ricki
05-11-2012, 04:00 PM
I went scooter free diving on the Captain Dan in 110 ft. of water last weekend. I was uneasy about visibility
and water color conditions but lucked out with blue water and perhaps 100 ft. vis. by the end of the dive.
These images were shot with a GoPro HD2 camera in an EOM housing.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/forward%20GOPR7098.jpg?m=1336769130
Looking down the 158 ft. Captain Dan from the bow. The wheelhouse is in 70 ft. with much of the deck in 90 ft. of water.
http://www.divespots.com/photos/spots/full/CPTDAN-diverdude-20050605-135908.jpg
Originally commissioned at a USCG buoy tender in 1937, the Hollyhock it was later used as an ice breaker in Lake Michigan. She later served
out of Miami as a buoy tender and for refueling seaplanes in the Bahamas for the USAF. It was decommissioned in 1982, privately purchased
and renamed the Good News Missionship until being abandoned in the Miami River. She was sunk as an artificial reef in 1990, renamed in memory of
Captain Dan Gansey.
http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/9/9/4/event_21239796.jpeg
http://www.meetup.com/goldcoastscuba/events/37526302/
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/surface%20GOPR6955.jpg?m=1336769133
Breathing up for a drop passing through a curtain of regulator exhaust.
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*** A video comprised of three separate free dives on the ship. ***
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/top%20GOPR6871.jpg?m=1336769137
It was a bit fuzzy at the start of the dive barely being able to make out the wreck from the surface. Often I have to guess at which point
of a wreck to drop on from regulator exhaust in lower visibility. With current this can make things particularly tricky.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/stern%20GOPR1089.jpg?m=1336768022
Coming down on the stern.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/bow.jpg?m=1336769133
The bow section with anchor out.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/capt%20dan%20GOPR7099.jpg?m=1336768022
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/bubbles%20GOPR7167.jpg?m=1336769132
A shot from the second dive.
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http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/albums/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/surface_tonemapped_pe.jpg?m=1336769129
Here is a slightly edited shot from the second dive in greener water. I like to call it the Magic Of Underwater Photography.
The image shows a GoPro HD2 on a Quikpod monopod.
NOTE: Never attempt scooter free diving without proper training, procedures and skill development.
.
and water color conditions but lucked out with blue water and perhaps 100 ft. vis. by the end of the dive.
These images were shot with a GoPro HD2 camera in an EOM housing.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/forward%20GOPR7098.jpg?m=1336769130
Looking down the 158 ft. Captain Dan from the bow. The wheelhouse is in 70 ft. with much of the deck in 90 ft. of water.
http://www.divespots.com/photos/spots/full/CPTDAN-diverdude-20050605-135908.jpg
Originally commissioned at a USCG buoy tender in 1937, the Hollyhock it was later used as an ice breaker in Lake Michigan. She later served
out of Miami as a buoy tender and for refueling seaplanes in the Bahamas for the USAF. It was decommissioned in 1982, privately purchased
and renamed the Good News Missionship until being abandoned in the Miami River. She was sunk as an artificial reef in 1990, renamed in memory of
Captain Dan Gansey.
http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/9/9/4/event_21239796.jpeg
http://www.meetup.com/goldcoastscuba/events/37526302/
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/surface%20GOPR6955.jpg?m=1336769133
Breathing up for a drop passing through a curtain of regulator exhaust.
41723436
*** A video comprised of three separate free dives on the ship. ***
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/top%20GOPR6871.jpg?m=1336769137
It was a bit fuzzy at the start of the dive barely being able to make out the wreck from the surface. Often I have to guess at which point
of a wreck to drop on from regulator exhaust in lower visibility. With current this can make things particularly tricky.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/stern%20GOPR1089.jpg?m=1336768022
Coming down on the stern.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/bow.jpg?m=1336769133
The bow section with anchor out.
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/capt%20dan%20GOPR7099.jpg?m=1336768022
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/resizes/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/bubbles%20GOPR7167.jpg?m=1336769132
A shot from the second dive.
***
http://www.fksa.org/gallery3/var/albums/Florida/Admin-File/album346/album348/Captian-Dan/surface_tonemapped_pe.jpg?m=1336769129
Here is a slightly edited shot from the second dive in greener water. I like to call it the Magic Of Underwater Photography.
The image shows a GoPro HD2 on a Quikpod monopod.
NOTE: Never attempt scooter free diving without proper training, procedures and skill development.
.