Hi Folks, I would like to thank everyone for coming out to the beach yesterday on such a bitter morning, it is great to see that the spirit of Long Island diving is alive and well. We had 10 dedicated divers on the beach at 7 am, and another 4 had called me by 5:30 am to let me know that they were not going to make it due to the weather conditions. My thanks to everyone! Special recognition goes to Doug Haman who came all the way in from Shirley. Unfortunately the weather was not as cooperative as we could have hoped. The torrential rains and gale force winds of the night before predictably turned what should have been excellent(although cold!) visibility into a brown murk. That, combined with the whitecaps the were forming on the water as we enjoyed our coffee and donuts(thanks LIDA!) convinced all attending that while the site was certainly divable, we would prefer to wait for conditions that were a bit more favorable. We hung on the beach for over an hour, discussing the site and it`s history and planning our future dive there. All were in agreement that we should make another attempt as soon as feasible. According to my calculations next Saturday, February 9th looks particularly good, at least as far as the tide is concerned. High tide will be at 12:30 in the afternoon. The initial plan would call for a noon entry. All in favor please get in touch and I will let you know what the response is. Again, thanks to everyone for getting up early on a cold, windy Saturday morning, I am genuinely impressed by your dedication. Hopefully next weekend the weather will be a bit more cooperative. Talk to you soon..........Bill |