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BAUE Trip Reports
5/8/2004 Alan's High Spot aboard Rapture by Clinton Bauder -- [View this report only]
| Bottom Team: |
Clinton Bauder, David Chamberlin |
| Visibility: |
15' - 70' |
Time: | 10:30 AM |
| Temp: |
48F |
Surge: |
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| Max Depth: |
110FSW |
Avg Depth: |
75FSW |
| Bottom Time: |
0:25 |
Total Time: |
0:32 |
| Bottom Gases: |
30/30 | Deco Gases: | |
| Backgas Config: |
Double LP80 | Deco Tanks: | |
| Deco Profile: |
As little as possible! ;-) |
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Chuck Tribolet and Kawika Chetron approached Dave and me about the possibility of diving the Farallons from their 2 Boston Whaler's. It took merely seconds for us to say yes. Pulling something like this off requires a fortuitous weather forecast and qutie a bit of planning. Kudos to Chuck and Kawika for making this happen.
The ride out was almost surreal in deep fog and flat seas whild dodging container ships heading out of the gate. The water was carpeted in Velella velella so thick you could almost walk on them.
Arriving onsite, Dave and I did the first dive while Kawika and Chuck stayed in the boats. We then swapped to allow them to dive while we kept watch. The dive was at a pinnacle called Alan's High Spot. There was quite a bit of current which limited the area we could comfortably explore. Still, the area near the anchor was very vertical and absolutely covered with encrusting life including Corynactis, sponges, huge scallops and more. Except for some cabezon we didn't see too many fish which we attributed to the current. Good stuff, even if we didn't find the hydrocoral nirvana which had been described to us by previous expeditions. |
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