Blue Heron Bridge Trolls III

[tarponchik]

Is it normally better through the winter than this time of year?

I do not have the stats to prove this, but IMO this is more related to surf than to season. If surf report tells you it is 2-3 ft you may try but it's not likely to be great, just an OK dive. And anything higher than that will suck.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

This time of year, it seems that it is worst. Some years better than others, but overall I pretty much assume October is no diving at the bridge



On another note, years ago we used to meet up on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to dive and have a pot luck. This year high tide is 6:28 pm. I usually work on Saturdays, but would be game for a Sunday morning dive, high tide 7:10 am, and brekky/food stuffs/pot luck after. Any interest?

 

[PBcatfish]

Perhaps both of you are right? Perhaps certain seasons tend to have higher surf?

 

[MrChen]

Perhaps both of you are right? Perhaps certain seasons tend to have higher surf?

Seas are calmer in the summer.

 

[tarponchik]

Perhaps both of you are right? Perhaps certain seasons tend to have higher surf?

This may be the case. Anyways, looks like the best chance to dive under the bridge is on Tuesday when the forecast is 1-3 ft for Palm Beach, and before that I won't even bother.

 

[PBcatfish]

I was about a mile and a half south of the bridge today. Vis was 3 feet at best, right at dead high tide. The water was brown. I didn't get a chance to make it all the way up to the bridge to see if conditions there were any better.

The spot I was in usually does get clean water at high tide, but today they must have had the spillways open full blast or something. Either that or the outside water was also muck.

 

[MrChen]

I dove offshore on Saturday, the top 25ft was brown and green, low vis, maybe 10ft, temp 84.

Below 25ft, we had 50ft vis, blue and hazy, 85-86 degrees down to 100ft. Yes, it was warmer below 25ft of depth.

 

[tarponchik]

BTW, are Lionfish gone? We haven't spotted a single one in 6 dives in Florida (3 under the bridge, 2 boat dives at Breakers, and a shore dive at erojacks). Has anyone noticed this?

 

[MrChen]

BTW, are Lionfish gone? We haven't spotted a single one in 6 dives in Florida (3 under the bridge, 2 boat dives at Breakers, and a shore dive at erojacks). Has anyone noticed this?

Unfortunately not. I've been seeing quite a few in the 90ft depths along ledges, but not the ledges frequented by the dive ops. @Johnoly has some pics of a dozen LF on a stringer.

 

[tarponchik]

Unfortunately not. I've been seeing quite a few in the 90ft depths along ledges, but not the ledges frequented by the dive ops. @Johnoly has some pics of a dozen LF on a stringer.

So they just went deeper?