Dive Log

Certifications

Certification	Date	Instructor(s)	Dive Shop
SSI - Open Water Diver	12/16/2006	M. Eversmier J. Gullo T. Shaw J. Nunn	Aqua Ventures (class/pool) Quiescence (certification dives)
SSI - Enriched Air Nitrox	4/25/2007	J. Gullo	Aqua Ventures
SSI - Advanced Open Water Diver Specialties: Advanced Buoyancy, Navigation, and Night & Limited Visibility Diving	8/10/2008	E. Cluster	Aqua Ventures
SSI - Century Diver (100 Dives)	8/30/2008	N/A	N/A
SSI - Diver Stress & Rescue	10/3/2009	D. Bouder	Aqua Ventures
SSI - Master Diver (50 Dives + Advanced Open Water + Diver Stress & Rescue)	10/3/2009	N/A	Aqua Ventures
SSI - Dive Control Specialist	5/23/2010	M. Eversmier	Aqua Ventures

Diving Records

Longest Dives
All of these are on open scuba with a single tank (typically AL80) and within recreational diver and no-decompression limits.

1. 85 minutes: Seraya Secrets, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, 2/4/2011 (average depth: 32, deepest depth: 67)
2. 85 minutes: USAT Liberty Wreck Slope, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, 2/5/2011 (average depth: 35, deepest depth: 66)
3. 82 minutes, USAT Liberty Wreck Slope, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, 2/7/2011 (average depth: 23, deepest depth: 23)
4. 79 minutes: Long Caye Wall, Belize, 9/8/2010 (average depth: 25, deepest depth: 62)
5. 78 minutes: Eagle Ray Roundup, Little Cayman, 7/7/2010 (average depth: 35, deepest depth: 67)
6. 78 minutes: Coral Garden, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, 2/6/2011 (average depth: 29, deepest depth: 51)
7. 78 minutes: Bush Gardens, Little Cayman, 7/4/2011 (average depth: 25, deepest depth: 44)
8. 76 minutes: Lagon Kecil (Penemu), Raja Ampat, Indonesia, 1/30/2011 (average depth: 24, deepest depth: 36)
9. 75 minutes: Aquarius, Bonaire, 4/3/2009 (average depth: 31, deepest depth: 54)
10. 74 minutes: Atlantis, Bonaire, 9/3/2008 (average depth: 34, deepest depth: 61)
11. 74 minutes: Great Wall West, Little Cayman, 7/6/2011 (average depth: 35, deepest depth: 71)

Deepest Dives

1. 140 feet: The Great Blue Hole, Belize, 9/7/2010 (average depth: 53, bottom time: 38)
2. 133 feet: The Great Blue Hole, Belize, 11/25/2008 (average depth: 62, bottom time: 34)
3. 117 feet: Mount Michelle, Saba, 3/7/2012 (average depth: 58, bottom time: 32)
4. 116 feet: Third Encounter, Saba, 3/8/2012 (average depth: 66, bottom time: 31)
5. 113 feet: Third Encounter, Saba, 3/6/2012 (average depth: 62, bottom time: 28)
6. 112 feet: Mount Michelle, Saba, 3/4/2012 (average depth: 58, bottom time: 31)
7. 106 feet: Sandy Slope, Belize, 9/5/2010 (average depth: 51, bottom time: 47)
8. 103 feet: Bus Top, Little Cayman, 7/5/2009 (average depth: 35, bottom time: 59)
9. 103 feet: Black Coral Forest, Kona, 11/25/2009 (average depth: 55, bottom time: 50)
10. 103 feet: Never Never Land, Kona, 11/23/2009 (average depth: 51, bottom time: 21)
11. 103 feet: Cascades, Little Cayman, 7/7/2010 (average depth: 58, bottom time: 53)

