After some of our group went out with Scubatyme yesterday, even more of us went out today for a three hour dive. On this outing, our plan was to swim between three different wrecks that are located in 60 to 70 feet of sea water: the Tracy, the Scutti, and the Mercy Jesus, all located off of Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida.
Seas were pretty good, about two feet or so, as we broke the inlet headed toward our destination. Unfortunately, this dive was planned for dead low tide, which can significantly reduce visibility when waters from the coast wash out to see. The minute we descended to the first wreck, we in fact had the poor visibility we dreaded, a mere 30 feet or so, with lots of particulate in the water.
Of course, there were some great
pranks being pulled in true S.C.R.U.B. fashion on our outing. DSix definitely deserves massive green blobs for arranging to have our divemaster put an Optima plaque on MemPilot's Meg as we geared up to splash.
MarkLaukien used this dive to show us his new Hammerhead CCR, and N2Diving was on the trip sporting his Sentinel. Of course, the six other Optimas aboard dominated the day.
For nearly three hours, we explored wrecks, swam from one to the next, and many pictures were taken. Near the end of the dive, one of my sensors failed. I tried blowing gas through the loop to dry it out to no avail. So, I thumbed the dive, our group made our ascent, and we called it a day.
After returning to dock, several of us went out for Thai and Japanese food, whereupon there was much discussion about the day's events and future planned dives.