Palm Beach Dive Thread

[NothingClever]

No idea! On Sunday I was the fat guy up front, port side. I was slinging a yellow pony bottle (don't think anyone else on the boat had a pony that day).

You weren't kidding about that current, either! That weekend ( went out with PVD on Saturday too) was my first time diving that area.

Really glad you enjoyed the diving! Hope you come back visit for diving in Jupiter, West Palm Beach again and Pompano Beach.

 

[NothingClever]

PVD is loosing another good captain?! Dang it!!

But Jason’s back for good .

He had a lucrative supervisory job covering mega yachts but it just wasn’t his jam. Florida’s Atlantic coast is all the better for it. I’m convinced based on his stellar USCG career (about which he’s humble) that he’s easily in the top ten of charter captains in Florida. Personally, I’m grateful I get the privilege of falling off the back of his boat.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Well, I thought it was a leatherback and so did another diver but my skills in sealife identification are really weak so there’s a high probability it was NOT a leatherback.

leatherbacks are obviously different than loggerheads, greens, and hawksbills. First they are huge. Twice the size if a greenie ( which are typically larger than loggerheads), Second they don't have a typical shell.

 

[MrChen]

A leatherback????!!!! Jealous!!! I’ve still not seen one of those dinosaurs in the flesh outside of baby wash backs at Gumbo Limbo.

My thoughts exactly! Wow! I've never seen one either.

 

[noidea]

Do you think the weather hitting today and tomorrow on the coast will impact diving visibility next weekend?

 

[PBcatfish]

Do you think the weather hitting today and tomorrow on the coast will impact diving visibility next weekend?

My knee jerk reaction is that the amount of impact will likely vary with the specific location. Places like BHB seem to get mucked up from rain water run off more than fast current areas that are a mile or so off the beach.

The silver lining is that there will likely be somewhere that is worth diving as long as the immediate weather is not problematic.

 

[noidea]

My knee jerk reaction is that the amount of impact will likely vary with the specific location. Places like BHB seem to get mucked up from rain water run off more than fast current areas that are a mile or so off the beach.

The silver lining is that there will likely be somewhere that is worth diving as long as the immediate weather is not problematic.

I'm thinking down towards Key Largo.