24 Mar 2013

Open Water Dive - Ocean Dive 3 - 24/3/13


Dive Site Details
Dive Company: Makin' Bubbles with Al
Location: "The Hole" Cudgen Creek, Kingscliff
Visibility: ~1-2m
Temp: Surface 25 degC / Bottom 23 degC
Depth: 8.9m
Bottom Time: 20mins
Pressure Group: Starting / SI /Ending B

Description
Same site, Different day, and marginal improvement to visibility. A little cooler too, which was nice.

Dive
Visibility was better today, could actually see some life down there! used my new Oceanic Geo 2 dive computer on this dive so was able to play around with some settings and get used to it. Will add an update and review on this later. Today was the big skill day, namely the CESA (Controlled Emergency Safety Ascent). Actually not that scary, just don't blow out all your air at once! To do this we went a little deeper to nearly 9m, I had some slight sinus issues so went nice and slow, Breath in deeply a few times and ascend to the surface in one breath, exhaling all the way. Finished the dive by completing all my surface skills like the "Tired diver Tank Tow" and removing gear on the surface.

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