9-11 foot seas....wanna go diving?

[liverock]

GMZ853-873-282130-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
939 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON


TODAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 15
KNOTS AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FEET. BAY AND INLAND
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.

TONIGHT
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS
BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FEET. BAY AND INLAND
WATERS CHOPPY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR GALE
FORCE. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 11 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE DAY.

SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SEAS 6 TO 10 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH.

MONDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO AROUND 15
KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
CHOPPY.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS
BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS TUESDAY. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. BAY
AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.

Perfect weather!

Richard TBS:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

 

[divemonster]

umm.....NO!

umm.....NO!

No thanks on the diving! Maybe I'll rebuild some old regs or something

Pressure changes between the trough and the crest of those waves could be asking for DCS or something. Think I'll pass!

What you gonna do? Replace those dead mango trees? or start on that nano tank for your livingroom?

 

[liverock]

arrrggghhhh

arrrggghhhh

It gets better today


"Gale force winds"

GMZ853-873-011600-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
426 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON


TODAY
WEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 25
KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FEET NEAR THE COAST AND 8 TO 12 FEET FROM 20 TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE. BAY AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.

TONIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO 12 FEET. BAY
AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH.

MONDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20
KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FEET SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET
IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY AND INLAND WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED AREAS.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3
TO 5 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10
KNOTS EXCEPT BECOMING ONSHORE NEAR THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 3 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.

Richard TBS:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

 

[liverock]

Re: umm.....NO!

Re: umm.....NO!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14505778#post14505778 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by divemonster
No thanks on the diving! Maybe I'll rebuild some old regs or something

Pressure changes between the trough and the crest of those waves could be asking for DCS or something. Think I'll pass!

What you gonna do? Replace those dead mango trees? or start on that nano tank for your livingroom?

I think maybe wire up the generator to my panel...is getting to be that special time of the year again!

I have decided not to plant anything that can freeze again......I had hundreds of mango's.....but after the freeze, nada

and am still looking for the nano!

Richard TBS:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

 

[HowardW]

Doesn't look so bad to me, I used to go salmon fishing in 40 foot seas with 60 mph winds in just a 8' bass boat with heavy duty oars and a flare gun.

 

[divemonster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14516816#post14516816 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HowardW
Doesn't look so bad to me, I used to go salmon fishing in 40 foot seas with 60 mph winds in just a 8' bass boat with heavy duty oars and a flare gun.

It isn't the surface that's the problem. It's the pressure that water exerts on air spaces when a diver is underwater. When there are 11+ foot waves passing overhead it's as though the diver's depth is changing...quickly...too quickly...and that can be dangerous.

 

[liverock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14516816#post14516816 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HowardW
Doesn't look so bad to me, I used to go salmon fishing in 40 foot seas with 60 mph winds in just a 8' bass boat with heavy duty oars and a flare gun.

Howard...I knew you were crazy all along...

Richard TBS

 

[liverock]

and a few guys died..

and a few guys died..

I am sure yall watched the news...four of our own went fishing offshore this week before the storm hit....


they found one survivor today...pray for the rest of the guys..

Richard TBS

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Re: and a few guys died..

Re: and a few guys died..

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14520617#post14520617 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by liverock
I am sure yall watched the news...four of our own went fishing offshore this week before the storm hit....


they found one survivor today...pray for the rest of the guys..

Richard TBS

Looks like the two took off their life jackets and just gave up. And the one decided to swim towards a light.

 

[liverock]

Re: Re: and a few guys died..

Re: Re: and a few guys died..

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14546291#post14546291 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AuroraDrvr
Looks like the two took off their life jackets and just gave up. And the one decided to swim towards a light.

Is not an easy thing to be in cold water very long.....trust me I know....swam to shore once in November....7 miles and six hours in the water....was real cold and tired...was lucky to make it..

http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/about/tbs6.html

The one survivor had a body temp of 81 when they got him in the helicopter....all he could say is "I am cold"

Richard TBS

 

[noahm]

Wow man, that is quite a story. Glad you are around today to recall it and I don't mean so you can get us the killer rock.

Noah