Ft Lauderdale / Pompano Beach Dive Thread

[NothingClever]

I know @DiveFlag = Target was out on an SFDH boat today. Hopefully he chimes in.

Thinking ahead a couple of weeks, I may book Hydrotherapy for a trimix dive on the HydroAtlantic (or other comparable depth) on Saturday, 15 March.

 

[DiveFlag = Target]

We did a double dip on the Captain Dan. Boat was packed. Seas 1-4 vis was mayb 50 ft. Nothing to special in terms of wildlife. Mild current both dives.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

ya'll are talking boat diving. Broward County also has some pretty decent beach diving as well. Now some may digress the health or color of the corals on beach dives, however, for the price of a tank of air and paid parking, it's worth a mention.

 

[NothingClever]

I want to apologize up front to @Scuba_Jenny because I'm about to sound tone deaf about the shore diving.

I booked the Hydrotherapy for 08:00, Sat, 15 Mar.

Requesting the HydroAtlantic wreck.

I'm intending to dive a mix of 21/35 (4400 liters total available) and use 50% and 100% to decompress. Some will argue two deco gases is overkill but I want the practice switching gases.

@VsubT - Game?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

ya'll are talking boat diving. Broward County also has some pretty decent beach diving as well. Now some may digress the health or color of the corals on beach dives, however, for the price of a tank of air and paid parking, it's worth a mention.

I’m definitely looking forward to doing some Broward County shore diving one day!! I should have when I lived in Boca but to my own shame, I unfortunately did not.

 

[NothingClever]

@Scuba_Jenny - got any cool shore sites you recommend?

I’ve dived from Datura Avenue several times but that’s the limit of my experience.

 

[VsubT]

I booked the Hydrotherapy for 08:00, Sat, 15 Mar.

Requesting the HydroAtlantic wreck.

I'm intending to dive a mix of 21/35 (4400 liters total available) and use 50% and 100% to decompress. Some will argue two deco gases is overkill but I want the practice switching gases.

@VsubT - Game?

Sounds great, I’ll get booked on that trip today and ask for the Hydro Atlantic too. Need a break from house renovation stuff!

Lance

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

I’m definitely looking forward to doing some Broward County shore diving one day!! I should have when I lived in Boca but to my own shame, I unfortunately did not.

once the waters warm and weather a little more favorable, c'mon over!

@Scuba_Jenny - got any cool shore sites you recommend?

I’ve dived from Datura Avenue several times but that’s the limit of my experience.

I avoid Datura.
Generally I go further south. But to keep in line with this thread..

Deerfield beach, North of pier. Shallow, sometimes lots of turtles. South of pier near the end of the parking. It changes all the time. Sometimes really good, sometimes meh.
Pompano beach, about 8th st.. But anywhere you can get parkjng works.

LBTS. I like staying south of the pier.

Ft Lauderdale.. Oakland Blvd.
Vista Park, and the next park south. Loggerhead Park? Both, no parking till 8am.. But easy access
Pink building on that curve. Parking on the south side
Kayuba beach. About the 1600 block and points north
ft Lauderdale Beach where the bathrooms are. Eurojacks out there

 

[Dave Prockter]

Greetings all. I am heading to Ft Laud this week and would love to include a dive on Tuesday if anyone is available. Cell is 845-416-7453. Dave Happy Diving all

 

[RyanT]

Sounds great, I’ll get booked on that trip today and ask for the Hydro Atlantic too. Need a break from house renovation stuff!

Bummer, that I'm going to miss you guys. I'm planning to dive on Monday. Regardless,I haven't been in the water in a while, so I need a couple of work up dives before doing the Hydro. At any rate, IMO, two gasses isn't overkill for that dive. For something like the Lady Luck, it's easy enough to just bring a bottle of O2, but for the Hydro, I always bring two bottles.