a scuba diver takes a giant step off the back of a scuba boat into the ocean

USCG Duane and Aquarium at Molasses Reef

It rained again last night. I worried that the water would be rough again today, but it wasn鈥檛. We bought some dramamine yesterday and took some before bed. We took another round this morning before heading out. I鈥檓 not sure if it was the drugs or the calm waters, but we were both fine all day. We did our second deep dive today. We decided to do all our deep dives before Brett and Jess get here. I don鈥檛 think Jess enjoys going deep and there鈥檚 certainly no need to go deep to see anything other than wrecks. The wreck we saw this morning was the USCG Duane. I took the camera down inside the enclosure for the first time. I brought the big flash because I knew there wouldn鈥檛 be a lot of light at depth. That full rig is pretty heavy. Speaking of heavy, I took 18 pounds of weight today, which proved to be way too much. It鈥檚 easy to compensate for too much weight, but there鈥檚 no way to compensate for having too little. Tomorrow I may try a little less. ...

May 18, 2015 路 3 min 路 jtalbot
a flag is hung on a barnacle encrusted pole deep under water on the deck at the stern of the USS Spiegel Grove

Back Under Water

I really like how Rainbow Reef runs their scuba business. Everything is top-notch and professional. The rental gear is always high-end and brand new. They make you do some of the work, but it helps you do things right. I really like them. They are why we came back to Key Largo. We were so impressed with the way they did things when we were here doing our Advanced Open Water certifications last year. ...

May 17, 2015 路 10 min 路 jtalbot