Deep shipwreck exploration off Miami - round 3

[aue-mike]

Got out this past weekend to check out some more targets off Miami. Out in deep water we found two very intriguing targets, a couple more also worth checking out at some point, but also found some junk like concrete culvert/pipe. We also got in a couple dives on the yacht ESMERALDA, which rests in 200 feet of water. Some nice marine life on it Saturday, but overnight the temperature dropped 10 degrees to 62F on the bottom, chasing away some of the big hogfish. Here is a video I threw together as a sampler of the weekend....

MIAMI WRECK HUNTING AND ESMERALDA DIVES - YouTube

Cheers,
Mike

 

[sportxlh]

Great video and discovery. Looked like some big hogs!! I once saw a pyrosome or a very close relative: very weird colonial organisms. Odd Sea Creature in Jupiter: a Pyrostemma spinosum or salp ? - YouTube

Thanks for posting the video!

 

[Amazz]

Cool wreck and nice hogs and of course the dreaded lionfish. Unfortunately, too deep for my bucket list.

 

[Garth]

Great video but I would like to be Michael Barnette when i grow up.