Tablerock Lake, Missouri, 27-29 June 1997
General trip notes:
This trip was for the purpose of getting my Advanced Open Water Certification.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
(buddy)
Jim Gustin
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Certification Number:
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Notes:
Night dive for Advanced Open Water Certification. Wetsuit was too hot at the surface - comfortable at the 20 foot thermocline. Visibility was about 6 feet to a light, about 1 foot for objects. Had some difficulty descending, but OK after down 3 or 4 feet. Descended to cable on bottom which led to a wreck. Visibility was poor due to stirred up moss. Moved along cable for a few feet (sliced finger tip on wire cable - WEAR GLOVES NEXT TIME). No hood worn or needed. I rented the BC (Dacor Chameleon) and the regulator (Dacor), with the plan to buy if things worked out OK. They did. I bought them.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
(buddy)
Jim Gustin
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Certification Number:
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Notes:
This was the Navigation dive for Advanced Open Water Certification. Had some difficulty navigating at 4-5 feet, so went deeper. Trying to stay about 15 feet worked well, with less trouble descending. Thermocline at 20 feet. Swam length=75 feet, 23 and 25 kick cycles, for average 32 kick cycles per 100 feet. Swam length=75 feet, :55 and :59 time, for average of 1:16 minutes:seconds per 100 feet. Natural navigation - out and back - ended up OK - off 3 or 4 feet, but lost buddy. Miscommunication - he kept measuring forward, I turned and measured backward. Oops. Weather was overcast, partial rain. Darrin Duffin was the instructor - he was not in the water.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
(buddy)
Jim Gustin
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Certification Number:
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Notes:
This was the Underwater Photography (one of two) dive for the Advanced Open Water Certification. Used dive shop's MM camera, ASA 100 Kodak Gold, 12 exposure. Photo conditions were pretty bad with lots of moss and particulates. Thermocline at about 20 feet, and got much darker. Decided to stay at about 15 feet. Took pictures of fish, other divers, underwater trees, and moss growths. Darin Duffin was the instructor, not in the water with us. Weather was sunny. No problem descending.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
(buddy)
Jim Gustin
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Certification Number:
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Notes:
This was the Underwater Photography (2 of 2) dive for the Advanced Open Water Certification. Conditions were poor. Used Kodak Gold, 12 exposure, ASA 400 film. Photos of trees and moss at 5 to 15 feet were best. No problems descending. Weather was sunny. Darin was the instructor, not in the water with us.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
(buddy)
Jim Gustin
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Certification Number:
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Notes:
This was the Night Dive (2nd, since first was pretty bad) for the Advanced Open Water Certification. We did this second dive because we didn't do navigation the first time. Up and down several times (so time in and out does not match bottom time), average depth 16 feet. Navigation out and back for 25 kick cycles - off about 10 feet. Found PADI boat wreck at 20 feet, bottom of wreck at 34 feet. Wreck had graffiti (by Rick - another Midwest Aquatics divemaster). Cut open a cyalume stick with lights off - little glowing globules and a glowing cloud. Thermoclines at 20 and 30 feet - hood would have been nice at 30 feet. BEST DIVE AT THE LAKE! Difficulty descending - added 5 lb in BC pocket. Still trouble, but OK after 10 feet. Down to 5 or 6 feet, and I popped right back up. Night time stress/anxiety? Don Kirwan was the instructor.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
(buddy)
Jim Gustin
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Certification Number:
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Notes:
This was the Deep Dive for the Advanced Open Water Certification. Planned as 100 feet for 15 minutes, or 80 feet for 20 minutes, or 60 feet for 30 minutes. Planned to go to 100 assuming no problems, but had other plans to deal with not going as deep. Minor trouble descending. Descended to PADI boat wreck hull and looked for others - couldn't find them, so went back up. Everyone then grabbed a rope - in the poor visibility, this was a GREAT idea. The 30-40 foot visibility was only at the bottom. We had Don Kirwin as the instructor, plus four students, so we had some rope tangling problems. Found a fishing rod hanging from a tree at about 70 feet. Went to 100 feet and looked around - very good visibility - fish and interesting rock ledges. Passed thermoclines at 20, 30, 50, and about 100 feet. Pocket flashlight was perfect - recommended. During ascent, Don's dry suit flared and two students (including me) went all the way up. We immediately descended to 20 feet and did our safety stop. Got some good buoyancy practice - no problems. Hard to manipulate things with gloves. BEST DIVE AT THE LAKE (again!). Lost my secondary dive light - it was in my BC pocket on a string.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
(buddy)
Jim Gustin
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Certification Number:
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Notes:
This was my Search And Recovery dive for Advanced Open Water Certification. Instructor was Jeff Bailey. First dive was with the other three students on a spacing rope to search for a sunk boat (Darin sunk it). Planned a back-and-forth pattern. Started at 15 feet depth, and descended to 42 feet while searching. Turned 90 degrees, and continued sweep. Found boat near the PADI wreck. Attached marker buoy and surfaced. Got kitty litter buckets for lift bags. Returned to buoy. Dove to raise the boat. Search was 42 depth for 7 minutes, recovery was 36 depth for 7 minutes. Attached lift bags (4 - one per student) to boat. Difficult to get boat moving, but ascended OK. Got boat up and bailed it out. SUCCESS! Practiced buoyancy after attaching my lift bag. Got tangled in buoy line - don't get so near, and it helps if it is reeled in. EXCELLENT DIVE - first dive where diving was just the method, but we had a purpose. Boat that we recovered was about 12 feet long. Temperature was cool, but OK. No problems descending. Visibility was 10-20 feet until we were at the bottom recovering the boat.
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