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Oceandvr

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There are 2 spots available on Capt. Ty's boat for a two-tank dive out to the Sheridan and Blackthorn wrecks on Saturday, July 26. Cost is $90 + tanks. Let me know if you're interested.
 
I would love to go but I will be in Colorado =( Any idea when the next trip to the wrecks will be?
 
I'm in for one spot and one bean bag on the Barbara Lee!

Cheers.

-J.-
 
The two spots have been claimed. If you want to be a back-up in case we need one, just post.

Thanks!
 
Well just got back in to town so put me on as back up please. If any other dives open up let me know.

Thanks
 
Yesterday was a fantastic day on the water - calm/flat seas, lots of sunshine, and fun company. Riding on Ty's boat made it all that more pleasant.

Dive 1: we dropped down to explore the Sheridan, which was nearly impossible to miss as Ty anchored us right on it. We were greeted by lots of moon jellies and barracuda. Visibility was decent, 30+ feet, warm 88 degrees at depth. Lots of growth on the old barge - small corals, sponges, anemones, urchins, gorgonians, a few crab species, some murex snails and several species of red and green algae. Of course most of the larger fish were hanging out inside the barge - snappers, grunts, hogfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, wrasses, blennies and damsels. All the usual species, except for goliaths...didn't see one. I was excited to see an octopus until I found out that it was dead, though the red grouper was very happy about it. Overall, a really nice dive.

Dive 2: we dropped down to see the remains of the Blackthorn. Once again, greeted by barracuda and jellies. The vis and temp were the same as on the Sheridan, as were the typical critters attached to the wreck. Saw more fish on this site, which was cool, but still no goliaths. There was another coral species (Solenastrea hyades commonly known as knobby star coral) here that I didn't see on the Sheridan, which was nice to see, though some of the colonies were bleaching. This too, was a really nice dive.

I'm glad that I finally got back out there to see these two sites...way overdue...and I wasn't disappointed.

Great to dive with you Johnny Bravo - glad you could make it. :)
 
It was great diving with your crew Oceandvr!

-J.-
 
Big thanks to all for being great crew. It was a nice day on the water.

Mmmmm...brownies...

I even got the opportunity to jump in - although a very short dive to free the anchor...
 
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