Dive #157 - Rich Torkington's Dive Log

Yeah I'm free - free fallin.
Videograph by Rich Torkington in Bahamas 2003

Dive Journal: The morning brings a new dive site slightly to the south called Black Tip Wall. The dive briefing suggests we might see sharks here, and to keep looking into the mid water during the dive. 42090018 Black Tip Wall 24 41.41 76 48.05

There isn’t a lot of fish life here this morning, but the terrain here is very interesting, with plenty of swimthroughs and contours. There is a fantastic wall that starts in around 60’ of water and goes down beyond our visibility. Janel manages to capture some nice video of an indigo hamlet, and I get some little hordes of juvenile fish. With the depths here we quickly push our deco limits again and we exit the water at the very top of our allowed nitrogen levels.

After the morning dive, the four of us jump onto the SeaDog for a side trip to Saddle Cay, for the purpose of milling around the beautiful beach and a mini-hike around the island. We spend about an hour there, wading through the beach waters, looking for shells, and meditating. The sand on Saddle Cay is downright luxurious, and I find an old plastic bottle and use it bring back a sand sample for my collection. Billy Braun, the engineer, finds a pretty king conch shell for us and gives it to Linda.