Diving the Stolt

Here's a video I shot diving on one of my favorite local divesites, the Stolt Dagali, about 19 miles off the Central NJ coast.  The really nice thing about the "Stolt," as we refer to it around here, is that it's a great location for divers of all interests and all skills.

The bottom of the shipwreck is at 130 ft, so if your experience makes you comfortable at depth, there is a huge debris field.  If you enjoy hunting for lobsters or collecting scallops, both are often found at this site.  A few bugs have come home with me following a visit.

If you are a new diver, or just don't want to go that deep, the top of the shipwreck is at 60 feet.  I have been there four times in the past ten years, and the visibility has been excellent every trip.  It takes more than a little nasty weather to mess up the water column at 60 feet when the bottom is so far down.

I dive with nitrox, and was supposed to be doing an 80 ft dive trip that got cancelled.  Luckily, the Gypsy Blood had a trip going out tot he Stolt, and Captain Jim had a little extra space.  Even with EAN 32 in my tanks, I was guaranteed a great dive on the Stolt, without pushing the safety limits of my Nitrox mixture.

It was a good decision, because viz was great (as usual) and I was able to get these fantastic clear pictures.   Video was shot with a GoPro Hero3 and edited in Premiere Pro CS5.5.

Enjoy the video, and let me know what you think.

For more information about the Stolt, visit NJScuba.net.