Local Dive Notes - 2004

Club Pumpkin Carving Dive at Ocean Point in East Boothbay, Saturday October 16, 2004
Seven divers
Air Temp 54
Water Temp 52 at 15 feet...not bad
Visibility was about 5 or so feet (my guess)...
The seas are really kicked up right now due to the storm front that just came thru. Anything storm blowing SSW (south south west) rolls the water up along with any debris on the sea floor. The debris floating in the water cuts the divers visibility down.
We settled on the bottom and began to carve, kind of fun with a pumpkin that wants to escape the knife by floating away.
When we were done we lined them up for a photo shoot then went for lunch at the Boothbay House of Pizza...We like to go eat after our dives so we can talk about our dive...
I would love to do this dive next year too....
Submitted by Sarah on 10/17/04.
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Weekend of Diving with the UDNH, Saturday October 9 -- Monday October 11, 2004
Saturday morning Ocean Point in East Boothbay...this site faces islands and open ocean
Saturday night Beauchamp Point in Rockport...this site is in the entrance of a harbor
Sunday morning Rachael Carson's Salt Pond (the entry is in a huge tide pool, then to open sea) New Harbor
Monday morning Ocean Point in East Boothbay
Kerry from UDNH will be sending me a DVD of our dives...I will plan to bring it to the meeting...
Submitted by Sarah on 10/12/04.
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Club Night Dive...Beauchamp Point in Rockport, ME, Saturday October 9, 2004
Thanks for diving Beauchamp Point Saturday night. A total of seven divers made in the water and all had a great time. It was a little breezy, however once in the water everyone was fine. As we were exiting the water, the sky cleared and we could see the stars.
The lobster were out in full force and if you turned the lights out a tremendous amount of bioluminescents. In addition we saw pollock, rock gunnels, sculpin, sand dollars, sea urchins, blood star, starfish. I saw two other fish I've never seen at Beauchamp. One looked like a pollock however it had two white appendages under its chin, and each of these appendages had to more. The fish was kinda "walking' on the bottom. The second fish was barracuda shaped, about 2" long and clear. ("see through") You could see a rain drop shaped bubble in the body of the fish.
Submitted by Dave on 10/10/04.
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Group Dive...Beauchamp Point in Rockport, ME, Saturday October 2, 2004
We had a great dive. Thanks to Clark, Bob, Dave, and Jim.
Dave and Jim came along to help us equip, sit on the rocks in the sun, chat, and watch Bob's boat.
The water was clear, until we stirred it up, and we saw one of the biggest lobsters I have seen in this area--completely unafraid and determined to take Bob's dive flag from him. Also three different kind so anemones, lots of crabs, starfish, urchin, clams, and oysters. It was a very colorful day.
I am happy to report that there was no raw oyster eating on the shore this time. We went to the Helm instead.
Submitted by Claire on 10/4/04.
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Splash for Trash, A clean up dive at Boothbay Harbor, Saturday May 22, 2004
This dive we surfaced with approximately 1200 lbs of trash.
#Divers:         14 (Maine-iac divers Bob, Sarah, Lester, Clark and Fred~UNDH Steve & Kerry ~ Skin-divers Paradise divers, Chip and John ~ extra local divers, Sharon, Michael,Justin, Kyle and Cody)
#Crew/Dock help:   10 Maine-iac divers David, ~ UNDH, Linda ~ Skin-divers Paradise Carl and Ian ~ Extra local help Troy, Jay, Todd, Don, Pete and Eleanor
Location:        Boothbay Harbor ME, Town Dock to Tugboat Inn
Visibility:        0 - 3ft
Max Depth:   16 feet
Bottom Time:   each diver was filling bags with trash and returning to the surface so it varied.
Air temp:        50 Cold with rain.
Water Temp:    46 degrees at depth, 50 surface...Not bad, some of us dove wet.
What we saw:    Trash, lobsters, crabs, Rough Malted Nudibranch, star fish...and when the bottom "silted up" we saw nothing. On each dive it seems someone finds something to talk about...Today it was a bicycle found under the town dock
Submitted by Sarah on 05/24/04.
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Club Dive...Lands End at Bailey Island, Saturday April 24, 2004
#Divers:         5 ( Bob, Sarah, Lester, Patti and Clark)
#Crew/Onlookers:   3 (Patti's husband Jim, Sarahs 8 yr old son, Troy and her mom)
Location:        Lands End, Bailey Island, ME
Visibility:        10 - 15ft
Max Depth:   25 feet
Bottom Time:   17 minutes ... I came out early to watch Troy, (Mom had to leave) ...the rest of the crew stayed for a full dive.
Air temp:        52 and sunny with passing clouds....nice.
Water Temp:    45 degrees (so my computer said)...Not bad, some of us dove wet.
What we saw:    Green crabs, rock crabs, hermit crabs, all sorts of different sea weed jelly fish and swarms of baby fishes. On each dive it seems someone finds something to talk about...Today it was a toy plane...
Submitted by Sarah on 04/25/04.
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A Day With The Boston Sea Rovers, Saturday March 6, 2004
Great Day!!!! We had a wonderful time attending the 50th anniversary of The Boston Sea Rovers.
I got up at 3:30 am, picked up some MAINE-iacs.......(we must be maniacs!, getting up at that hour!)
We drove to Boston (with a crew from our dive club), picked up the former Pres. of the NH dive club in route...went to the Fairmont at Copley Plaza (oh La La!...We had valet parking in front of the building)
We had a great time....The Boston Sea Rovers put on a fantastic show....there were seminars that were soooo stuffed with "dive stuff"...I was like a kid in a candy shop!...the booths were filled with things from jewelry to tech equipment....
The day started off slow as the booths just setting up....pleases see the photos and note how the day progressed.
We got to see slides, video and listen to stories and information from all over the world!...throughout the day there were 21 seminars we got to choose from. ....way cool!
The awesome artifact display wasn't to be missed!... The ships bell and stern helm from the Andrea Doria were there!...wow!...along with plenty of other artifacts from other wrecks.
If your not familiar with the Andrea Doria, compare it to a local Titanic, including the massive size, but from Italy, loaded with art and people bound for NY... With this ship wreck, the lost of life was a lot less and the wreck is "local"...off Long Island NY....Tech divers attempt this wreck...she is in 200+ feet of cold water, with current...
The show had photos of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the Titanic...wow oh wow!...there was film / slide footage of ....you name it!...it was stuff from all over the world!
The one I liked the best was of the Bikini Atoll where the government did testing with a fleet off US Navy boats and a Atom bomb....the footage of the wrecks was incredible!...
I hope you check out the photos...there were two levels of venders...
If I can get to the show again...I will!...I hope you do too.
Submitted by Sarah on 03/07/04.