The day couldn’t have been prettier. Warm breeze, clear skies and flat seas. How fun is that?
We had John S. with Alan Hicks, Ilya T. , Andy J., Pete and me with The Captain for a “let’s test the equipment and get this summer dive season started” dive.
It was low tide at Folly Cove, so there were only a few hardy souls entering from the beach. I anchored near Calf Cove and helped Pete into his dry suit, only to see a huge hole in the neck seal. Oh, well. He’ll make his first dive since getting sick tomorrow instead.
Andy saw spawning behavior in a school of pollack – head down, tail up, and belly rubbing against the bottom. They are a handsome fish with a striking lateral white stripe. Here’s a picture I found on the interwebs:
Pollack with white horizontal stripe
Plus there were horseshoe crabs about.
I moved out deeper for the second dive. It was near another dive boat and between Folly Point and the bump where most shore divers turn around. It was deeper here – about 40 feet under the down line.
John practiced breath-hold diving and made it to 50 feet behind the boat.
I suited up for a second time and marveled at how warm I felt in my wetsuit. Granted, I have to wear a water polo beanie under my hood to keep from getting chilled, but that is easy to do.
The bottom here was boulder-strewn and the visibility was considerably better – 15-20 feet on the bottom.
Ilya caught a perfect lobster that would have been too big tomorrow :^)
The ride home was a practice session for Andy J. He’ll be a great addition to the team.
We all felt the day couldn’t have turned out better and praised the diving gods for their indulgence.
Tags: Alan Hicks, Andy J., folly cove, Ilya T., John S.
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