I ended up diving the very next night as well. I haven't had/taken the chance again since then but I'm hoping for some sighted night diving this week with the new moon around and before the cold really sets in. The forecast is sounding like fall has finally arrived, with gusto. It has been long in coming, but I'm not complaining. A couple of years ago I was ending the season pretty much right now but I do think I probably have another week or two left of the season before I call it quits. Granted since I was gone all weekend I don't know for sure what the temperatures were like around here to even have any kind of an idea what to expect the water temperature to be right now but I highly doubt that it dropped more than one or two degrees and I'm wanting to try out several cold water diving ideas I've read on the message board before the season is over anyways. I tried one over the weekend and it backfired on me since the cold water in that darn shower room wasn't all that cold. At least I have seen colder in the past.
No matter how I'm diving, day/night, sighted/blind, finned/no fin, etc, right now I don't wear a weight belt. I'm positively bouyant at 35 feet. I make myself that way for safety reasons. Hence why thinking of diving deeper even at night, even blind doesn't phase me for a second. So far the furthest I've been down has been 35 feet under any circumstances. Without a change of conditionsm, ie better cold water gear, I doubt I would try much lower than even during the daytime since thermocline generally hangs around 40-50 feet midsummer.
I must agree with the safety factor of the light and compass concept. Admittedly, since I'm typically only in the water 15-20 minutes at a time the fog would have to roll in very fast to cause me trouble. Then again, I have seen the fog move in/out in just a matter of a few minutes.
Ryan
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