Dive #210 - Rich Torkington's Dive Log
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Bottom Time to Date:

181h
28m


Dive Info:

Dive Start:
9:25AM

Bottom Time:
33 minutes

Maximum Depth:
141 feet

Safety Stop:
3 minutes

Beginning Air:
3000 psi

Ending Air:
1000 psi

Weather Conditions:
Clear 75°F

Surface Conditions:
Calm

Surface Water Temperature:
75°F

Bottom Water Temperature:
75°F

Visibility:
100+ feet
210
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March 17,
2005
WHIP WIRE WALL
ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS
BOAT DIVE
VIDEO
Linda and Janel
Small Hope Bay Lodge
Andros Island, Bahamas
http://www.smallhope.com/
Photo
A group of narc'd divers (at least I was).
Videograph by Rich Torkington in Bahamas 2005 
Dive Journal: There’s a really deep dive scheduled this morning. Due to the depth and an uneasy stomach, John elects to sit this one out. “Whip Wire Wall” is named after beautiful areas of dark green wire corals that extend out from the nearly vertical wall. To get to them, however, we must descend to 140 feet!

Of course, at that depth, it is a quick profile, and I can tell the divemasters are especially attentive. All three of us set personal depth records here, and Janel and I get our expected dose of narcosis. Linda doesn’t seem to be affected by it.

We laugh later when talking with Rod. It is his re-conveyed opinion that “one’s susceptibility to nitrogen narcosis is inversely proportional to how many recreational drugs one has enjoyed in the past.”

I come across a fish later identified as a blackcap bassslet, another new fish for me. Nearing the end of the dive, I catch some decent video of a polarized school of Creole wrasses, who part as a bar jack zooms through. During our safety stop, I start videoing a big weird looking jellyfish before Moose shoos me away from it.

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Info:
Fins:
Mares Avanti Quattro
Computer:
Oceanic Véo 200
Tank:
80 ft3 Al
BCD:
SeaQuest Spectrum 4
Breathing Gas:
Air
Body of Water:
Caribbean Sea
Mask:
U S Divers
Protection:
3mm full wetsuit
Regulator:
SeaQuest
Spectrum XR2
plus Oceanic
Slimline octopus
Weight:
10 lb
Water Type:
Salt
Video Equipment:
Sony DCR-TRV11 digital handycam in Top Dawg housing