The continuing sagas of the Blue Heron Bridge

[tiggrr]

WOW!! FEV!!

I'm digging that small banded jawfish pic!

So, when we dive Labor Day weekend.....can I just climb on your tank and watch everything you look at from over your shoulder??

 

[fisheyeview]

Sure.

 

[tiggrr]

Sure.

 

[djtimmy77]

Nice pics!

 

[fisheyeview]

Thanks

 

[Sully3]

anyone see Anna Deloach's video
of the striated frogs mating from the bridge
Spawning striated frogfish at Blue Heron Bridge :: Wetpixel.com

 

[NJ to FLA]

Where do you dive at this bridge?? I went under the bridge (in a boat) on the way back to the Riviera Beach Marina yesterday and everyone I was with could not believe people dive under there. I saw a bunch of people in a "flotilla" but no dive flags or anything. But it was definitely the Blue Heron Bridge.

 

[KBeck]

From the tallest part of the span, look eastward. There is an old bridge span that is now a fishing pier is what we call the "west span". Further east, the final end portion of the bridge before it becomes Singer Island is the "east span". Many of us dive not so much "under" the bridge so much as just south of it...between the bridge and the boating lanes, where there are often a number of sailboats anchored. It's out there that you often see the neater stuff.

 

[NJ to FLA]

Okay, thank you. I will cruise around there next weekend.. I remember seeing all the boats anchored but I thought they were very close to the channel?! Like.. VERY CLOSE. I know some of the way it's no wake but still.. am I wrong ?

 

[KBeck]

You can pretty much tell when you're at the channel....there's a literal channel in the sand that drops down. Just turn around and go the other way. I don't venture out there much myself; CoolTech will, and does regularly.
You can certainly start out by sticking closer to the bridge spans, then fanning out as far as you're comfortable. You'll get a feeling for it; there's usually enough other divers there that you'll see under water to give you a good idea.

Here's a real quickie photo pulled from GoogleEarth; I've "circled" in black the dive ranges. To the left outside the photo is the tall span of the bridge (west); you can't accidentally meander your way into the traffic; there are clear markers underwater. The east span is so low to the water that all that will fit under it is kayaks and very slow moving seadoos. In general, I'm more afraid of getting "caught" by the fishermen than getting hit by a boat.