Wall diving in Grand Cayman
Getting ready to drop down the wall off Georgetown, Grand Cayman to over 1200 ft. deep on the Atlantis submersible.
http://www.grandcaymantimeshare.com/GrandCayman.JPG Cayman Mon! We're about to plunge off the lower left corner for some intriguing bottom time ala dry sub. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album06/5_G.sized.jpg The dive More at: http://www.atlantisadventures.com/to...&tour=35&cat=8 http://www.fksa.org/albums/OFF-TOPIC..._001.sized.jpg Stalked crinoids posing on the wall at about 800 ft. deep. These guys actually walk around on all those legs. More about these unusual creatures at: http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ra.../crinoids.html http://www.fksa.org/albums/OFF-TOPIC..._001.sized.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album06/6_G.sized.jpg Sea Fans hanging out in the dark. Almost within free diving range, about 400 ft.! http://www.fksa.org/albums/OFF-TOPIC...wall.sized.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album06/7_G.sized.jpg Some other guys hanging out with the submersible rigged out for technical diving, probably with trimix. Gotta love all those tanks and weight. We used to wear FIVE tanks for this sort of thing. http://www.divetech.com/images/sub_techdvr.jpg From: http://www.divetech.com/ Descending The sub's bigger brother that runs within 100 ft. of the surface with over 40 passengers goes to sea. http://www.fksa.org/albums/OFF-TOPIC.../Sub.sized.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album06/8_G.sized.jpg "Get on the bus ..." There are still other things to think about doing if the wind isn't on in the Caymans. A personal favorite was breathhold diving down to around 80 to 100 ft. deep on the dropoff using a rented electric dive scooter. The droppff or wall is just to the west of the shoreline in the deep blue water off the DiveTech shop at West End of Grand Cayman. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album347/...and_Cayman.jpg The miniwall From: http://www.fksa.org/showthread.php?t=7792 Makes you feel like Aquaman, uh or Aquagirl as appropriate! See the guys at DiveTech at the link above for more details on the gear. FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi |
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