tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65950672010-04-28T03:52:15.632-07:00Scott David Nolan's Online SCUBA Dive LogScott Nolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094618659980404578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6595067.post-1089651558381465632004-07-12T09:50:00.000-07:002004-07-12T10:01:13.786-07:00Dive trip to San Pedro, Belize with Stacey, Angelica, Mike, Joan, Bill, Jan, and Erci. We stayed at the lovely <a href="http://www.ramons.com/">Ramon's Village</a> (which has lots and lots of shade, an excellent pool, and it's own dive shop). Enes was our dive-master, and she was awesome. Coaching our new divers and pointing out underwater sights to all. <br /> <br /><b>7 July, 2004</b> <br />No dives, but excellent snorkeling Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley. Angelica and Stacey got attacked by Oscar the Sea Turtle (who was only attacking Angelica and Stacey). Mike got attacked by a snorkeler from another boat. Enes shared an awesome ceviche and rum punch with us. <br /> <br /><b>6 July, 2004</b> <br />Two rough dives in between rain squalls with 2' running waves. <br /> <br /><b>5 July, 2004</b> <br />Night dive at Hol Chan Marine Reserve cut, with sleeping sting rays. <br />Dive at Pillar Corals <br />Dive at ... <br /> <br /><b>4 July, 2004</b> <br />No dives, but fun trip to the Belize Zoo and cabe tubing at Jaguar Paw resort. <br /> <br /><b>3 July, 2004</b> <br />Dives <br /> <br /><b>2 July, 2004</b> <br />Dives <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6595067-108965155838146563?l=scottnolan.org%2Fdivelog.html' alt='' /></div>Scott Nolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094618659980404578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6595067.post-1078839489577048892004-03-09T05:38:00.000-08:002010-04-28T03:52:15.765-07:00<hr> <br />Dive trip to Crystal River, Florida with Mike, Joan, and a group from Adventure Scuba. Part of finally getting certified advanced scuba divers with NAUI. <br /> <br /><b>6 March, 2004</b> <br />The Devil's Den (36th dive, 26' for 15 minutes) - not that pleasant when there is a crowd of divers... <br /> <br />Deep Dive, Navigation Dive, and Search & Rescue Dive at the Blue Grotto. <br /><ul>33rd dive, 89' for 21 minutes - partial overhead environment <br /><br>34th dive, 37' for 22 minutes <br /><br>35th dive, 27' for 20 minutes</ul> <br /> <br /><b>5 March, 2004</b> <br />Night/Low-Visibility Dive to "Catfish Hole" off the Crystal River Resort Pier (really nasty dive in sludge while harassed by bugs; 32nd dive to 13' for 20 minutes). <br />Boat Dive and Drift Dive in the Rainbow River at K.P. Hole State Park. <br /><ul>30th dive, 12' for 20 minutes <br /><br>31st dive, 19' for 24 minutes</ul> <br />Snorkeling with Manatees in Kings Bay with Byrd's Underwater. <br /> <br /><hr> <br />Dive trip to Bonaire, N.A. with Angelica, Stacey, Mike, Ben, Bill, Jan, and Joe. <br /> <br /><b>6 July, 2003</b> <br />Bonaire, 18th Palm (29th dive, 38' for 50 minutes) <br />Shore Dive with Erci and Gelca for photography <br /> <br />Bonaire, Cliff (28th dive, 74' for 42 minutes) <br />Sea Horse, Video Filmed, Batch of Shrimp near Clam <br /> <br /><b>5 July, 2003</b> <br />Bonaire, Salt Pier (27th dive, 37' for 60 minutes) <br />Awesome! Corals, shrimps, pygmy angels, jewelfish, big eels, pier pilings <br /> <br />Bonaire, Hilma Hooker (26th dive, 89' for 29 minutes) <br />Coral around wreck <br /> <br /><b>4 July, 2003</b> <br />Bonaire, Rock Pile (25th dive, 84' for 45 minutes) <br />clear shrimp, soft corals, wall, lovely deco stop, anemone <br /> <br /><b>3 July, 2003</b> <br />Bonaire, Andrea II (24th dive, 54' for 44 minutes) <br />Night Dive, lobster, eel, some equalizing trouble <br /> <br />Bonaire, Something Special (23rd dive, 62' for 46 minutes) <br />nice current, eel <br /> <br />Bonaire, 18th Palm (22nd dive, 44' for 34 minutes) <br />shore dive right off the Plaza Resort Beach for Bonaire Orientation <br /> <br /><hr> <br />Dive trip to Cozumel, MX with Angelica, Stacey, Mike, and Lyra. Trying out our new micro-prene wetsuits. <br /> <br /><b>1 June, 2002</b> <br />Cozumel, Chankanaab (21st dive, 46' for 48 minutes) <br />Many, many fish; Jawfish; Huge Brain Coral; many fish liked my Dive Goddess Skin <br /> <br />Cozumel, Palancar Gardens (20th dive, 74' for 40 minutes) <br />Many swim-throughs, huge lobster, sea fans, gorgonians, red snapper <br /> <br /><b>31 May, 2002</b> <br />Cozumel, Cedral Pass (19th dive, 54' for 43 minutes) <br />Cherubfish (aka: Pygmy Angels) <br /> <br />Cozumel, Palancar Caves (18th dive, 77' for 33 minutes) <br />Lots of gorgeous swim-throughs, beautiful setting <br /> <br /><b>30 May, 2002</b> <br />Cozumel, Paradise (17th dive, 42' for 41 minutes) <br />Twilight/Night Dive, Octopus <br /> <br />Cozumel, San Fransisco (16th dive, 57' for 38 minutes) <br />Big French Angels, Black Coral <br /> <br /><b>29 May, 2002</b> <br />Cozumel, El Presidente (15th dive, 22' for 34 minutes) <br />Jewel Fish, Fire Coral, Black Coral - shore dive from the hotel to get buoyancy right <br /> <br /><hr> <br />Dive Trip to Curacao, N.A. with Angelica and Stacey. All Curacao dives done with: dive skin or t-shirt and swimsuit, transpac II with travel wings, cobra, ATX-50, and 8-10 pounds of weight. <br /> <br /><b>12 January, 2002</b> <br />Curacao, Jan Thiel Bay (14th dive, 36' for 51 minutes) <br />23' average depth, 1827 PSi consumed, 9 pounds of lead, salt, boat, waves, and current, diveskin, 82 degrees in the water, 77 in the air <br /> <br />Curacao, Director's Bay (13th dive, 58' for 34 minutes) <br />38' average depth, 2147 psi consumed, 90' vis, 34 minutes, we saw a very large lobster <br /> <br /><b>11 January, 2002</b> <br />Curacao, Lion's Dive House Reef (12th dive, 41' for 45 minutes) <br />diving in a cool rain is nice <br /> <br />Curacao, Lion's Dive House Reef (11th dive, 58' for 40 minutes) <br />flatfish, large moray eel swimming, heavy surge <br /> <br /><b>10 January, 2002</b> <br />Curacao, Lion's Dive House Reef (10th dive, 52' for 42 minutes) <br />school of dark blue tangs, many damsels, Raoul <br /> <br />Curacao, Lion's Dive House Reef (9th dive, 55' for 46 minutes) <br />nested moray eel, very long wooly bristleworm (10"+), brain corals, gorgonians, angels, spotted blue damsel (jewelfish, yellowtail) <br /> <br /><b>9 January, 2002</b> <br />Curacao, Director's Beach (8th dive, 54' for 40 minutes) <br />big french angels, rock beauty, barrel sponges, vase sponge, spiney urchins, sgt major, foureye butterfly, plume worms, ivory bush coral, sea fan, flower coral, bar jack <br /> <br />Curacao, Saba Tug Boat (7th dive, 29' for 23 minutes) <br />spotlight parrotfish, bluehead wrasse, fairy basslet, french angel, giant tube sponges <br /> <br /><hr> <br />We finally got around to getting certified. Went through Adventure Scuba of Chantilly with Stacey and Angelica. Ran into an old friend Matt Davis who happened to be working at Adventure Scuba and he ended up being our instructor. <br /> <br /><b>24 November, 2001</b> <br />Order Gear package deals from <a href="http://www.scubava.com/">Adventure Scuba</a>, Chantilly. <br />Scott: <br /><ul>SeaQuest Apeks ATX-50 1st and 2nd stage, ATX-40 octopus <br /><br>Suunto Cobra computer with SK-7 end mount compass all on a quick release <br /><br>DiveRite Transpac II (medium-large) with Trek Wings and Travel Wings for warm water dives</ul> <br />Erci: <br /><ul>SeaQuest Apeks ATX-200 1st and 2nd stage, ATX-40 octopus <br /><br>Suunto Cobra computer with SK-7 end mount compass all on a quick release <br /><br>DiveRite Transpac II (small) with Trek Wings</ul> <br />Spare: <br /><ul>Used (formerly rental) Mares Mission 2d Console (plus socket for compass), Mares MR12/Akros 1st and 2nd stage regulator, and Mares R2/Nikos octopus.