{"id":527,"date":"2006-04-29T21:39:38","date_gmt":"2006-04-30T04:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2008-01-27T08:55:52","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T15:55:52","slug":"logged-dive-177-diving-the-yukon-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #177 &#8211; Diving The Yukon Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wreck Diving The Yukon<br \/>\nOff the Lois Anne Boat<br \/>\nSan Diego, CA<\/p>\n<p>Dove with fellow DM student Ron T;  Instructor John followed.<\/p>\n<p>In With: 3100 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 1600 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 91 feet<br \/>\nWaves:  Insignificant<br \/>\nVisibility: 5-10 feet, up to 20 feet at the ship<br \/>\nWater Temperature: 56 degrees Fahrenheit<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: 21 minutes, including a two minute safety stop<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/231.jpg\" alt=\"The Lois Ann\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lois Ann<\/p>\n<p>This trip is part of my Divemaster course.  <\/p>\n<p>We were to dive, but also observe and interview the Divemaster on this trip; after seeing the DM, I was so glad I had the assignment!<\/p>\n<p>I was the first one off the boat, Ron followed and then John.<\/p>\n<p>We swam to the mooring line and submerged.  <\/p>\n<p>Vis sucked near the surface; it was very silty.  <\/p>\n<p>Then at 70 feet, part of the wreck appeared.  <\/p>\n<p>It should have brought a light, because it was pretty dark.<\/p>\n<p>The wreck is big and disorienting.  <\/p>\n<p>It sits on its side, so if you are even with the deck and think you&#8217;re level, you&#8217;ll find it strange that your exhaled bubbles ascend out the side.<\/p>\n<p>I was getting REALLY narced, especially at first &#8211; I was diving with air, Ron and John with Nitrox.  <\/p>\n<p>I started feeling better as the dive progressed.<\/p>\n<p>We scanned the bridge, the deck, and the portholes on the side of the wreck.  <\/p>\n<p>It was sort of eerie &#8211; just a big ship with sea life all over it;  sort of like watching a Jacques Cousteau movie in 3D.  <\/p>\n<p>We did not penetrate the wreck.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/422.jpg\" alt=\"The Yukon is covered with white plumed anemones.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Yukon is covered with white plumed anemones.<\/p>\n<p>I was sucking up air faster than I remembered I had ever done.  <\/p>\n<p>I was following Ron, who had a dive computer, and was following his profile.  <\/p>\n<p>Ron motioned that we should head back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/327.jpg\" alt=\"Ron looks way too happy to be this deep.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ron looks way too happy to be this deep.<\/p>\n<p>Ron found the mooring line and we started our ascent.  <\/p>\n<p>At 15 feet, we did our safety stop for a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/522.jpg\" alt=\"Ron makes his safety stop.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ron makes his safety stop&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/617.jpg\" alt=\"John makes his safety stop.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and so does John.<\/p>\n<p>I thought Ron was cutting the dive short, but I followed the guy with the computer.  <\/p>\n<p>Looking at my tables, it was not a matter of air, but time without going into decompression diving &#8211; something that I&#8217;m not qualified to do.<\/p>\n<p>We broke surface with no problem;  I looked over at the smokin&#8217; hot Divemaster, gave my &#8220;OK&#8221; sign and remarked loudly, &#8220;The view is much better up here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>She laughed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wreck Diving The Yukon Off the Lois Anne Boat San Diego, CA Dove with fellow DM student Ron T; Instructor John followed. In With: 3100 psi Out With: 1600 psi Max depth: 91 feet Waves: Insignificant Visibility: 5-10 feet, up to 20 feet at the ship Water Temperature: 56 degrees Fahrenheit Total Bottom Time: 21 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,19,16,9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}