Dive reports with beach/weather conditions

[Fossilbabe]

AristaKat Charters
29 Aug 09
Boneyard
Wind W 5-10 mph
Tide High @ 8:30 am Low Tide: 5:30 pm
Viz 6 ft
Water Temp 87
Lots of megalodons,sweet mako's pictures to come soon! Still cleaning

 

[Aristakat]

Sunday 08/30

vis 10 ft
winds west 5 knots
seas flat calm

rainy everywhere except in boneyard
Jellyfish showed up yesterday, only seeing two or three lets hope for east winds to blow them back offshore

 

[2TH DIVR]

8/30/09
Service Club

Seas <1'
Water Temp 87
vis 2'-6'+

Got 1 small meg, a vertebrate and some small teeth

 

[dkramer]

I did North of Sharky's this AM. My report is basically the same as Tooth's with one exception. Beware, Jellies are returning.

 

[safyrewulfie]

Bryan Fl and I went out at Ahamies. Hit about 23' no jellies tg. Still kinda snotty. Temp at
22 was 84. Viz maybe 10-12'. Storm rolled in just as we came up. Beat the lightning and rain by about 30 mins. Tested out new design on tooth bag love it. I ll make more. And a new dive skin. Kept getting air in it. I felt like a balloon.

 

[2TH DIVR]

9/4/09
Service Club

Seas Flat
Wind slight S
Water Temp 87
Vis 4'-10'+

Got a nice 3'' choc top meg and usual small stuff

 

[thegulfer]

We finally got out again.

Site: Boneyard
Water Temp: 87
Viz: 10 down to 5 at end of dive
Tide: Peak incoming (noon to 2 PM)
Wind: nil
Surf: calm with swell of 1-2
Algae: not as bad as it has been

Other stuff: I didn't see any jellies. A big turtle swiming all around the boat while we were getting ready and then it took off just as we jumped in. :depressed:

 

[2TH DIVR]

9/6/09
Manasota

Seas flat
Wind None
Water Temp 87
Vis 2'-6'

Got nailed by jellies twice saw a few that were able to avoid.

Got a broken 3 1/2" meg, 2 1/4" mako

 

[Reef_Haven]

Don't see many reports for Manasota. Did you dive North or South of the Life Guard Tower?
I've done a few dives there, never found any nice course black rubble to indicate fossil deposits, like you find at the boneyard.

 

[pjohnson]

Today
Service Club
Vis 6'
surf 0'
temp 86 f
jellies yes (stung in the face, that was fun)

Sunday
Alhambra
vis 10'
surf 0'
temp 86'
jellies yes (back of neck)

Got a worn 3" meg, a whale vertebrae and various other bones on Sunday. Monday we got mainly small stuff which included a nice Hemi.