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Check In = Gerry and Phil
Captain = Mike
Dive Guide = John
Special 3 tank dive offered on Fridays:
Seas less than 6 inches
Current nil
Visibility = 30 to 40 feet
Water temp = low to mid 70s
Animals of note:
2 bull sharks
3 lemon sharks
6 to 8 nurse sharks some of them followed us down the reef, making counting a bit trying
2 loggerhead sea turtles
4 goliath groupers
1 caribbean reef shark
The first two dives, and the almost all of the third dive, were typical of just how spoiled we Palm Beach County divers are. At most dive sites in the world seeing the above mentioned animals would be constitute a stellar day. Here, during the month of April, we were considerably lagging behind the norm.
Just as we were about to limit on bottom time on the last dive, we spotted a large, mature hawksbill sea turtle. Juveniles of this critically endangered species are not an unusual sighting in our waters, but adult versions are not only rare, they are noteworthy. Florida Hawksbills Research & Conservation I was now feeling satisfied with the day.
A few moments after we came upon the turtle, we began our slow fifty foot assent to the safety stop and leveled out. I was looking at my depth gauge, when I heard one of the other divers shouting underwater. I saw him pointing at what I thought was a caribbean reef shark about 15 feet below the surface near the edge of our limited visibility. I usually dont see CRSs very far off the bottom, and so I swam out to investigate. As I eased in, the shark kept fading away, but eventually it let me close enough to get a decent look. The tail shape was wrong for a CRS, so was the dorsal, and then the stripes became clear. Scratch CRS, and check sub adult tiger, which was my first tiger shark in Palm Beach County. FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Tiger Shark
I love diving this place. You just never know what you will see when you hit the salt in PBC.
Check In = Gerry and Phil
Captain = Mike
Dive Guide = John
Special 3 tank dive offered on Fridays:
Seas less than 6 inches
Current nil
Visibility = 30 to 40 feet
Water temp = low to mid 70s
Animals of note:
2 bull sharks
3 lemon sharks
6 to 8 nurse sharks some of them followed us down the reef, making counting a bit trying
2 loggerhead sea turtles
4 goliath groupers
1 caribbean reef shark
The first two dives, and the almost all of the third dive, were typical of just how spoiled we Palm Beach County divers are. At most dive sites in the world seeing the above mentioned animals would be constitute a stellar day. Here, during the month of April, we were considerably lagging behind the norm.
Just as we were about to limit on bottom time on the last dive, we spotted a large, mature hawksbill sea turtle. Juveniles of this critically endangered species are not an unusual sighting in our waters, but adult versions are not only rare, they are noteworthy. Florida Hawksbills Research & Conservation I was now feeling satisfied with the day.
A few moments after we came upon the turtle, we began our slow fifty foot assent to the safety stop and leveled out. I was looking at my depth gauge, when I heard one of the other divers shouting underwater. I saw him pointing at what I thought was a caribbean reef shark about 15 feet below the surface near the edge of our limited visibility. I usually dont see CRSs very far off the bottom, and so I swam out to investigate. As I eased in, the shark kept fading away, but eventually it let me close enough to get a decent look. The tail shape was wrong for a CRS, so was the dorsal, and then the stripes became clear. Scratch CRS, and check sub adult tiger, which was my first tiger shark in Palm Beach County. FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Tiger Shark
I love diving this place. You just never know what you will see when you hit the salt in PBC.
