Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston ON			N 44° 13.0', W 76° 31.1'
Dive Number 201		Buddy Mark	Surface temp 27°C	Starting pressure 2900psi
Depth 28ft	Visibility good	Time 45m	Water temp ~16°C	Ending pressure 1700psi
Notes:	Mark and I managed to find a little more time to log another dive this afternoon. We expected to follow the Portsmouth Harbour line out the anchor and explore a line from that branches off to the Northeast - I understand it goes to another anchor? Instead, we failed to even find the first lin and just went for a leisurely swim around the harbour. Our error? We didn't head far enough South at the beginning of our dive to find the starting point; we just kept going Southeast and expected to run into the line. We saw some freshwater rum, a few bass, and the hull that's probably been there all along but which we'd never seen before just next to the pier. Then we went under again to make sure we'd know how to find the pipes and the line next time. No post dive food! I had to come home to make supper for the family!

Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston ON			N 44° 13.0', W 76° 31.1'
Dive Number 194		Buddy Mark	Surface temp 22°C	Starting pressure 3000psi
Depth 30ft	Visibility fair	Time 36m	Water temp 19°C	Ending pressure 1800psi
Notes:	Mark and I decided to make another dive on a fall day - It's been a while since I was at the Portsmouth Dive (other than a try-SCUBA experience last year with Mark and Cameron). I figured that I'd have no trouble finding the line and swimming out to the stacked hulls, etc. We couldn't find the line, but instead just swam out into the deep which gave us a chance to navigate back by compass (not challenging but good practice). There were a couple bass and one large drum. Success!

Murney Tower, Kingston ON			N 44° 13.4', W 76° 29.4'
Dive Number 98		Buddy Jim	Surface temp 21°C	Starting pressure 1800psi
Depth 45ft	Visibility good	Time 32m	Water temp 15°C	Ending pressure 700psi
Notes:	After three summers of trying, Jim and I finally managed to connect to get under water together. He has his diving certification from 1990, but has been out of the water for several years since. We decided to make attempt to find the K.G.H., and I was assured by several people that I would have better luck if I just went to the park bench near the tower, and swam straight out. No one mentioned that there were several park benches, but Jim and I chose the nearest one West of the tower, and entered. We never found any lines, but it may be for the best - with me starting with significantly less than a full tank, it might have been upsetting to find the line and not make it out to the wreck. As it was, we enjoyed seeing lots of gobies, a couple bass, and two large freshwater drum. As well, we swam across a sunken windsurfer sail. It was a great chance to reconnect with Jim and hopefully rekindle his diving career, with more dives together in the future. A post-dive fish and chip lunch at The Pilot House afterwards capped off the trip nicely.

KGH, Kingston ON			N 44° 13.3', W 76° 29.3'
Dive Number 84		Buddy Jason	Surface temp 21°C	Starting pressure 2100psi
Depth 37ft	Visibility fair	Time 65m	Water temp 21°C	Ending pressure 1200psi
Notes:	Jason and I set more reasonable expectations for our second dive of the afternoon: swim straight out, stop if either of us felt at all unwell, swim back underneath with no free ascent. We proceeded very gently, and descended to a well-lit 37 feet. We saw several large drum, bass, as well as catfish, and of course lots of gobies. A school of perch swam past before we finished our 65 minute dive - I think my longest ever. Jason and I felt much better about the way the dive went; hopefully a sign of good things to come as we continue to dive together.

KGH, Kingston ON			N 44° 13.3', W 76° 29.3'
Dive Number 83		Buddy Jason	Surface temp 21°C	Starting pressure 3000psi
Depth 49ft	Visibility fair	Time 25m	Water temp 21°C	Ending pressure 2200psi
Notes:	Since Jason and I decided to make a trip the the Great Barrier Reef next year, we planned to do some diving this weekend so that we could become accustomed to each other's behaviour underwater. Since I had two boat dives booked for Saturday, we figured that a couple shore dives would get Jason comfortable back in the water (he hadn't yet been out in 2008). Since I'd recently read about the wreck off the KGH , we decided to give that a try. Our first attempt was difficult - we navigated by compass, and had no luck finding the line, but Jason got panicked at about 50 feet and insisted on a free ascent to the surface. Although stressful and disorienting without references, we did this together safely, and then swam back to shore and rested before our second dive, which was to go better.

Dead Man's Bay, Kingston ON			N 44° 14.0', W 76° 26.9'
Dive Number 65		Buddy Jason	Surface temp 13°C	Starting pressure 2500psi
Depth 15ft	Visibility fair	Time 37m	Water temp 18°C	Ending pressure 1700psi
Notes:	Today was my third dive day in a row - this may be a record for me! Jason and went down to Dead Man's Bay for a clam and shallow dive. There was no visible buoy on the wreck, but we left by compass heading to the place where I thought we'd find it. I steered us far off course, so when we were confident we'd gone too far, we took a look up and found ourselves across the bay. We returned, and navigated under the breakwater to the ramp up to the parking lot, but not before I spied a small mottled fish that I think was a small muskellunge. The dive was not exciting, but was relaxing, and Jason and I both did fine.

Pumphouse, Kingston ON			N 44° 12.6', W 76° 30.6'
Dive Number 63		Buddy Jason	Surface temp 13°C	Starting pressure 2800psi
Depth 29ft	Visibility fair	Time 33m	Water temp 17°C	Ending pressure 1900psi
Notes:	For our second dive of the day, Jason and I planned to return to the pumphouse for a night dive. Our distance was much less, and Jason was troubled by some equipment failure - his pistol light flooded so he converted to his backup light and we stayed close. Navigation was trickier for us becuase of the ease of disorientation, and we also got turned around when Jason got a cramp. There were plenty of perch, and lost of catfish. We both saw a medium-large drum, and I caught a glimpse of a medium pike as well.

Pumphouse, Kingston ON			N 44° 12.6', W 76° 30.6'
Dive Number 62		Buddy Jason	Surface temp 13°C	Starting pressure 2800psi
Depth 38ft	Visibility fair	Time 31m	Water temp 17°C	Ending pressure 1500psi
Notes:	Jason came to town so he and I could get a couple dives in. Since he would be coming on the club dive the following night, he was keen to get his feet - and everything else - wet with a refresher dive with me. We braved the spittle and distant thunder to descend the usual route at the pumphouse, where the barge afforded a view of a few bass. We managed to navigate back to the launch to exit at the bend in Ontario Street. The swim was longer than he had intended, but he did well for someone so far out of practice, and we both enjoyed a good dive.

Pumphouse, Kingston ON			N 44° 13.4', W 76° 28.2'
Dive Number 59		Buddy Mike	Surface temp 22°C	Starting pressure 3000psi
Depth 39ft	Visibility poor	Time 48m	Water temp 20°C	Ending pressure 1200psi
Notes:	For our afternoon dive, After a quick lunch at Timmy's, Mike and I continued to the barge, with an eye to planning a new line from the barge to the West Street ramp. In the end, we elected not to take any twine with us, but to take our bearing from a quick surface over the barge, and navigate back to shore. If Mike was frustrated with our inability to find the line this morning, we were somewhat redeemed by our line from the barge to the ramp on a 300° heading, landing right on a water exhaust. With ample air, we found the nearby car, and played a little before heading in to shore. I managed to get home in time to collect Neva from the bus stop, and the day was well spent with two good dives!