Carrie, a friend of ours, and I took a chance despite the howling winds and recent rain to do a bridge dive today. The vis was eight feet and the water temperature was seventy-five. Our friend was trying a drysuit while Carrie was in a three millimeter suit with her three millimeter hooded vest, and I was in my five millimeter suit with my three millimeter hooded vest. Carrie was chilled, but I felt pretty comfortable after our sixty-one minute dive. We were rewarded with a batfish which was under the big bridge by the third set of pilings. We watched a banded jawfish watch us. Before we got in the water we watched a little spotted eagle ray from the fishing pier. The fish and critters are there no matter how wild the weather is topside. Those who haven't been to the bridge in a while will note that there are new buoys marking off a "no boats" area. It's a nice addition to the area making it safer for the divers (as long as the boaters know what the buoys mean! Remember the sailboat captain who sailed his big sailboat through the divers as he missed the channel?) Anyway, continue to dive defensively, and Get in the water, Ham
