SFLDiver3445
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Sunday, I accepted an invitation from Jeff (SWADiver) and his wife Daniele to join them for some diving off Delray Beach, Florida. I met Jeff and Daniele at their home in Boca Raton, where we loaded up our gear on their boat and headed out the canal to the Boca Inlet, where we headed North to the Wreck of the Castor. The seas were flat, as they had been for several days, but we did experience a bit of rain along the way.
When we arrived at the wreck, we found another boat with divers below, so rather than dropping an anchor, I took the anchor down and hooked it on the stern section. Fortunately, the current was literally non-existent and the visibility was great. After hooking the anchor, I ascended to dive Jeff and Daniele the all clear and to get my camera and head straight back down to hang out on the wreck with the ten to twelve Goliath Groupers I had seen while setting the anchor. We had a great dive and I got lots of interesting pictures.
After the wreck dive great dive and required deco, we pulled the anchor and headed of to a local Delray Beach Reef. I was amazed at how nice the reef was. We anchored and hit the water in approximately 55' to 60' of depth and spent about seventy to 80 minutes on the reef. The reef was filled with life, so I did manage to get a few nice shots there as well.
Even though we got rained on before and after the dives, the seas were calm and the sites we visited were amazing. Definitely give Delray Beach serious consideration for your next dive trip, because both the wreck and the reef we visited were as good as any South Florida diving I've done!
Here's a few pictures I took throught the dives that should give you an idea of how nice our Delray Beach diving was:
Here's a few shots of the Castor.
Here's a few shots of the Goliath Groupers we saw on the wreck.
Here's a few shots of Jeff & Daniele on the wreck.
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When we arrived at the wreck, we found another boat with divers below, so rather than dropping an anchor, I took the anchor down and hooked it on the stern section. Fortunately, the current was literally non-existent and the visibility was great. After hooking the anchor, I ascended to dive Jeff and Daniele the all clear and to get my camera and head straight back down to hang out on the wreck with the ten to twelve Goliath Groupers I had seen while setting the anchor. We had a great dive and I got lots of interesting pictures.
After the wreck dive great dive and required deco, we pulled the anchor and headed of to a local Delray Beach Reef. I was amazed at how nice the reef was. We anchored and hit the water in approximately 55' to 60' of depth and spent about seventy to 80 minutes on the reef. The reef was filled with life, so I did manage to get a few nice shots there as well.
Even though we got rained on before and after the dives, the seas were calm and the sites we visited were amazing. Definitely give Delray Beach serious consideration for your next dive trip, because both the wreck and the reef we visited were as good as any South Florida diving I've done!
Here's a few pictures I took throught the dives that should give you an idea of how nice our Delray Beach diving was:
Here's a few shots of the Castor.
Here's a few shots of the Goliath Groupers we saw on the wreck.
Here's a few shots of Jeff & Daniele on the wreck.
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