Dive #74 U-352 Wreck

Date: September 9, 2006
Location: U-352
Boat: Midnight Express (Olympus Dive Center)
Max Depth: 111 feet
Bottom time: 16 minutes
Gas: EANx30
In: 9:12 AM Out: 9:36 AM
Buddy: Jamie R.
Visibility: 40 feet
Temp: 79 degrees

Dove on the U-352 for the first time, two days after finishing "Last Dive" (a book about a father/son team who died diving another u-boat). Visibility wasn't the best, but not too bad -- maybe a lingering effect of the tropical storm.

The wreck is very cool. Bottom time was more limited than it needed to be because my buddy had his dive computer in air mode instead of nitrox mode! Still managed to see many fish, including a 6-inch volitan lionfish. They've been introduced to local waters from the pacific, apparently courtesy of the the aquarium trade.

This was my first dive with my new backplate and harness setup, as well as my Dive Rite NiTek Plus computer. I've downloaded the profile of the dive and you can see it by clicking on the "111 feet" above.