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It was interesting particularly on a poor viz day. I think I have seen minor versions in past years but nothing like this.

Ask me again in nine months. We're lucky to have such a major event here with local impacts. I can recall some serious sponge damage in recent years. Yet these sponges looked and were acting healthy. I was talking to a friend with historical ties to the sponge industry in the Aegean. He...

I went diving with Capt. Popeye and DM Skip with Aqua Life Divers out of Pompano on Sunday morning, April 16, 2023. The first dive was on the Third Reef, the Berry Patch. Visibility was poor. I thought it might have been better from what I had seen kitesurfing in recent days but no joy. A...

Thank you for the input guys. There actually isn’t a lot out there that I’ve been able to find on the Internet aside from reviews from the manufacturer. I’m thinking about buying a pair for free diving. So there should be lower drag without the tank and double the thrust with two units. Still I...

I can't offer more insights on Powerswim other than to say Cal Gongwer told me about several pool parties he hosted for some people from DARPA. Following which they presented this concept as their own for considerable research funds. Cal had let the patent lapse and so there wasn't much...

The accident involving the diver struck and killed by lightning in the water by his boat off Deerfield happened way back in 2007. It seemed more recent. We really need to pay attention to weather. Far more people are stuck and killed above the water while near it or otherwise...

Sure thing, I posted this on FB providing some ideas on how to stay more plugged into weather. Did anyone notice the video clips around Martha’s Vineyard from a few days ago? White water horizontal rain sailboats at moorings seemingly about to sink? There was a tornado in that area as well but...

Diving is a weather dependent sport, even at Blue Heron Bridge and more than we might have thought. Time to tune into wx a bit more closely, things like hazardous weather forecasts, radar, etc.. There is some weather you don't want to be out in particularly on such a violent weather day. There...

Free diving a companionway of the United Caribbean yesterday with SFDH. I was using a GoPro Hero7 without a red filter in a chest harness using available light. I just trimmed the video and did no other image or color correction. I am impressed with the quality of the imagary and color...

I went out kiting in the red tide south of Hillsboro Inlet with a crude mask on Tuesday evening. Without one I would have had to leave the beach. Despite that after further research of what is involved, I don't think it was a wise thing to do. Regarding diving, I don't believe it is a good...

Here is some recent information on the Lofthus. If you dive it from the beach, it means a 2 1/2 mile R/T walk north from the parking lot at Boynton Inlet as there is no longer public access from A1A to the beach there. I usually walk it or sometimes paddle an SUP down. I don't bother with...

We were fortunate to come across some shoals of silverside minnows on the Key Largo Northern Dry Rocks on Saturday. Here is a clip of diving through the "minnow cave."

Your plan of dives seems realistic for a newly certified diver if you go with good dive operations. Unfortunately, mid-October, along with August and September are prime tropical weather months in South Florida. The thing is you never know in advance what will blow through, where or how...

Tekna left the DPV business years back after an unfortunate explosion. Water flood detectors are common place in more expensive camera housings although they don't cost that much themselves. I am surprised DPV manufacturers using Lithium batteries aren't universally providing such detectors...

I just came across the Aquaprop, sorry I missed out on all this about a year ago. I have been looking for a lighter DPV alternative for free diving that also not too difficult to transport by commercial airline. I have been using an Apollo sit on top for over ten years but it is a pain to fly...

Please let us know what changes you see out there. There have been some significant weather events this year to move things around.

I visited the wreck of the Lofthus late yesterday afternoon. I was surprised to see heavy growth of worm rock or Sabellariid reef growth all over the place. Some even resembled a thick corrugated carpet over some of the hull ribs. I don't recall having seen such heavy growth out there before...

Just saw your post. I grew up diving off Ft. Lauderdale, dozens of dives year round over decades and I never even knew a blacktip migration existed in those times. Looking into things in more recent years, they mate off Broward and Miami-Dade following arrival in the fall and before heading up...

I have long been intrigued by hurricane related wave and current impacts on sunken ships, even those in deep water. Andrew did quite a number on quite a few wrecks as many of us may remember. I just wrote a quick summary on the remarkable righting of the Spiegel Grove by distant hurricane...

I suspect someone must have posted this article on here previously but looking around I was unable to find it. How Hurricane Irma Radically Shifted South Florida Wrecks