KEY LARGO DIVE REPORT, sunday, 1/12/14, FINALLY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[reefman]

back in the water after 5 weeks of sutures, extended holiday travel and marginal offshore weather conditions. fog/low clouds gave way to sunshine this AM, air temp 78F. initially light winds increasing to NW/N 10-12KTs, seas 1-2FT. MOLASSES REEF. 1st dive: mooring ball M19. blue water, viz a respectable 45-50FT, light/mdt current, water temp 78F @ 20-38FT. 2ND dive: mooring ball M27. dusty blue, viz 40-45FT, mdt current 77F @ 40-50FT. really enjoyable dives for early january, pics provided by TIMG,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

pics 1 thru 8 dive #1


reefman
key largo

 

[tomfcrist]

Glad the diving was good. Any reports off the deep wrecks? Vis/temp?

 

[reefman]

Glad the diving was good. Any reports off the deep wrecks? Vis/temp?

this past Friday the duane had viz 70-80+, 77F, mdt/light current reported by ocean and horizion divers,


reefman
key largo

 

[scubastingray]

Very cool.

Do you have a map with the mooring ball numbers? I guess I've never looked closely enough at the balls. Are they numbered?

 

[scubadada]

Hi Reefman, welcome back to diving. I have missed some time due to surgeries, the wait always seems interminable. Beautiful pictures from Tim, as usual.

 

[timg]

Hi Reefman, welcome back to diving. I have missed some time due to surgeries, the wait always seems interminable. Beautiful pictures from Tim, as usual.

Thank you scubadada. Hope you are healing quickly from your surgery.

 

[DiverAmy]

Great photos as usual and welcome back in the ocean. Is the next to last yellow guy a baby blue tang?

 

[CajunDiva]

Welcome back...you have been missed :bounce3::bounce3::bounce3:

Let's hope 2014 is a MUCH better year...both for health AND weather

 

[timg]

Very cool.

Do you have a map with the mooring ball numbers? I guess I've never looked closely enough at the balls. Are they numbered?

Here are the map pages from the FKNMS site.
http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/fknms_map/maplibrary.html
http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/zones/allzones.html




---------- Post added January 13th, 2014 at 08:59 AM ----------

Great photos as usual and welcome back in the ocean. Is the next to last yellow guy a baby blue tang?

Thank you DiverAmy. Yes, look on page 35 of the Reef Fish ID book (REEF).

 

[DiverAmy]

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Thank you DiverAmy. Yes, look on page 35 of the Reef Fish ID book (REEF).

I'm at work, thought I would take the lazy way out and just ask. Have a great day!