprised you put yourself in this position, I thought you had a decent head (now-now-Finless, lie down!) on you.
We've had a great week of weather (no iffy/rough stuff here) but even though the sea is only 200m away and full of treasure it's been a period of "don't bother". As guessed, the vis is shite, there's not much (if any ) slack, not really surprisng, is it?

Glad you all made it back without incident, more by luck than anything...
Sorry, but it has to be said...

Well, I did the oft advised method of taking advise from the skippers.

To be fair it was rough, but it was not the roughest I have been in, even on a neap, and currents on the wreck were not a problem - we had virtually no current the whole time we were ont he wreck - so about 25 mins, and the skipper had told us to expect 30 minutes slack.

The viz wasn't the issue though, although it did mean a pretty shitty dive, again we have had nice dives in far worse. My real issue with the dive was the ears/vertigo - everything else was just minor annoyance time that stacked up. You have to say that when both Tango and Skin Deep are also on site it isn't a bad call by the skipper. Ian of SkinDeep alone is highly thought of and I think he is a cox (?) for Weymouth lifeboat.

To be honest, if I had bothered to realise it was the biggest tides for 10 years I wouldn't have booked - but we rushed into it having had both previous weekends cancelled.

I take you advice on board anyway, so thanks.

p.s - the tide charts for Sat gave about 2.5-3m above chart datum.