 Dive Trips

Dive Numbers	Dates	Location	Dive Shop	Comments
1-5 (5 dives)	12/15 & 16, 2006	Key Largo, Florida	Quiescence	Basic Open Water Certification. Rough seas, tough conditions, low visibility. Sites: Molasses Reef
6-8 (3 dives)	12/20/2006	St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands	Admirality Dive Center	3-tank dive package for the day.  We were on the Norwegian Jewel and the dive shop met us at the pier.  First dive had good vis, second and third did not. Sites: JBK, Stone Face, Spratt Point
9 (1 dive)	1/6/2007	Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida	Epcot DiveQuest	Diving in the calm, clear aquarium at the Living Seas in Epcot Center.  First time diving with sharks - 6 foot sand tiger.
10-32 (23 dives)	5/4 - 5/11, 2007	Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles	Great Adventures Bonaire	80 foot visibility for most of the trip.  Lots of small things, seahorses, frog fish.  First time shore diving, first night dive at Town Pier. Favorite Sites: Alice in Wonderland, Hilma Hooker, Small Wall, Just a Nice Dive, Buddy Dive / La Machaca, 1000 Steps
33-49 (17 dives)	6/28 - 7/4, 2007	Little Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Cross Club	Very first dive of the trip was a night dive (Soto Trader).  Good vis (80-100 feet), lots of squid, lobster, octopus out in the open. Favorite Sites: Mixing Bowl, Randy's Gazebo, Joy's Joy, Lea Lea's Lookout, Jigsaw
50-70 (21 dives)	11/24 - 12/1, 2007	Little Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Cross Club	High winds during the trip messed up vis somewhat, but still nice vis (80 feet).  Saw a few reef sharks & nurse sharks, lots of dusk diving, turtles. Favorite Sites: Randy's Gazebo, Coconut Walk, Lea Lea's Lookout,  Joy's Joy
71-92 (22 dives)	6/15 - 6/20, 2008	Turks & Caicos	Turks & Caicos Aggressor II	First liveaboard.  Vis was about 80 feet.  Excellent time scenting sharks (reef and nurse).  Scared by a shark in a hole.  Nudibranch, lots of night diving, lion fish. Favorite Sites: Le Dome, G-Spot, Driveway, Gullies, Elephant Ear Canyon
93-98 (6 dives)	8/9/2008	Bainbridge Quarry, Pennsylvania	Aqua Ventures	Advanced Open Water Certification.   Interesting time with weight problem, saw lots of murk.  Vis was low (15 feet), but that is apparently high for the quarry.  Temp was 80 on the surface, and 50 by about 45 feet. Favorite Sites: None.
99-116 (18 dives)	8/30 - 9/4/2008	Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles	Great Adventures Bonaire	80+ Vis for most of the trip.  Some excellent shore diving in the south where the boats tend to not go.  Wind reversal meant rough seas for our last day of diving, forcing us to Klein Bonaire. Favorite Sites: Atlantis, Margate Bay, Red Beryl
117-132 (16 dives)	11/23 - 28/2008	Turneffe Atoll and Lighthouse Reef, Belize	Turneffe Island Lodge	Not great visibility, about 60-70 feet at best for most of the trip.  Still, we saw lots of small things and were able to do some long dives with very few people. Favorite Sites: The Great Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye Wall, The Elbow
133-151 (18 dives)	3/28-4/3/2009	Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles	Dive Friends Bonaire	Water was a little chilly compared to other times that we've been to Bonaire.  Still good vis (80 feet or so), and we had a great time shore diving. Favorite Sites: Candyland, LaDania's Leap, Margate Bay, Night Dive on Klein Bonaire.
152-167 (16 dives)	7/2 - 7/7/2009	Little Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Cross Club	We had quite a bit of wind, so we still haven't gotten really really great vis in Little Cayman.  The water was sometimes choppy.  We did have some fun with an octopus, squid, and lots of grouper. Favorite Sites: Nancy's Cup of Tea, Bus Top, Coconut Walk, Lea Lea's Lookout, Blacktip Boulevard
168,169 (2 dives)	10/3/2009	Bainbridge Quarry, Pennsylvania	Aqua Ventures	Diver Stress & Rescue Certification.  We did some skills, and worked through several scenarios for navigation (search patterns), identifying stress and worked through some rescues.  Weather was absolutely perfect and everything we could ask for in a quarry dive. Favorite Sites: None.
