First Time Ft. Lauderdale

[divad]

think about it where would a giant spot of fresh water come from in the ocean.
Did you see little flakes of toilet paper? probably not their pumps shred it up good! sorry to inform you of the fact that you were swimming in ****.
PROTEST THE CRUISE SHIPS NOW!

I was told it was rainwater. There were thiunderstorms all morning and and a pretty heavy one directly over us on the first dive. If it was ****, the shop owner, who is an hilarious curmudgen and was in the water with us with just a beanie and no wetsuit, would have had great sport with it.

 

[Web Monkey]

Wow, 72* in July? That does surprise me. I was there in Feb last year and it was 76* in Key Largo. I will take my 3 mil and head covering.Thanks.

If you have the zipcode, I've got the water temperature.

http://www.bupkis.org/index.asp?dir=/SCUBA/&file=/SCUBA/Water_Conditions.html

Terry

 

[mrobinson]

Great posts everyone - helps me out too!

 

[Pillow]

Thanks for all of the help. I am really getting pumped up.

As far as fresh water and salt water interfaces ther is an interesting occurance off of many deltas and or discharges. Since fresh water is lighter that salt it will often reach out far from shore by a process called "jet flow" and have different charactersitics until mixing is complete. With variances in water temp you may have a layer of salt, fresh and back to salt.

Thanks

 

[pilot fish]

If you have the zipcode, I've got the water temperature.

http://www.bupkis.org/index.asp?dir=/SCUBA/&file=/SCUBA/Water_Conditions.html

Terry

zip is 33316. I tried and got nothing

 

[Web Monkey]

What did you use for a search radius?

I just tried it with a 100 mile radius search and got:

Water Conditions

SETTLEMENT PT, GBI – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 24 MPH Gusts to 34 MPH Air: 77°F
FOWEY ROCK, FL – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 24 MPH Gusts to 25 MPH Air: 75°F Water: 74°F
MOLASSES REEF, FL – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 22 MPH Gusts to 24 MPH Air: 75°F Water: 74°F
LONG KEY, FL – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 17 MPH Gusts to 20 MPH Air: 75°F Water: 74°F

zip is 33316. I tried and got nothing

 

[pilot fish]

What did you use for a search radius?

I just tried it with a 100 mile radius search and got:

Water Conditions

SETTLEMENT PT, GBI – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 24 MPH Gusts to 34 MPH Air: 77°F
FOWEY ROCK, FL – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 24 MPH Gusts to 25 MPH Air: 75°F Water: 74°F
MOLASSES REEF, FL – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 22 MPH Gusts to 24 MPH Air: 75°F Water: 74°F
LONG KEY, FL – 4/7/2005 1:00:00 PM GMT
Winds SE at 17 MPH Gusts to 20 MPH Air: 75°F Water: 74°F

I used 10 miles and 1 mile. I'll bookmark that site .Thanks

 

[Web Monkey]

I used 10 miles and 1 mile. I'll bookmark that site .Thanks

No problem!

Any idea what "SETTLEMENT PT, GBI" is?

Terry

 

[Scuba_Dad]

Any idea what "SETTLEMENT PT, GBI" is?

Grand Bahama Island. I looked at the map, and it appears like it's in the middle of the ocean. http://www.tides.info/?command=map&...ettlement+Point,+Grand+Bahama+Island,+Bahamas

Al

 

[Web Monkey]

Grand Bahama Island. I looked at the map, and it appears like it's in the middle of the ocean. http://www.tides.info/?command=map&lat=26.7100&lon=-78.9967&location=Settlement+Point%2c+Grand+Bahama+Island%2c+Bahamas

Al

Thanks!

Terry