Palm Beach Dive Thread

[Divin'Papaw]

Are there any operators going out the Boca Inlet and diving reels from Delray to Hillsboro? I used to dive with a couple of them a while back but now that I am back into diving regularly, I can't find any.

Diversity was the only one I was aware of and the owner recently retired & sold his boat. The Boca Inlet is a real bear to get in & out of. Worse than Boynton Inlet. The Boynton boats typically will come south to Delray but not as far south as Boca.

 

[Pavao]

LadyGo diver (Dixie Divers) went out of boca inlet, unless things changed, I haven’t dove with them in a really long time.

 

[atestani]

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Boca is not even listed in the location drop down and no Boca operators are showing up.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

LadyGo diver (Dixie Divers) went out of boca inlet, unless things changed, I haven’t dove with them in a really long time.

The times I used them they went south out of the Hillsboro Inlet. They are quite close to the Boca Inlet, but it gets so shoaled up plus it is small. I would think a big boat like that would have a really hard time getting out of the Boca Inlet, at least as the inlet is now.

 

[atestani]

Diversity was the only one I was aware of and the owner recently retired & sold his boat. The Boca Inlet is a real bear to get in & out of. Worse than Boynton Inlet. The Boynton boats typically will come south to Delray but not as far south as Boca.

I know what you mean about the Boca Inlet. I remember when diving on a private boat (many years ago), we would go out the inlet and immediately turn south and then east to deeper water before going north or south to one of our sites.

I've been out on Diversity many times in the past. Any idea who Tony sold his boat to and if they are running a dive operation? I emailed him but didn't hear back.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

I've been out on Diversity many times in the past. Any idea who Tony sold his boat to and if they are running a dive operation? I emailed him but didn't hear back.

No, I don't know the answer to either question. Sorry!

 

[Pavao]

The times I used them they went south out of the Hillsboro Inlet. They are quite close to the Boca Inlet, but it gets so shoaled up plus it is small. I would think a big boat like that would have a really hard time getting out of the Boca Inlet, at least as the inlet is now.

When the dive sites were south, closer to Hillsboro inlet, we would go out of Hillsboro inlet, otherwise we’d use Boca inlet. There has been times when we had gone out of Boca inlet and forced to come back through Hillsboro inlet due to rising seas, same as up in Jupiter when seas are big and we were forced to use WPB inlet, but Boca and Hillsboro inlets are much closer together than Jupiter and WP, hence why Dixie could use either inlet on the regular.

Worth noting too that the issues with the inlets (both Boca and Jupiter) are really only at play when we have big seas, I mean, it still sucks they have a shallow sandbar in front, but captains can navigate it just fine in calm seas, but when it gets big it gets gnarly real quick, remember green boat at Jupiter this winter?

The shallow spot in the Boca inlet been like that for a long time, if I’m not mistaken, Capt Tony from Diversity was the guy who put a beach chair and set on it right outside the inlet as a sort of protest to show how shallow and dangerous it was, calling attention to the issue.

I used to work for Dixie back in 2008/10, but like I said, it’s been just about that long since I last dive with them.

 

[Johnoly]

, remember green boat at Jupiter this winter?

45° LOL!!. But that's why it's the only dive boat with a roll cage installed and they run when others won't. That style of boat will never turtle because so much weight is below the water line.