Dive 232 : RMS Rhone, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Dive No. 232 of 236Date Jan 30, 2008
Bottom Time
To Date172:44
This Dive0:48
Cumulative Time173:32
Location RMS Rhone, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Time IN 14:35Time OUT
SI
0:53		 PG
 PG
67'
DEPTH
15ft STOP
0:48
Air Temp 81F
Water Temp 77F
Visibility 60'
Buddy Lily
Dive Chart
Notes
Lily wanted to sit out this dive as she was really cold. The rental gear from the shop included only a 3mil shorty and we were both pretty cold after the first dive. Plus Lily is no fan of wrecks but I talked her into doing the 2nd dive which is of the aft section of the ship in slightly shallower water.

Once in the water the visibility was the same or worse and it "felt" colder, the dive computer confirmed that the water temp was a bit cooler so it wasn't our imagination.

The dive itself was a bit less interesting. The aft section is shallower and way more broken up than the front section. There was one decent swim through along the propeller shaft. There was also a portion of the captain's silver spoon that was still visible among the the coral growth.

After we ran out of stuff to look at on the wreck we swam through a nearby shallow coral valley which was pretty boring too.

Overall a pretty mediocre dive.

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Black Rock near the dive site.
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Glasseye under a portion of the wreck.
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A Trumpetfish attempts to hide among soft corals.
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A checkerboard tile pattern from the wreck.
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Lily exits a swimthrough.
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The silver spoon the captain used to stir his tea is still visible among the growth.
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A Sea Urchin picks up a passenger.
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This porthole was intact until some scavenger tried to pry it out with a crowbar.
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A clam and Fire Coral on the mooring line.
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