5/23/2008 E3 aboard Phil Sammet's RIB by Kevin Dow

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5/23/2008 E3 aboard Phil Sammet's RIB by Kevin Dow -- [View in Reports Page]

Bottom Team:	Kevin Dow, Robert Lee, Allison Lee
Visibility:	80'	Time:	10:16 AM
Temp:	48F	Surge:	6'
Max Depth:	168FSW	Avg Depth:
Bottom Time:		Total Time:
Bottom Gases:	18/45	Deco Gases:	EAN50
Backgas Config:	Double HP100	Deco Tanks:	AL80
Deco Profile:	4 and 3's, 10,5
Team Kitty with special guest kitty Jonathan had scheduled a dive off of Phils RIB on Friday but early reports were suggesting that conditions were not going to be good for diving with large swells and high winds. Passing by Monastery seemed to somewhat bear out the early reports with several large sets of swells rolling down on the beach, but there was very little wind! After a brief conferring session with Phil we decided to go for it and head over to Deep E3 for a dive. The cove itself was full of the flotsam and jetsam from earlier in the week and was a ugly shade of brown. As we left the cove the water turned a very nice shade of blue. As it turned out the ride out to the site wasn’t too bad and we quickly gearing up and splashed into the water to start our dive. As it turns out while we ended up on the top of E3. We quickly slid over to the side of the wall and dropped down to our target depth. As expected for a site named E3, there were tons of Elephant Ear Sponges as well as large gorgonians in evidence. Continuing around the wall we came upon a couple of beautiful China Rockfish hanging out in cracks in the wall. All too soon out time was up and we headed up the wall to do deco. Deco was largely uneventful, with the sole exception of Allison indicating that the she-p had been deployed effectively in its second sea trial. Pictures from the dive here.