But as I am making my way across the bottom in about 15 feet of water there is this little statue of two girls sitting on a bench. How awesome I thought to myself. I know it wasnt an old piece but it was neat to me. I decided it was time to practice buoyancy and took pictures and video while navigating around it. I didnt touch it and I tried not to stir up the bottom silt. Not too bad, but can still use a little work. There were plenty of fish hanging around too.
Air Temp--95
surface temp--80
Bottom Temp--75
Depth-25' + 10' altitude+35'
Total bottom time 50 min.
I got a new compass that I was dieing to try! It was A retractable one that locked. I was able to snap it onto my upper BCD and still have easy access.
I thought it would be a good idea to learn how so that when diving in the ocean I would have a better idea where the boat was. Plus I kept losing direction of my dive flag. So when I left the Statue I set my compass lumber line to come back in that direction, and off I went.
So after I explored for about 20 minutes I started back while following my compass. I kept thinking it was off, but when I came within 5 feet of it I knew not only did it work, but it gave me confidence about where I was and where i have been.
This picture was pretty cool because the perch just hovered there watching me.
It was like it had wings.
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