Week 4, Day 18

While today's weather was not as sunny as yesterday, it was still warm. After learning how to dismantle and set-up the KM18's we quickly set up all the equipment aboard the 'Red Baron' an were able to complete lots of dives.

Today I wore the KM18. Initially it does not look very sturdy but in fact it is quite comfortable. The biggest drawbacks are that it is more claustrophobic than the other helmets we have worn, your head gets wet, and after a while you can feel the cold.

We were lowered into the water using the Wet Bell and had a look around. It was fun and very easy. After arriving at the surface we had to quickly get undressed and put into the decompression chamber (in less than 4 minutes) where we stayed from approximately 10 minutes. Tomorrow we with be doing surface rescues down to 60 feet.