Trip Report Emerald Dive Charters Trip Report

[drrich2]

From way back in 2013; my trip report approach has evolved over the years, and since then I think Rainbow Reef Dive Center's location moved a bit, plus they acquired a competitor, but might be of some use.

Key Largo with Rainbow Reef Dive Center 2013 - http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/fl...iving-key-largo-rainbow-reef-dive-center.html

Richard.

 

[DiamondD]

Thanks Richard. RR was actually my first thought when my buddy and I started talking about Key Largo.

 

[HalcyonDaze]

As an addendum, this year has been kind of a weird one - we had two of our long-term regular tigers show early in the season, but neither stuck around. Cassie was spotted at least once in December and then in January there were two sightings of Sophia, who was MIA in 2017. There were a number of tiger sightings later in the season, but with one exception (Patrick, who showed up later than usual) they were new, wallflowers, rarely came in to feed, and didn't stick around for long. We're not sure what was going on with the tigers. I don't think the great hammerheads had a change in routine.

On the other hand, the bull sharks on the deep ledge this spring were much more sociable (some actually coming in and feeding out of Josh's hand) and this summer it seems like there's been a lot more dusky shark sightings than normal in addition to the usual silkys and sandbars. My last time out we even got a rare treat with a smooth hammerhead coming in to mix it up.