Blue Heron Bridge Trolls III

[Brant Emery]

Went to the bridge for diving yesterday. Arrived at 11:00 for a 2:00 tide, lot was full, but I did get a front row space when someone left. Partly cloudy with a short shower around 12:00. Water was a balmy 82 degrees, vis was crappy at about 15 feet.

Nothing spectacular, but a good dive for pictures.

 

[Brant Emery]

A few more.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Nice!

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

I dived the bridge today. Got there about 12:30 for a 3:12 high tide and we had to circle the lots for a half hour before finding parking. Lots of beach goers, few divers and classes
Water temp 83-84 with vis under 20

 

[Pipehorse]

Went to the bridge for diving on July 24. The park was not crowded, unusual for a nice summer day. Sea temp was 85f, visibility was 40ft. Video report below features a Banded Blenny, Spotted Eagle Ray, Octopus, and Scaled Sardine.

 

[Johnoly]

... Sea temp was 85f, visibility was 40ft.

Really fun to watch your Octo segment in the video. Thanks for the Epic viz & conditions report!!

 

[cgills]

Nice find on the Banded Blenny!!

 

[Pipehorse]

Went to the bridge for diving on July 25. The park was crowded. Sea temp was down one degree from th day before 84f, visibility was 40ft. The dive was conducted on the west side. Video report below features a female Sailfin Blennies, Red Lionfish, Juvenile Cottonwick, Juvenile Spotfin Butterflyfish, and Juvenile Highhat.

 

[Pipehorse]

Went to the bridge for diving July 29, 30, 31 and August 1 last week. I was on the west side the first three days, and the east side on Aug 1. Conditions remained constant throughout the week. Sea temp at 84-85f, with 40ft of visibility. The park did seem less crowded on Wednesday, maybe because divers were off elsewhere for mini-season. Park was crowded on the other days. Video attached features, Yellowhead Jawfish, Regal Demoiselle, and a Nurse Shark.

 

[Johnoly]

....and a Nurse Shark.

That's a BIG nurse shark for the snorkel Trail !!!

seem less crowded on Wednesday, .....

Monday Aug 11th is the first day of School for most of Florida. Parking / crowds should dramatically slow on weekdays. Thanks for the conditions report.
We are waiting for Aug 20th to see if our favorite Euro model is correct and we get an Atlantic side passing hurricane. There's no sure bets,,,just wait & track.