21 June 2013 - Key Largo (Christ of the Deep and Minnow Cave)

[acteg]

Just in case anyone is wandering what these dive sites are like, I've uploaded a video from last weekend. Nothing terribly exciting, but it makes for some fun relaxing diving. Sure beats a day at the office anyway.

I dove with Ocean Divers. Cost was $75 since I had my own tanks. I found out too late that Force-E sells discounted tickets for Ocean Divers ($15 off the listed price). Next time around I will be sure to book my dive through Force-E to save a little money. Ocean divers runs a good charter. They seem to be on top of things, the boat is big and well laid out. Oranges and pretzels on the surface interval. The boat was about 60/40 snorkelers/divers.

[video=youtube;jSB-5qqdzDo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSB-5qqdzDo&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Mouth Breather]

Nice video, color is good, did you use a filter?

 

[acteg]

Glad you liked it. No filter. The dive is very shallow, so no filter needed.

 

[JoJo Armani]

Matbe I can get a reply from someone who dives in Key Largo year-round. Do you notice a difference in water temperatures between mid-October and early December? I dove there four years ago in Mid-October and the water temperature was quite comfortable, but am contemplating a trip there in early December.

Any help, advice, or input would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Captain Larry]

Here is a link to the Molassas reef NOAA data for the entire year of 2012. You can scroll down to any date you would like to view historical data for.
Come down and dive with us.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/view_text_file.php?filename=mlrf1h2012.txt.gz&dir=data/historical/stdmet/

Larry