Dover today 10-12m of viz on the Mandovi

[Paul Oliver]

After a couple of worried days of weather watching and nearly canning the dive 10 of us went out of Dover today on Neptune to punch into the Force 3 waves for 12 miles to the site of the Mandovi off of Dungeness.

About 4 miles out of Dover we had an incredible change in the viz, with a VERY clear line in the water where the brown yukkie sea met the clear blue water blowing in from the SW.

On site the water was that fantastic shade of black that says - mega viz

We were on site 40 min before slack but the tide had already turned giving Dave lots of problems hooking into the wreck which is just outside the shipping lanes.

Eventually we were in, Paul Sullivan was down the shot first to tie in the anchor and had a fantastic 10-12m of viz at 37m and no real need for a torch.

The others quickly followed with me and Rob in last, as soon as i was in the water it was clear the current was up, but the water was fantastically clear, while i waited for Rob at 6m i could see well over 12m all around me as the others bubbles came up

However we had a fight on our hands and a real struggle to get down the line against the current. At the bottom i had a major CO2 headache, and we had about 6m of viz around the stirred up area of the shot.

I quickly untangled Warmwaterdiver who had some rather girlie pink line wrapped around his manifold, and once Rob had sorted out our line we headed off into the current and across the wreck.

I was hoping my headache would go, but after 10 min it was worse and i had only had a glimpse of this narrow wreck with wooden decks that lies with a list to starboard in 35-37m

I gave Rob the throbbing head signal and said i was heading up, in reply to which he got wrapped up in someones line, so after untangling him i went back to the shot.

After a struggle i released the anchor and left the shot on its waister and up i went, with a slow ascent and safety stop before getting out for a very welcome cuppa.

The others soon followed and most had had excellent dives and could not believe the fantastic viz and how quickly their bottom time went.

So a rather good day out in some 8.7 Degrees water with up to 12m of very light viz at 37m

Bring on tomorrow morning and the next one F3 forecast again

[Diving Dude]

Yeah right, l bet it was like pea soup.

[big_si]

I hope we have the same tomorrow!!! EXCITING!!!

[Ivan]

I think the skip fcuked up forgot to add the hour.

Or the tables were way out

[addive]

hello
thank you paul for inviting me i had a very nice dive with pat and yes the vis was very good
thank you adrian

[stevechesh]

Originally Posted by Paul Oliver

After a couple of worried days of weather watching and nearly canning the dive 10 of us went out of Dover today on Neptune to punch into the Force 3 waves for 12 miles to the site of the Mandovi off of Dungeness.

About 4 miles out of Dover we had an incredible change in the viz, with a VERY clear line in the water where the brown yukkie sea met the clear blue water blowing in from the SW.

On site the water was that fantastic shade of black that says - mega viz

We were on site 40 min before slack but the tide had already turned giving Dave lots of problems hooking into the wreck which is just outside the shipping lanes.

Eventually we were in, Paul Sullivan was down the shot first to tie in the anchor and had a fantastic 10-12m of viz at 37m and no real need for a torch.

The others quickly followed with me and Rob in last, as soon as i was in the water it was clear the current was up, but the water was fantastically clear, while i waited for Rob at 6m i could see well over 12m all around me as the others bubbles came up

However we had a fight on our hands and a real struggle to get down the line against the current. At the bottom i had a major CO2 headache, and we had about 6m of viz around the stirred up area of the shot.

I quickly untangled Warmwaterdiver who had some rather girlie pink line wrapped around his manifold, and once Rob had sorted out our line we headed off into the current and across the wreck.

I was hoping my headache would go, but after 10 min it was worse and i had only had a glimpse of this narrow wreck with wooden decks that lies with a list to starboard in 35-37m

I gave Rob the throbbing head signal and said i was heading up, in reply to which he got wrapped up in someones line, so after untangling him i went back to the shot.

After a struggle i released the anchor and left the shot on its waister and up i went, with a slow ascent and safety stop before getting out for a very welcome cuppa.

The others soon followed and most had had excellent dives and could not believe the fantastic viz and how quickly their bottom time went.

So a rather good day out in some 8.7 Degrees water with up to 12m of very light viz at 37m

Bring on tomorrow morning and the next one F3 forecast again

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

Yeah right, l bet it was like pea soup.

Gald you had a good trip....We had a good 20-25 cm viz out of Weymouth today as well

[Paul Oliver]

Originally Posted by Ivan

I think the skip fcuked up forgot to add the hour.

Or the tables were way out

We tend to get up to a 90 min difference on very neapy tides, we were on site 45min early but it had turned already

If we got it wrong we both made the same mistake and i use an automated system that does it for me

30 Fathoms/Boat Space - the boat space site

[Paul Oliver]

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

Yeah right, l bet it was like pea soup.

Nope, it was the real macoy, just like when we did the M2 a couple of years ago

I still have spaces for tomorrow, max of 41m ropes off promptly at 0815 Hrs

[Paul Oliver]

Originally Posted by addive

hello
thank you paul for inviting me i had a very nice dive with pat and yes the vis was very good
thank you adrian

Glad i put that late advert out

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

Yeah right, l bet it was like pea soup.

Nope,,, coz i did the morning dive Close to the goodwins and had a good 5 - 6 mts ....

And Paul, was right yesterday by saying the water should be a lovely 9'c ,,, which it was .,,, but still had a little ice cream head for a few minutes .

can't wait for Tuesday's dive