Date: July 11, 2007
Time: 4:15pm
Location: Shaw's Cove
Depth (feet): 39
Dive Time (minutes): 56
Surf (feet): 1+
Surge (feet): 2-5
Water Temp (Fahrenheit): warm
Visibility (feet): 10-15
Visibility Description: deeper was murkier
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Josh - wanted to get out and survey the damage to Shelly that had been reported on the list last night...You can see from the pictures, she is indeed gone...the majority of her "body" is completely missing, with only the lower portion of her legs and feet remaining attached to the platform - which itself has been significantly damaged. I have no idea who or what did this...it certainly seems unlikely to have been naturally occurring...truly sad. Otherwise it was a decent dive...saw a few blennies...a lot of Spanish Shawls (which I've now come to conclude are the actual cause of surge...as the surge is always the worst when I'm near them with a camera). Water is very warm...extremely comfortable...dove with no hood, and wore my oldest, holiest wetsuit, and if anything I was on the "warm" side...Visibility could have been better...around Shelly (well...formerly Shelly)...the vis was a murky less-than 10 feet. Shallower was better - probably around 15.
Time: 4:15pm
Location: Shaw's Cove
Depth (feet): 39
Dive Time (minutes): 56
Surf (feet): 1+
Surge (feet): 2-5
Water Temp (Fahrenheit): warm
Visibility (feet): 10-15
Visibility Description: deeper was murkier
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Josh - wanted to get out and survey the damage to Shelly that had been reported on the list last night...You can see from the pictures, she is indeed gone...the majority of her "body" is completely missing, with only the lower portion of her legs and feet remaining attached to the platform - which itself has been significantly damaged. I have no idea who or what did this...it certainly seems unlikely to have been naturally occurring...truly sad. Otherwise it was a decent dive...saw a few blennies...a lot of Spanish Shawls (which I've now come to conclude are the actual cause of surge...as the surge is always the worst when I'm near them with a camera). Water is very warm...extremely comfortable...dove with no hood, and wore my oldest, holiest wetsuit, and if anything I was on the "warm" side...Visibility could have been better...around Shelly (well...formerly Shelly)...the vis was a murky less-than 10 feet. Shallower was better - probably around 15.
