First Dive 2019

The dive team welcomed 2019 the way it has since the team was formed many years ago with our first dive of the year. We have never missed a first dive yet and we hope to keep that record going!

   This year’s dive was at Manasquan Inlet and let’s just say it we could have had better conditions. Topside the conditions weren’t all that bad. We had an air temperature of 63 which for the first of January isn’t that bad, it was a little windy and we could have used a little more sun. The water wasn’t that bad at 47 degrees, but the visibility was where we needed the help. It was pretty bad! 0-2 feet at best! At times it was so dark it became a daytime night dive. It didn’t stop us just slowed us down.

   Sue, Ali, both Joes, Rich, Jim Sr, Jim Jr, Perry ,Evan and Chris all hit the water and let the current drift us down the inlet, with the bad visibility and a 3-4 swell coming in the inlet we were lucky to get the few sinkers and lures that we did recover. All together the team pulled up 40.4 pounds.

    This is good training for the team, but it’s also a fun time for everybody. We had a person come up to see if we needed any help and He (Robert, I didn’t get a last name) became our photographer for the day. He posed us here and there trying to get just the right shot and he even got in a group shot. He was a good sport.

Here is a short video of the first dive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0FaU0iB5Ls