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BAUE Trip Reports
2/23/2004 Kinder-Garden (D3) aboard Phil Sammet's RIB by Clinton Bauder -- [View this report only]
| Bottom Team: |
Joe Talavera, Clinton Bauder |
| Visibility: |
50' - 80' |
Time: | 10:00 AM |
| Temp: |
50F - 52F |
Surge: |
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| Max Depth: |
215FSW |
Avg Depth: |
185FSW |
| Bottom Time: |
0:25 |
Total Time: |
1:28 |
| Bottom Gases: |
18/45 | Deco Gases: | EAN50,O2 |
| Backgas Config: |
Double LP104 | Deco Tanks: | AL40,AL80 |
| Deco Profile: |
Deep Stops, 2,2,6,6,4,4,5,
12 on, 6 off, 6 on, 6 up |
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Joe and I were on a mission to find some vase sponges at D3 and we spent the first 15 minutes of the dive just below 200 feet looking for them. I found one rather small example but none of the larger ones I was hoping to film. We did see a Quillback Rockfish which I had never seen in this area before. After giving up on the vase sponges we spent another 10 minutes enjoying the shallower parts of the reefs where the colorful life is denser. Deco was uneventful though the little strands of algae floating around were making me crosseyed by the time we got to the 20 foot stops. It was hard to keep my eyes focussed at the same distance. |
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