The continuing sagas of the Blue Heron Bridge

[danvolker]

Thanks to all of the efforts by Force-E and everyone else involved....
I'm going to forward this to my contact at PBG...Their was no pounding of the installation of the pilings.. They were installed by drilling that was one of the conditions made during the planning of the construction....

Maybe they drilled too close to the sewage pipe....
I do have a strong memory of some outrageously loud pounding that went on for weeks or more....I don't believe I ever got close enough to see what the impact noise was, but it did get everyone's attention for a long time....one of us must have seen what was involved with that pounding noise.....

 

[jet126]

Here is a link to the news story from last night.

County encouraged by water test results in Riviera Beach

 

[danvolker]

Here is a link to the news story from last night.

County encouraged by water test results in Riviera Beach

Now we will have to find out why the news media was afraid to mention the high readings right under the east Spanish of the bridge, where the sewage pipe coincidentally is....
We did have independent lab testing to assure we were correct in this...

Still, there is no doubt it is safe for scuba diving at high tide...

 

[Bill Parker]

here are some more.
some are not great quality b/c the animals are really small

Wow. Amazing photos. (Everyone's.) Especially #10. Thanks
for including the finger tip. I've read about and seen pix of
micro marine life but seen so little myself. (Maybe some
shrimp here and there.) No wonder I had no idea how small
some it was until now. I haven't been looking close enough.
This is one of the most educational threads I've ever seen
on scubaboard.com I gave it five stars. This thread has
really opened my eyes to things I have been missing.

 

[fisheyeview]

Okay, I normally avoid the bridge on weekends where the high tide is at peak hours, but I am going to brave it this Saturday.

 

[tibenmiami]

Here is a link to the news story from last night.

County encouraged by water test results in Riviera Beach

Thanks for posting.

By the way, do you have an idea when current is strong at the Bridge how many knots it is?

 

[danvolker]

Thanks for posting.

By the way, do you have an idea when current is strong at the Bridge how many knots it is?

Lets put it this way....If you are a freediver, you could beat the current ( just barely) 2 hours prior to high tide ( as it comes in). If you were a scuba diver with split fins, you would be going with the flow, whether you wanted to or not

If you wait to 30 minutes prior to high tide, it is no big deal.

 

[Splitlip]

I have dove the BHB a few times. I have never seen the sea horses. I would love to. We are headed out to LBTS this coming weekend with a stop at BHB probably for sunday. If anyone would be willing to private me info on the seahorses, I would be grateful. Please sont public post it. I know the numbers have dwindled in the past.

Cheers, Walt

Agreed.

There are collectors that watch this site.

 

[jet126]

What a great dive this morning! I KNEW today was going to be special!

It was so nice meeting Dan's wife and seeing divebob8 again. We spent close to two glorious hours under water. The goal was to show Dan's wife Baby Daddy, help divebob find octopi and point out flabellina to the Video Dude. Mission(s) accomplished and then some. Huge northern ray, baby spotted eagle ray, spotted moray, box crab, decorator crab, so much I can't remember. Of course my pictures are all crap (there must be something wrong with my camera). Video Dude took some amazing shots - I'm sure he'll post stills.

I had 72 degrees water temp. Viz was a little less than normal. A lot of divers for a Thursday morning and at least one class doing skills - kneeling on the bottom.

Baby Daddy update: I don't think he's pregnant after all. His belly is the same size as a month ago. I think he just has a poochie pouch. Or he's still "advertising" to get pregnant. Love is in the air/water. A few dives ago we saw the hermit crabs fighting. Today there were fights all over: arrow crabs, hermit crabs, lots of fish species including two flounders. Yesterday there were two muskovies going at it in the wetlands outside my office. I commented to a coworker they look like they're going to kill each other. He said "Those ducks aren't fighting, Joanie."

 

[danvolker]

Agreed.

There are collectors that watch this site.

Just had a thought...if you or I see a collector going after a fish, what prevents us from deciding "we" want the same fish....of course, our collection skills may be poor, but I doubt that there is law or policy on two collectors fighting over the same fish.....
Maybe we do have recourse