Off site algae collection

Today we drove slightly over an hour north to Rye, NH to revisit a site from last summer and do some algae collections there. This is a picture of our entry point into the water, and the actual site of collection is just next to/behind the big rock on the left.

The picture is deceptively warm and sunny and hides the fact that the water temperature was still 7ºC/45ºF, which is about where it is in the early winter. So we were freezing in our wetsuits for both dives and I am still cold 7 hours after exiting the water.


But on the way back we got crabcakes at a roadside place and sat in the sun and it seemed like New England summer again.