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Originally Posted by QRQ 30
On another tack, I recall night swims at the Nike site. .
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Depending on the tide and location the compass course bay between Fleming Key and Sigsby (sp?) Park was about 8'-12' deep IIRC. You could sit on your buddies shoulders to get a good set for the compass.
There was a lot of stuff that lived in the bay and it was still there after dark. If you had the board you were skimming just over the top of the sea grass. Every now and then you'd go over something that would fly out of it's hole stiring up the water and phosphorescence. That would cause you to draw up and suck about 100psi real quick. Of course if you were the buddy pulling the bouy line when the compass man jerked up he'd bang into you.
One night me and my buddy glidded up onto the beach and pulled our masks off. We're looking around with the water level view and going "Man, I've never seen this part of the beach before." and "Wonder where we are?" Then one of the instuctors started yelling at us. When we jumped up we saw that we were right in front of the target. Hey, we were generally the 20-25 meter left or right crew.
Pete