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Dive logs for Vance Stevens, P.A.D.I. Open Water SCUBA Instructor #64181
Abu Dhabi, November 11, 1999
Dives 311 and 312
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Date: November 11, 1999 |
Dive #311-312 |
Location: Khor Fakkan |
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Diving with: 7 seas |
Dive site: Martini Rock and Shark Island |
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Dive buddy: Scott Benson & trainees |
Others on dive: |
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Others present at dive site: Nandi in the boat, Elias divemastering first dive |
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Sea condition: calm |
Water temp: 27 |
Visibility: 4 meters, maybe 5 |
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Wetsuit combo: lycra body suit and typhoon top |
Weight: 8 kg |
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Profile tracking chart |
Planned time |
Depth |
PG |
Actual time |
Depth |
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Pressure group in |
1st dive of day |
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Air in: |
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Time started down |
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15:22 |
21 |
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Time at bottom (NDL) |
(37 ndl) 20 min |
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Time started up |
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15:44 |
16 |
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Time at next level |
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Time started up |
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15:51 |
12 |
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Time at next level |
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Time started up |
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13:59 |
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Q |
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Safety stop if necessary |
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5 m |
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Air out: |
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Training:
Deep dive for Evan Davis, Ed Chaffin, and Russell Bowen
Comments:
Two rays, one finning out to depth, torpedo in the sand, and one big one at depth buried, and scrambled from sand as divers passed overhead
Surface interval duration planned:
Surface interval duration actual:
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Profile tracking chart |
Planned time |
Depth |
PG |
Actual time |
Depth |
PG |
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Pressure group in |
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Air in: |
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Time started down |
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18:51 |
14 |
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Time at bottom (NDL) |
() |
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Time started up |
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19:44 |
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Safety stop if necessary |
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5 m |
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Air out: |
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Training:
Night dive for Evan Davis, Ed Chaffin, and Russell Bowen, and Scott Benson
Comments:
Superb! dive. We dropped down the anchor line and let Evan, Russ and Ed explore south east and west on compass headings, and return to same spot. On one of these, saw a great big ray rippling through the water pretty unconcerned about us, among us, gliding along. Then we headed north to the rock and encountered more rays which stayed with us for some time, plus a guitar fish that came at us and went for the dark sand out of our torch beams. First time I'd ever seen one of those, so I was excited. Flatter than I'd imagined. I froze a clarinet fish in a torch beam and touched it, but another convulsed when I did that. Found a bunch or morays, mostly with brittle white and red crabs living symbiotically nearby. Big puffers entertained my crowd. A great dive.
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