Hey Sinkweight!!!!
Nice to hear that there is another freediver here in the metroplex! Done a little freediving in the Carib while on vacation, but mostly Texas lakes and quarries.
Speaking of Terrell, I was just there this past Saturday. It had been several months since I had been in the water, and I really had the dive fever. The quarry is called Clear Springs Scuba Park and they are on the web. The have a detailed map and photos with current temp and vis. It says max depth of 62', but the deepest I have found is 55'. Its $20. for the day or you can buy a yearly pass. The water is very cold right now, temp is 53 degrees at surface and 51 at the bottom. I was in the water for an hour and half with a five mil suit with hood and gloves before I got cold.
They have a sunken airplane and other items to swim through. The water was so cold, that when I first dove in without adjusting my hood, I got a instant freeze headache. Even in the summer when the surface temp is in the 80+ degree range, the thermocline from the spring feed quarry is very cold at 40 feet. A thin skin will get you by for that short dive time at the bottom.
I have the basic gear, wetsuit and a pair of Gara 3000 fins and a low volume mask. I hoping to get a Suunto D3 dive computer in the future.
I would be extremly interested in a clinic with Terry Maas!!! Can you email me the details? I have always wanted to take a freedive course.
I got my first freedive fins from Atlantis Scuba in Grapevine, Tx. from a fellow freediver who owns the shop. He is really good, but rarely freedives anymore due to the fact he is involved with his business and scuba diving customers. Great guy named Kevin Harmon and great dive shop. I been on several of his scuba trips to the BVI's
If you want to get together for a dive session at a quarry or lake when it warms up or want to get together for a pool training session some time, just let me know? Ken