Skyline Wall/first scooter dive
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:15 am
I've been to Skyline Wall many times but today was my first on a scooter (X-Scooter) with Lynne and Peter with the scooter courtesy of Alan.
Visibility was on the low side (not unusual for this location) but the marine life was abundant as always however today I didn't concentrate as much on the marine life as usual due to my preoccupation with the scooter. I did manage not to run into anything or anyone. I didn't hurt myself or the scooter so all in all it was a good day!
It did take a while to manage buoyancy control while holding a light with one hand while the other hand was on the trigger. Luckily Peter and Lynne kept track of me more than I kept track of them today!
I alternated between flying along the beautiful scenery and taking brief hits on the trigger with more intensive critter watching. OK brief hits on the trigger rarely occurred. It was more like full blast, stop, full blast, stop, at least until I started to figure out things a little! I can tell you that Rock Fish and Greenlings are more fleet of foot (fin) than you might think since they all managed to avoid a collision with the scooter today.
A fun day was had by all...after we repaired Peter's wrist seal with Duct Tape!
Visibility was on the low side (not unusual for this location) but the marine life was abundant as always however today I didn't concentrate as much on the marine life as usual due to my preoccupation with the scooter. I did manage not to run into anything or anyone. I didn't hurt myself or the scooter so all in all it was a good day!
It did take a while to manage buoyancy control while holding a light with one hand while the other hand was on the trigger. Luckily Peter and Lynne kept track of me more than I kept track of them today!
I alternated between flying along the beautiful scenery and taking brief hits on the trigger with more intensive critter watching. OK brief hits on the trigger rarely occurred. It was more like full blast, stop, full blast, stop, at least until I started to figure out things a little! I can tell you that Rock Fish and Greenlings are more fleet of foot (fin) than you might think since they all managed to avoid a collision with the scooter today.
A fun day was had by all...after we repaired Peter's wrist seal with Duct Tape!