DivesWithTurtles
Contributor
Conditions today (Sat. 11/12, afternoon) at Boynton:
Sites: Capt. Tony and Gulfstream Ledge
Seas: 3 with occasional 4 or 5 (better than predicted)
Temp: 79-80
Vis: 30 feet at both sites
Color: Green (water, not divers faces)
Current: Very gentle north; light surge on reef
On the reef there are lots of broken branching coral and some broken sponges, but a great portion of Boynton's beautiful sponges, fans, and other coral and inverts are intact. The usual big schools of grunts and all of the other fish are still around. Not a trace of algae left on the fans or anywhere. The storm seems to have done a nice job cleaning off the algae. Plenty of silt on the reef. I hope a few small winter blows knock off some of the silt. It's been a while since I dove Boynton, so my point of comparison is lacking somewhat, but it looks like the reef made it through without any devastation.
I'm not a certified corn counter (I haven't done the PADI Corn Counter specialty), so I can't give you an accurate read on that.
In all, it's worth getting down now.
Oh, and did I mention the mating whale shark pair and school of about 40 hammerheads?
On Splashdown, Capt. Lynn is great as she always has been. But that Kevin guy (Scubakevdm), I just don't understand what y'all see in him. :05:
Sites: Capt. Tony and Gulfstream Ledge
Seas: 3 with occasional 4 or 5 (better than predicted)
Temp: 79-80
Vis: 30 feet at both sites
Color: Green (water, not divers faces)
Current: Very gentle north; light surge on reef
On the reef there are lots of broken branching coral and some broken sponges, but a great portion of Boynton's beautiful sponges, fans, and other coral and inverts are intact. The usual big schools of grunts and all of the other fish are still around. Not a trace of algae left on the fans or anywhere. The storm seems to have done a nice job cleaning off the algae. Plenty of silt on the reef. I hope a few small winter blows knock off some of the silt. It's been a while since I dove Boynton, so my point of comparison is lacking somewhat, but it looks like the reef made it through without any devastation.
I'm not a certified corn counter (I haven't done the PADI Corn Counter specialty), so I can't give you an accurate read on that.
In all, it's worth getting down now.
Oh, and did I mention the mating whale shark pair and school of about 40 hammerheads?
On Splashdown, Capt. Lynn is great as she always has been. But that Kevin guy (Scubakevdm), I just don't understand what y'all see in him. :05: