Wednesday, July 28, 2004

   Back from first two dives
- 11:26pm est time

We got to the dive site at 6:30 am and walked off the beach into the water at 7:00am. The dive boats out for lobster season covered the horizon abd there were many others out there as well.

During the first dive there were not many lobsters out and visibility was poor. Sea uchins seemed to have overpopulated the area and I accidentally rammed the palm of my hand into one while reaching to the sand floor for support. That hurt.

Eventually (still on the first dive, first three tanks) we spot 5 lobsters in a small crevice. My father used a tickle stick (fancy name for a long pokey stick) and pestered the lobsters out of there while my dad's friend caught them.

Three got away but we caught two. They looked really big underwater (but things look 25% bigger underwater).

Eventually after running out of air we surfaced, and landed to measure the lobbies. It turned out that they looked 25% smaller above water and were under the legal minimum to keep and eat.

They looked like large crawfish or, as my father's friend skillfully gestured in one of the pictures we took, they were about the size of a large man's genitals....

...I dun think we kept that picture.

During the second dive I took up a quater of my air but had to surface ahead of time due to the cold down there. My father and his friend continued on.

We eventually got home at around 4:30 in the afternoon with three hours to spare before sword class.

Departure time tomorrow is 9:00am. We need to refill our tanks at the dive shop.

I'm tired now. Three hours of sleep, two one-hour dives, scuba equipment and a sword class.

Time for sleep.
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