Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Furry Creek 02/01/2011

The first dive of the New Year!

It was a perfect day for a dive, sunny albeit cold. There was ice on the logs of the beach!

I had wanted to do Furry Creek for some time. A link:

http://goo.gl/maps/qh5A

You could not park near the beach, so we had to unload our stuff at the cul-de-sac and then park the car at the parking lot further up. But it wasn't a big deal.

To get to the entry point, you had to walk down a small path past the houses. There was a wooden bench that we used to gear up on. It wouldn't be great for a lot of divers, but for 2 it was perfect.

Getting to the water was harder. The beach was covered with logs. If the logs hadn't been there, it would have been a snap! Still, it was doable. Once you got to the water, the sandy/gravel bottom was quite nice. It was shallow quite a ways out, so there is a bit of swimming to do.

We swam out not far to the north and then headed to the north east. There was supposed to be a wall, but we did not find it. Instead, we came across a boulder strewn slope that was pretty interesting. There was a mound of garbage, filled with old leather shoes and bottles at one point. The shoes looked about size 14, and only the leather soles were left. There were many hiding places for critters in the rocks.

Next time I think I shall swim out to the red marker buoy and go more north. That is where the wall should be, deeper than we were. Our dive was only about 40 feet max. The wall should have been around 80 feet.

Coming back in to shore, we came across the remains of an octopus. Or at least that's what I thought it must be. There were no tentacles, but it was a large mass of white and purple rubbery organic matter. It wasn't artificial that's for sure! Kind of an odd find. Also, right at shore, there was a big buffalo sculpin on the bottom.

The swim back in was magical. The water was shallow, but with the sun out, it created an awesome fish-bowl effect. Very nice!

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