jeepbrew
Contributor
Hey guys. I don't know many of you, but I am slowly learning the names. Anyway, I am from Birmingham, AL and a buddy and I are spending 7 days down here in the keys doing some diving. Today was our first day of diving, so I will give a little report:
First off, the high temp was around 86 and the water temp was around 82 today. We dove with Blue Water Divers and had a good time.
Dive #1 - Key Largo Dry Rocks
We dove the Dry Rocks and saw the Christ of the Deep. While there I also saw many tropical fish, tons of lobsters, a small ray, and I even almost bumped heads with a Nurse Shark. If I had looked up sooner I could have almost touched her. All in all it was a fun dive (always wanted to see the statue) except for my brand new Atomic Frameless mask leaking like a SOB.
Max Depth of 32' and a total bottom time of 61 minutes. Still had air to spare but it was time to move on.
Dive #2 - North Dry Rocks
Pretty much the same kind of dive w/o the statue. The N. Dry Rocks also have a few swim-throughs that were full of little minnows. We got to see some Amberjack and Grouper chasing the minnows around. On this dive I also saw a few lobster and a Barracuda, which was cool.
Max Depth of 22' and a TBT of 55 minutes. I still had 1500 PSI to spare.
All in all it was a good day of diving. It's always fun to spend 2 hours under water. We will be diving with BWD again on Friday when we hit the Spiegel Grove and Benwood.
I do look forward to more challenging dives the next few days. Pics will be posted when I get back home. :mooner:
First off, the high temp was around 86 and the water temp was around 82 today. We dove with Blue Water Divers and had a good time.
Dive #1 - Key Largo Dry Rocks
We dove the Dry Rocks and saw the Christ of the Deep. While there I also saw many tropical fish, tons of lobsters, a small ray, and I even almost bumped heads with a Nurse Shark. If I had looked up sooner I could have almost touched her. All in all it was a fun dive (always wanted to see the statue) except for my brand new Atomic Frameless mask leaking like a SOB.
Max Depth of 32' and a total bottom time of 61 minutes. Still had air to spare but it was time to move on.
Dive #2 - North Dry Rocks
Pretty much the same kind of dive w/o the statue. The N. Dry Rocks also have a few swim-throughs that were full of little minnows. We got to see some Amberjack and Grouper chasing the minnows around. On this dive I also saw a few lobster and a Barracuda, which was cool.
Max Depth of 22' and a TBT of 55 minutes. I still had 1500 PSI to spare.
All in all it was a good day of diving. It's always fun to spend 2 hours under water. We will be diving with BWD again on Friday when we hit the Spiegel Grove and Benwood.
I do look forward to more challenging dives the next few days. Pics will be posted when I get back home. :mooner:
