Deep Projects (March 3rd-4th)

As we moved away from the marina and into deeper waters we could feel that our instructors were beginning to trust us more or at the very least they had the trust that we weren’t complete neophytes to the diving world. With the deep project we were faced with more complicated dives. The complications came from the fact that we were limited in our bottom times to about 15 minutes and we would have to balance that with our surface intervals to maximize our bottom work time.

Our project was to attach a lift barrel to a steel gangway sitting in about 80 feet of water. To maximize our working ability we staggered our divers which gave us at least one diver at the site at all times. Even with this strategy pulling a lift barrel down about 75 feet is a time consuming and difficult task.

It was obvious that this project went much smoother for each of us. We are beginning to become more comfortable with our communications between diver, tender and rack operator. As a result the dives are going much smoother. We can all feel that our upcoming projects are going to become more difficult, interesting and exciting.