Anyone beach diving around Ft Laud 8/9?
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Yep it sure was a great dive. Can't wait to do it again. Possibly next weekend. Hey what did happen to you guys Darkmoon and MantaRey? Never saw you again after you guys left for lunch. We went in like 15 minutes after you left, came up about an hour later and stuck around the parking lot for about another half hour.
we came back, and saw juan's car but he must've been in the water. and parking was gone. I'd love to dive again. I'll see if I'm not doing anything. also try to get a camera out there.
saw some interesting stuff. did you guys get caught in the huge school of fish out there? happen to know what they were?
saw some interesting stuff. did you guys get caught in the huge school of fish out there? happen to know what they were?
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Sorry about that; we kinda left without returning. We got hungry after first dive so went out and grabbed some pizza down on Sunrise. Then MantaRey grabed an extra tank from Scuba School on Oakland Pk. When we returned couldn't find any parking. Knew parking would be bad but not this ridiculous. Guess I'm too spoiled living in suberbia of Plantation. Drove north to check out area and returned around 1-2. Finally got space as we saw freedive leaving. Managed another dive that afternoon before weather got rough later that afternoon. Brought back leftover's from lunch but lost the bag of food in the bad current. After being dragged to whichever way current wanted to take us; finally had enough and came in. By that time we were tired and exhausted so I snorkeled a bit while MantaRey swam a bit too; before we left, and returned tank rental.
First dive was great but we saw more stuff on second dive. Saw a couple baby sting rays and puffer fish. Found school of fish (don't know what kind - similiar to kind in Finding Nemo) that would dart everywhere. I'd seen a similiar school of fish in Key Largo, which would dart in swarms and would part if you swim through them. MantaRey got a big kick out of that. Weather made second dive exhausting given the current either taking us north (towards pier) or east (away from shore).
First dive was great but we saw more stuff on second dive. Saw a couple baby sting rays and puffer fish. Found school of fish (don't know what kind - similiar to kind in Finding Nemo) that would dart everywhere. I'd seen a similiar school of fish in Key Largo, which would dart in swarms and would part if you swim through them. MantaRey got a big kick out of that. Weather made second dive exhausting given the current either taking us north (towards pier) or east (away from shore).
Yeah the current was nasty. On the first dive we came up exactly where we needed to be but on the second dive I mistook a tarp for the one we were looking for and had to walk down the beach about 200 yards. Quite tiring after fighting the current for an hour. Marine life was definitely cool there. And yep we ran into that school of fish quite a few times. There was like thousands of them. We also saw the most intriguing eel. It was like translucent with a phosphorescent yellow stripe and some blue spots. Really beautiful. Some huge puffers in that area too. I am gonna try to set something up for next weekend. See if we can get a bigger turnout. Gotta get me some new clips for my octo and gauges too as soon as I get paid on Thursday 
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