Dive #240 - Rich Torkington's Dive Log
© Copyright 2010 Rich Torkington Mesa, Arizona

PREVIOUS 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 HOME INDEX Next

Bottom Time to Date:

209h
15m


Dive Info:

Dive Start:
11:30AM

Bottom Time:
71 minutes

Maximum Depth:
52 feet

Safety Stop:
3 minutes

Beginning Air:
3000 psi

Ending Air:
1000 psi

Weather Conditions:
Sunny 80°F

Surface Conditions:
Calm

Surface Water Temperature:
78°F

Bottom Water Temperature:
78°F

Visibility:
60+ feet

Gas:
Air
240
TITLE
* * * *
July 11,
2006
SPRAT HOLE
ST. CROIX, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
BOAT DIVE
 
Linda, Janel & John (buddies)
N2 The Blue Dive Shop
St. Croix USVI
www.n2theblue.com
Rocky
Happy hour at the Full Moon Bar following our dive - SWEET!
Photograph by Full Moon Bar bartender in the USVIs 2006 
Dive Journal: Our second dive today takes us to Sprat Hole, also north of the Fredericksted pier. This is a shallow water reef dive that is just teeming with fish, particularly blue chromis and creole wrasses.

There are several splendid turtles on this dive, and one of them continued to forage along with us during most of the dive. Of course, it would have been a terrific video opportunity, but I was out of tape – sigh.

A white spotted moray entertained us for a while, and I eventually discovered some ultra tiny sergeant majors hanging out beneath a big abandoned Navy mooring buoy.

I experience a first on this dive. Down on the reef, I am for the first time successful in getting a Pederson cleaner shrimp to jump onto my hand at a cleaning station – cool! Just a bit later, I am also successful in getting a little blue-lined goby to jump onto my fist, and then onto my forearm. All right! Nice reef!

Following the dives, we hit the nearby Turtle Cafe just south of the pier in Fredericksted and enjoy delicious deli sandwiches.

Tonight, we end up going to the Full Moon Beach Bar at Cane Bay. It is located just across the street from Cane Bay and just next to the Cane Bay Dive Shop. Pretty crowded tonight, so we have to wait a while for a table, but the food is decent and the atmosphere just right.
More
Dive
Info:
Fins:
Mares Avanti Quattro
Computer:
U S Divers Matrix
Tank:
80 ft3 Aluminum
BCD:
SeaQuest Spectrum 4
Dive Type:
Shore
Body of Water:
Caribbean
Mask:
U S Divers
Protection:
3mm shorty
Regulator:
SeaQuest
Spectrum XR2
plus Oceanic
Slimline octopus
Weight:
8 lb
Water Type:
Salt
Video Equipment:
None