First entered dive 24-08-06 Location: Tynaarlo, backside

Ok this is the first entry in the Blogbook, from now on they'll all end up here.

Before the dive:
Yesterday i made a dive at Tynaarlo (yeah yeah map will follow).
First to the school, damn Suunto started whining about a new batt. last week but its up and running again!
Obviously we drank enough coffee while we were there to keep us bouncing all night, but hey why let it get cold and nasty just sitting there!
Finally we got moving (ok only 4 minutes late, but still, 4 long minutes if you're standing there with a tank on your neck).
The weather was pretty lousy as we arrived, rain rain and then some more rain.

Buddy
But it cleared up once we started donning our suits.
I had a buddy i din't know, come to think of it, I still don't know the guys name.
Anyway, as soon as we got is it was clear,this guy was going to need attention flopping around like a distressed pinguin. ohh well.

The Dive
Now to the conditions, everseen a dust storm in a desert? well this comes pretty close.
As soon as the depth exceded 2 meters visability was instantly reduced to zero, although its a nice training getting around while not being able to see anything, doing so with a guy who's on the verge of freaking out isn't the brightest of ideas.

Although the visibility sucked bigtime, the toplayer was teaming with life.
Tons of small undifined fish were darting away constantly (hmm, could it be 50 watt halogene lights are to bright???).
Some small pikes were nice enough to stay putt until i had a close look at them, the second one unfortunately was obscured from sight quite fast by the clouds of dust produced by my buddy who clearly didn't follow a peak performance bouyancy course......

Conclusion:
All in all, a nice dive, but it isn't getting near the top 100 any time soon.

Facts:
Duration: 45 minutes

Depth: Max 6.1 (quick peak alone)

Visibility: 0-2 meters max

Temperature: surface 22, bottom 17

Rating (1-10): 2/3