Dive log
Stats
- Max Depth: 18.5 m / 61 ft
- Average Depth: 8.9 m / 29 ft
- Duration: 48 minutes
- Water Temp: 17.0°C / 63°F
- Gas: EAN32
- Tank(s): LP85
- Pressure Start: 138 bar / 2000 psi
- Pressure End: 14 bar / 200 psi
- Surface Consumption Rate: 18.34 L/min / 0.65 cf/min
Notes
First dive of the morning, I was excited to be back in Catalina for the Fall conditions after my dives here earlier this Spring, and the hopes of the fabled visibility. Truthfully, I didn’t feel like the visibility was significantly better, but I happy nonetheless. I buddied up with a local sport diver who turned out to have a great eye for finding things. This first dive we saw a small two-spot octopus, a horn-shark, and of course a myriad of reef fish. Stunning light coming through the kelp forests and a toasty 63 degree water. This was also my first real open-water dive using my new dry suit. Ended with quite low psi, but with the LP85 tanks the captain is OK draining down to 200 psi or so. My SAC rate wasn’t great, mostly as I was still figuring out the balance of air in my wing vs. drysuit.