170-195 (26 dives)	11/22 - 11/27/2009	Kona Coast, Hawaii	Kona Aggressor II	Some chilly water, quite a bit of swell / surge and current.  Nice dives looking for small things.  Excellent time on the Manta Ray Night Dive - 11 mantas.  Saw a Hammerhead shark!  Lots of nudibranchs and fish. Favorite Sites: Garden Eel Cove (manta ray night dive), Aquarium, Ladders (South Point)
196-201 (6 dives)	5/22 - 5/23/2010	Bainbridge Quarry, Pennsylvania	Aqua Ventures	Observing an open water class as a DiveCon in Training and completing certification dives for DiveCon Course.  Dive number 200 was to 89 feet in 39 degree water.  Cold and miserable, but memorable. Favorite Sites: None
202-208 (7 dives)	5/29 - 5/31/2010	Williston and High Springs, Florida	Underwater Adventures	Diving over 3 days in Central Florida Springs.  Started with Blue Grotto, then Devil's Den, then Ginnie Springs.  Really enjoyed the near perfect visibility. Favorite Sites: Blue Grotto, Devil's Den, Ginnie Spring, The Devil System.
209-224 (16 dives)	7/2 - 7/7/2010	Little Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Cross Club	Our first anniversary trip to the Cayman Islands.  Enjoyed good vis on some days, not so good vis on other days.  First few days, weather was not great - thunderstorms and heavy rain.  Much better after 7/4. Favorite Sites: Cascades, Eagle Ray Roundup,
225-250 (26 dives)	9/5 - 9/10/2010	Turneffe Atoll and Lighthouse Reef, Belize	Belize Aggressor III	Wonderful trip with friends Bill, Terry, Nick and Gary.  Started with some questionable vis, but Lighthouse Reef was definitely up to snuff.  Very nice diving, very fun time. Favorite Sites: Aquarium, Painted Wall, Half Moon Wall, Cathedral, Tarpon Cave
251 (1 dive)	10/10/2010	Calvert Cliffs, Chesapeake Bay	Canvasback	Beautiful day on the Chesapeake Bay looking for fossils at Calvert Cliffs. Favorite Sites: Calvert Cliffs
252-281 (30 dives)	1/25 - 2/2/2011	Raja Ampat, Indonesia	Raja Ampat Explorer	Our first South Pacific diving.  Tons of fish, nudibranchs, lots of healthy amazing corals.  Our time was spent in northern Raja Ampat.  Wayag, Mansuar, Kawe, Penemu and Gam. Favorite Sites: Manta Sandy, Magic Rock, Barracuda Point, Eagle Rock.
282-291 (10 dives)	2/4 - 2/7/2011	Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia	Villa Markisa	Muck diving in beautiful Bali!  Vis and conditions were not as great as we would have wanted, but excellent critters and the best wreck we've seen.  Lots of nudibranchs, shrimp, ribbon eels. Favorite Sites: USAT Liberty, Seraya Secrets, Coral Garden
292-307 (16 dives)	7/1-7/6/2011	Little Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Cross Club	Our second anniversary trip to the Cayman Islands. Pretty good vis, nice weather. Lovely time with lovely people. Favorite Sites: Paul's Anchors, Bush Gardens, Lea Lea's Lookout
308-309 (2 dives)	7/17/2011	Bainbridge Quarry, PA	Aqua Ventures	Trip up to Bainbridge to try and get some photos, but the vis was ridiculous and the quarry was crowded. Todd was cold, I was hot. We need to work on dressing the same. Favorite Sites: None.
310-311 (2 dives)	7/30/2011	Bainbridge Quarry, PA	Aqua Ventures	Open water class with some students. The vis was still terrible. Only did the first day of certification dives. Favorite Sites: None.
312-315 (4 dives)	9/10-9/11/2011	Dutch Springs, PA	Aqua Ventures	Trip that I planned with the AV team. Two dives over two days. Nice vis, Ok temperatures. Pretty good diving for Pennsylvania. Favorite Sites: Helicopter
316-317 (2 dives)	9/24/2011	Paradise Spring, FL	Underwater Adventures	Excellent dives at an interesting spring in Florida, including scorched ceiling and bones in the wall! Favorite Sites: It's only one site.
318-329 (12 dives)	3.4-3/9/2012	Saba	Saba Deep / Saba Divers	Not the best conditions (windy / choppy), but the diving was very nice. Saba Deep's shaft broke on the boat partway through the week and we switched to Saba Divers. Ended up doing many dives twice due to conditions and the different dive companies. Favorite Sites: Tent Reef, Third Encounter, Man O'War
330-331 (2 dives)	6/24/2012	USS Radford (Ocean City, MD)	OC Dive Boat	Really calm, wonderful conditions on the Atlantic. Water was warm as well. Vis was 30-40 feet. Lots of mussels and fish and a very nice wreck. Favorite Sites: Only one site