2007 Reports

2007 Dive Reports
January 3 or 4 - a group of crazy Canadians went diving while they were here in town for the "Big Event"
Conditions were good, water was warm and visibility about 70'. Tons of sharks!

Late Feb - there is a Tech trip scheduled out of Olympus to the Yancey...they didn't make it quite that far. Stopped at the Aeolus. Vis and temps were low.

Late March - The ''Big O'' went to the Papoose. On tying in, more sharks were seen than have been in a long time.
Vis was about 40' and temps in the low 70's on the bottom

April 14 - The Olympus made it to the Indra for student training dives today... the water was cold, and visibility about 12 feet.
A typical student experience ''if you can do this, future dives WILL be better!''

	Location	Visibility	Temp	Comments
April 29	Schurz Spar	40-50 35	68	First trip of the year! Finally made one in April! A bit rolly, but still a great day. TONS of fish on both wrecks, both have that "undived" feel after a long winter. The seas got calmer as the day progressed.

OTHER BOATS May 12-13	Papoose	20 then 70	77	On Saturday the Papoose had 20' and a screaming current, but it brought in some clear water on Sunday, just in time to get really rough. The Spar also had 20', but no current.
OTHER BOATS May 11, 12 & 13	Indra	10/5		Not so good. Then it got windy on Sunday.
OTHER BOATS May 12	Lobster Wreck	120vertical 70horizntl	nice	Olympus went to the Lobster Wreck on Saturday- took a chance after this week's wind storm and got lucky- the mate could see the wreck after jumping in. (Was not as good on the southern wrecks).

May 19	Indra	30-35	68	A good day of diving, we stayed in-shore and actually had better vis than the offshore wrecks! In the afternoon the wind fell out and seas got rather flat. "That's not my dog!!"

May 21	Hardees	30-35	68	Again, decent vis and the best direction to go considering the sea state... tons of amberjack surrounded the divers, and a single sand-tiger was on patrol. A noticeable current picked up on the 2nd dive.
May 22	Naeco	80+	76
May 23	Schurz	60-70	75	A bit choppy topside, but very nice underwater. Vis is good and there are tons of fish on the wreck.

May 25	Sailboat Sub	80	75 71	Calm seas allow a dive on the sailboat, where conditions are excellent. The sub has a bit less vis, but "everyone needs to dive it at least once!"
May 26	Naeco	90+	76	Another awesome day, great vis and warm water. A few sharks and many more lionfish are still on the wreck.
May 27	Cassimir	100	75	Flat seas again! A long day to the WR2 was a good choice today- it too has fantastic vis and no current. A school of coronetfish were hanging near the anchor.
May 28	Sailboat Papoose	90+	75	What a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend! Lots of sharks are back on the Papoose!

May 31	Rock Ledges	70-80	78	The High Pressure wave continues, flat seas make the ledge dives very easy. A few lobster were recovered and even a lost anchor!

	Location	Visibility	Temp	Comments
June 1	Papoose Spar	90+ 40+	78	The sharks are back on the Papoose, many are hanging off in the sand at the bow. Visibility was fantastic!
June 2	Schurz Spar	80-90 40+	78	It's a bit bumpy on top but visibility remains good underwater. Sharks are seen on the spar, as well as many small stingrays cruising the sand below the wreck.

June 7	Papoose Sub
June 8	Schurz
June 9	Hardees Ashkabad			The Hardees is always very picturesque, and the Ashkabad has had a lot of sand moved off of it- it looks like a real wreck now. This much of it hasn't been exposed in about 20 years.
June 10	Schurz
June 11	Schurz			Awesome vis and incredible fish life on the wreck.
June 12	Naeco Stern Papoose			Fantastic day, both above and below the surface.
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June 19	Papoose Schurz
June 20	Naeco Stern
June 21	Schurz
June 22	Ashkabad Portland			Decent but expectedly low vis on the Portland. It would be an awesome wreck if one could only see it!!
June 23	Bedfordshire Ashkabad
June 24	Rockpile Ashkabad
June 25	Proteus Caribe Sea			Sharks still abound at the Proteus, as well as the Caribe Sea.
June 26	Cassimer Rocks			A beautiful run to the Cassimer, coronetfish are still hanging around!
June 27	FarEast Tnkr			Many sharks. Much of the top deck is falling in this year.
June 28	Papoose

	Location	Visibility	Temp	Comments
July 1	Papoose Indra			WBIT

July 3	Naeco Bow Rocks			You won't believe how many lionfish are on this wreck. It's absolutely infested.
July 4	Papoose			Clear vis and a great dive!

July 6	Box Wreck Hardees	90+ 70	78	Current and more current!
July 7	Rocks Duhamel	80+ 15ish	81/79	A very nice day, the current has dropped out since yesterday. WARM WATER!!
July 8	Naeco Papoose
July 9	Papoose Schurz	100/90	81/79

July 12	Schurz	70	79/75	A late departure after a storm blew by still made for a great day! Better late than never!
July 13	Naeco	80	81/77	Made it further out today, great conditions underwater. Do they call that a "man thong?"
July 14	Spar	90	81/78	Lots of sharks posing for the cameras today!
July 15	Titan Indra	25	79	Less favorable conditions today, but still a good day on the water.
July 16	Titan Indra	25	80	2 dives worthy of a repeat!
July 17	Hardees Ashkabad	50	80	Heading to the Yard Oiler was a better direction today- a bit choppy but still a great day.

July 19	Spar	50	81/78	Who wants to dive with sharks?
July 20	Aeolus Bow Spar	50	81/76	Not many sharks on the bow, so we did the 2nd dive on the Spar- a good day and great dive!
July 21	Hutton	35-40	79	It was a bit rough to go further out, so the best was made of it on the Hutton. One long dive turned out to be one good long dive!
July 22	Schurz Indra	40 30	80	The Schurz was nice, but seas were still a bit bumpy. Some divers did their first Indra dive... seas were much better inshore!
July 23	Hutton	35-40	77
July 24	Naeco	100/65	84/79
July 25	Naeco Papoose	100/80 80/70	84/78
July 26	Schurz	100+	83/78
July 27	Sailboat Spar	90 70	83/79
July 28	Schurz Sub	80	82/77
July 29	Papoose Spar	80-90 50	82/79	Rachel broke the streak! No longer is she the blow-out trip leader!!
July 30	Schurz Spar	80 80/60	82/79	"All sharks keep back 25 feet!" Or in Canadian, 7.5 meters, eh!!
July 31	Spar Indra	60-70 35	82/79 81

	Location	Visibility	Temp	Comments
August 1	Hardees Ashkabad	100/45 25	83/81 80
August 2	Naeco Sub	100	84/80
August 3	Papoose Spar	100/60 50	84/79
August 4	Aeolus Spar	70/50 50	83
August 5	Papoose Indra	80 30-35	80

August 7	Cassimer Rocks			You mean you guys really haven't gone after lobster before? Rule #1- don't grab the antenna!! Not a bad result for newbies!

August 11	Box Wreck Bedfordshire	100 70	82/78	Lesson Re-re-re-learned: Don't trust the forecast. It's just a forecast, after all.
August 12	Schurz Big10 Ledge	70 25-30	81/76	Would someone please tell the weather people that they really suck at what they do?



				Bobby saw a 14+' hammerhead near the Cassimer, it's hammer was about 5' across, the biggest shark he's ever seen. It could have eaten the largest sand tiger out there, easily. Wow!


				Divers on the Midnight Express interacted with a Whale Shark - seriously! www.olympusdiving.com Photo Gallery!