Scuba Diving Scootering Montana DIR

On Sunday I had the wonderful opportunity to dive with Mark L, Harry B and the Doc. Since none of us were able to get on the tech boat (special boat charter for advanced scuba divers), we decided as team to take a trip out to Montana. Harry was ranting and raving about how great the visibility (how clear the water is) was on Thursday. The seas have been continuously flat. We socialized a little bit and schlepped our tanks and scooters out to the float. We got specific instructions from Doc about how he wanted to video the reef and that we were to look like we were having loads of FUN!!! We did our predive checks and off we went. Harry B and I were one team and Doc and Mark was the other. Doc led the three of us out to Montana. We made it out to Granite Point Wall and shot out North West with the Granite Point Pinnacle to our right. We found Docs favorite tie off rock and ran the reel out to Montana. The plan was to circumnavigate around Montana while Doc took video. We stopped at one point to admire the huge school of juvenile blue rockfish, it was very peaceful. The vis was about 60feet, the temp well let us just say I was not cold. Doc signaled us to do our modeling and fly-bys with the scooter. We zooooom zoooomed pass him with big smiles. At one point of the dive I actually heard Mark L laughing. God only knows what Dandy Melonway was doing while on camera. (LOL!!) I gave Doc my big smile and posed and off I went. Time flys when your having fun out there. It was time to go back to the reel and make our way back to Granite Point Wall for deco. Doc reeled in as we watched attentively. As we cruised along the wonderful pinnacles I was thinking how great this experience is. We arrived at our deco stop on time. We all made our gas switches with our primary buddy and paraded back into the cove for a relaxing deco. We managed to zoom past Chad and Doug in the sand channel. I heard Chad came down to our 20ft stop to say Hi I never saw him though. He said we looked very focused!! ;-) We came in and had a wonderful lunch together and debriefed. I guess I have to get better and holding my light at a 45 degree angle while being videoed. Such minor things, for such a wonderful dive. Thanks Doc. You did a great job!!!! It is awesome to go out there with a team of 3-4 divers. Its the only way to travel. Dionna H.
So 60' of viz, 155' max depth, 90 minute dive.
Dive well, Dive Safe
Harry (Doc) Wong
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