Shore View
Unfortunately I had a problem with my gear and this was the only view we saw from the beach the first day (great food).
Ahhhh
Gotta love THIS morning!
Guests
Who invited the feathered friends to breakfast?
Surfacing
Getting my surface interval after the first dive.
Intervaling
Ben does the same after a GREAT first dive on the Black Bart.
Grey Ghost Clips
More green than grey but a good dive. My gas mix limited me to 100ft, that's why you don't see me exploring into the nooks and crannies.
Advanced Skills
My buddy drank a coke with his instructor on the Bridge Span #1 dive to complete his training.
Coke & Smile
Seems the can was empty when passed to me - bummer I was ready for some cool refreshment.
Stage 2 Clips
Looked like someone scattered a bunch of different sized metal pipes. Keeping watching until the end to see the octopus I find hiding in a concealed tube.
U.S.S. Strength Clips
The U.S.S. Strength was a World War II minesweeper that saw action off Iwo Jima and Okinawa where she survived both a midget submarine attack and a kamikaze raid.
Heading Back
Flat Water
Hard to believe the Gulf of Mexico could be this flat, so....
Resorting
Back to the resort to rest before our night dives.
Fun in the Sun
No beach moves for us.
Charging
We charged batteries and ourselves.
More Pondering
Ben does some more pondering on the way to the night dive.
What's Next?
We dove the bridge span at dusk (I got lost), then again at night. Ben said NEVER again!
GREAT Start
A GREAT start to another day of diving in Panama City Beach, FL.
Company
We're not alone out here today. Maybe some day we'll get to explore a cargo vessel like this one.
Land Barrons
A tour of some of the lots my IRA acquired through investing in tax liens (might need to rethink these, ya think?).
Farewell
Farewell Panama City Beach, we hope to return for more diving!