Early Spring at Millbrook Quarry. During a Spring where the weather is trying to decide if it really wants to give up on winter. We are going diving. Yes I managed not to go the quarry in April this year, yeah! But what is a few days later in May went the tempture never really gets out of the 50's.
But we are diving. There is that. It's just the spinal creep of 49 degree quarry water in to your wet suit, you know ....
But it was all good. Out to the platform down the lines. Made sure we all had our bouyance under control then off for a quck tour. The first dive is always a challange, wet suits, gloves, hoods all the gear, green water, all new expreicences, buddy pairs are all over the place.
You just work it, remind them to breath slow and deep, nice even kick strokes find a couple of bass and pont them out. After that the rest is easy. The water does not warm up any but they know what to expect.
For the rest of the dives we do the work in the shallows where the water is "slightly" warmer, trust me this helps when you have to flood and remove you mask. Every degree helps.
Since this was early spring two of the platform off of Beach One the barrels had broke loose by Sunday morning. We did what skills we could mid water. Skills where we needed a line we just used on of the drifting barrels. Chilly water, sunny days and four new open water certified divers . A good way to spend the weekend.
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