3-4 feet max at that latitude. The wreck sits in 315 feet on a bottom timer,
which means it is more like 303. Kent, I dove it twice in one day on a
single set of aluminum 80's and got out with half my gas - how deep can it
really be?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Lind" <klind@al*.ne*>
To: "Michael Barnette" <aocfishman@ho*.co*>; <trey@ne*.co*>;
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 9:16 PM
Subject: RE: AUE Weekend Dive Report


> This discussion has made me curious.  How much do the tides vary out there
> in Florida?
>
> Here in SE Alaska the change in depth from lower low to higher high tide
can
> be 25' or more.  And the actual depths are often a couple feet different
> from the predicted depths in the tide tables.  And finally, the tides are
> semi-diurnal which makes things even more crazy.  Up in Cook Inlet the
tides
> can change by 36' or more.
>
> So trying to peg the depth of a wreck is pretty difficult.  Even if you
know
> what the tide is "supposed" to be on the tide table, the actual tide at
the
> spot you are diving might be quite a bit different from the prediction
both
> in terms of depth and time.  So you can't really even check your watch and
> depth gauge on a survey and then reliably translate that depth to mean
lower
> low water using the tide charts.  All you can really do is mix and plan
for
> max depth at high tide.
>
> -Kent-
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Barnette [mailto:aocfishman@ho*.co*]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 7:09 AM
> > To: trey@ne*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > Subject: Re: AUE Weekend Dive Report
> >
> >
> > Perhaps with global warming and sea levels rising you are
> > correct.  I have
> > yet to dive the Kendrick so I was going from first hand information from
> > those that have dove the wreck.  315' or 326' a'int enough to
> > quibble over.
> >
> > Well, as I was without a scooter this trip, I was content on just
> > swimming
> > around the stern section a few times, checking out the hangar and
> > the neat
> > swim-thru, sliding into one of the side turrets, trying
> > (unsuccessfully) to
> > slide up into one of the big deck guns, poking about the interior
looking
> > for "bottom junk," checking out all the neat controls in the
> > superstructure
> > rooms, but not jumping over to the bow.  I forgot to bring my
> > census slate
> > down or I would have run a couple of fish counts as well.  There
> > are plenty
> > of rooms and compartments to investigate just on the stern.  Gee,
> > and I had
> > a total run time of a massive 99 minutes (BFD).  I like to take
> > my time and
> > really soak up the scenery; not that any of this matters as we
> > don't try to
> > compete with anyone else -- we just try to have fun...
> >
> > Joe - you owe me a dollar.  It took longer than we thought, but...
> >
> > m
> >
> >
> > >From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
> > >To: "Michael Barnette" <aocfishman@ho*.co*>,
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> > >Subject: Re: AUE Weekend Dive Report
> > >Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 06:26:02 -0400
> > >
> > >I got 315 on the sand 9 years ago. I guess it got deeper. The
> > Wilkes is 250
> > >ish if you get under the concave part of the hull, 200 or so to the
stern
> > >deck.
> > >
> > >When we did it in January, we hooked the bow, did that , then the
stern,
> > >then the hangers and rooms back there, then the rooms up above on the
> > >tower,
> > >then the bow out to the tip, and the guns on the sand and such,
> > and then up
> > >and out in a 90 minute run time. What were you guys doing,
> > crawling on the
> > >bottom?
> > >
> >
> >
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