Like yesterday, I got to the beach a little after 5:00 am to get a parking spot behind Tower 20. Luis came later and, again, got a spot just South of mine. We swam on the surface to the Rock Pile, then descended and headed out at 120 degrees to the Ledge of Turtles. Came about 10 feet from Turtle Rock, corrected and swam to the Ledge. Luis had forgotten to charge his camera batteries, so neither of us was shooting. We headed off to Shark's Rock, just like yesterday, except I missed it. I don't know where or how, but suspect we got set to the North by the current again. Went to the Eastern Ledge and then South before coming West to the beach. Didn't see anything I recognized. Dive time was 102 minutes, but the RMV was .30 ft3/minute which is a record low. SAC was about 15 psi/minute at 20 ft.
Annoyed that we had missed Shark's Rock, I wanted to go back to the Ledge of Turtles and try again. We swam on the surface to the Rock Pile, then descended and headed out to the Ledge. Swam at 120 degrees and went right to the Big Rock and then swam to the Ledge. From the Ledge we headed due East to the Nipple Rock, but missed it again. We continued East to the Eastern Ledge and then went South before coming West to the beach. On the way, I glanced at some lighter coral to my North and then slowly recognized the Ledge of Turtles. From there we went 300 degrees to the sand the West to the beach. Dive time was 102 minutes, but the RMV was .30 ft3/minute which is a record low. SAC was about 15 psi/minute at 20 ft.
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