</ul> <br /> <br /><b>16 September, 2001</b> <br />Certification Dive 4, and Specialty Dives for Buoyancy Control and Navigation <br />Millbrook Quarry , Haymarket, Virginia <br />Fresh Water (Quarry), Shore Dive, 76 degrees water, 22' visibility, 7mm farmer john and shortie, rental AquaLung Titan regulator, sad console, aluminum 80 <br />Fourth Dive to 31 feet for 32 minutes with 16 pounds of weight (just right) in 58 degress air temperature <br />Interval of 1 hour 57 minutes <br />Peak Performance Bouyancy Adventure Dive to 30 feet for 30 minutes with 16 pounds at air temperature of 68 degrees <br />Interval of 1 hour 20 minutes <br />Navigation Dive to 31 feet for 40 minutes with 16 pounds at 74 degrees air temperature <br />Measurements: covered 100' measured by line with 29 kick strokes in 1 minute 25 seconds with Erci as my buddy. Fresh water at 25 - 31 feet of depth. <br />The air was cold enough and the water warm enough that we could see vapor rising, the barrels in the water are the submerged dive platform anchors. <br /><IMG SRC="img_1365s.jpg" ALT="Picture of Millbrook from Beach 1 Parking"> <br /> <br /><b>15 September, 2001</b> <br />Certification Dives 1, 2, & 3 (It has been so long since my first certification with PADI that I decided to re-certify) <br /><a href="http://www.bluemarbledivers.com/coollink.html#haymarket">Millbrook Quarry</a>, Haymarket, Virginia <br />Fresh Water (Quarry), Shore Dive, 72 degrees water, 20' visibility, 7mm farmer john and shortie, rental AquaLung Titan regulator, sad console, aluminum 80 <br />First Dive to 31 feet for 22 minutes with 20 pounds of weight, 55 degrees air <br />Interval of 29 minutes <br />Second Dive to 29' for 33 minutes with 20 pounds of weight, 60 degrees air <br />Interval of 2 hours 23 minutes <br />Third Dive to 40' for 39 minutes with 18 pounds of weight (closer), 71 degres air <br /><img src="http://www.vampyr.org/snolan/img_1352s.jpg" ALT="Picture of the Quarry from Beach 1"> <br /><BR><IMG SRC="img_1353s.jpg" ALT="Picture of the Picnic site"> <br /><BR><IMG SRC="img_1354s.jpg" ALT="Picture of our Open Water Certification Class"> <br /><BR><IMG SRC="img_1355s.jpg" ALT="Picture of Millbrook from Beach 1 Parking"> <br /> <br /><hr> <br />In 1997, while vacationing in Negril, Jamaica; Erci and I took a resort dive course to get wet. The diving was not spectacular, but it was fun and it reminded me how much fun diving was. <br /><b>20 May, 1997</b> <br />Resort Dive <br /><a href="http://www.jamaica-irie.com/negrilscubacenter/">Negril Scuba Center</a> , Negril Beach Club, Negril, Jamaica <br />Salt Water (Gulf of Mexico/Carribean), Boat Dive, Slight Current, 70 degreesF, 85' visibility, swimsuit and t-shirt <br />One dive to 40 feet for 23 minutes at the "Coral Gardens" (I think) <br /> <br /><hr> <br />In 1987, while on a long temporary duty to Kadena Airbase in Okinawa, I took an PADI open water certification from instructor Joe Nadel with two co-workers: Robin and Dori. It was great fun, and in the waters of the China Sea off the West Side of Okinawa are spectacular diving sites. <br /> <br /><b>22 August, 1987</b> <br />Certification Dives 3 & 4 <br /><a href="http://www.okinawascuba.com/onna.htm">Onna Point</a> , Okinawa, Japan <br />Salt Water (China Sea), Shore Dive, Mild Waves, Slight Current, 70 degrees F, 125' visibility, board shorts and short sleeved sweatshirt <br />First Dive to 33 feet for 44 minutes <br />Interval of 1:45 <br />Second Dive to 60 feet for 36 minutes <br /> <br /><b>15 August, 1987</b> <br />Certification Dives 1 & 2 <br />North End of the <a href="http://www.okinawascuba.com/seawall.htm">Kadena Seawall</a> , Okinawa, Japan <br />Salt Water (China Sea), Shore Dive, 70 degrees F, 55' visibility, board shorts and short sleeved sweatshirt <br />First Dive to 33 feet for 36 minutes <br />Interval of 1:15 <br />Second Dive to 33 feet for 37 minutes <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6595067-107883948957704889?l=scottnolan.org%2Fdivelog.html' alt='' /></div>Scott Nolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094618659980404578noreply@blogger.com