5/26/2008 Stillwater Cove aboard Escapade by Alberto Nava
 

<b>5/26/2008 <a href="/reports/dive_locations.php?locationId=22">Stillwater Cove</a> aboard <a href="/reports/dive_boats.php?boatId=1">Escapade</a> </b>by Alberto Nava -- <a href="/reports/trip_reports.php?reportId=336">[View in Reports Page]</a><br><br><table width="600"><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3"><td>Bottom Team:</td><td>Susan Bird, Alberto Nava
</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3"><td>Visibility:</td><td>40'</td><td>Time:</td><td>10:30 AM</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3"><td>Temp:</td><td>50F</td><td>Surge:</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3"><td>Max Depth:</td><td>40FSW</td><td>Avg Depth:</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3"><td>Bottom Time:</td><td>1:30</td><td>Total Time:</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3"><td>Bottom Gases:</td><td>EAN32</td><td>Deco Gases:</td><td> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3"><td>Backgas Config:</td><td>Double </td><td>Deco Tanks:</td><td> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3" valign="Middle"><td>Deco Profile:</td><td><pre></pre></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td COLSPAN="4">Today we had a very different trainning day. We did the first part of Fundamental class at Stillwater Cove :-). We normally dive at the breakwater for the Fundamentals but vis has being so bad in there that we decided to dive in Carmel looking for nice clear water. We were lucky one of the students in the class owns a pretty nice/fast boat ;-) so there we went looking for the clear water.<br><br>We anchored way inside the cove and found a nice flat/clear area to work on the skills. Vis was super 30-40 ft which made the drills so much easier to observe :-). We had a couple of cute harbour seals playing with the divers, the reel<br>and SMB setup.....<br><br><A HREF="http://www.baue.org/images/galleries/v/local/DivingCarmel/_DSC9228.jpg.html"> Here </a> is a photo of the team at work, and the <A HREF="http://www.baue.org/images/galleries/v/local/DivingCarmel/_DSC9233.jpg.html"> boat </a>.<br><br>After the class we went whale watching in the bay :-)<br><br>Stillwater Cove/Escapade trainning rocks!<br><br><br> <br><br></td></table>