dive buddy for drift diving Santa Fe river July 2,3?

[Brian2828]

I'd like to do some drift diving for fossils in the Ginnie Springs or other area on July 2,3. I will be traveling alone and am looking for a dive buddy. I'm open to diving any river where fossils can be found. Is anyone interested in meeting up?

Thanks,
Brian

 

[sportxlh]

Check out dive ops in Venice. You'd be diving in the ocean, but in the remains of an ancient river bed that contains a lot of fossils. A buddy of mine found a Megladone (sp?) tooth when he made the dives two years ago. I suggest this since you probably can just hook up with a buddy on the boat.... in fact, according to my friend, a lot of divers end up doing a solo dive in really shallow water with a dive flag, digging around in the sand for the fossils and shark teeth. A DM might swimg by once in a while to check on the solo divers but its not a difficult dive (again according to my buddy).

 

[Brian2828]

Venice is great for fossil diving. If you haven't done it, I highly recommend it. I dive the Venice area often and will be diving there the weekend before I plan to head north. My avatar was taken off of one of the Venice beaches. I wouldn't recommend solo shore diving if you're unfamiliar with the area/conditions, but there are charters available and it is usually easy to find a buddy for shore diving (check out the Venice forum on Scubaboard). If you're interested in details, feel free to send a message. I'd like to go north to try something different. I did my check out dives at Ginnie Springs about 20 years ago and found great fossils while drifting the Santa Fe river. I'd like to do it again.