THE BIBB AND MOLASSES REEF, key largo, wednesday 1/21/15, pixs,,,,,,

[reefman]

warm sunshine, NW winds 4-8 kts, seas 1FT, as we began our first dive of the day. #1: USCGC BIBB buoy B2(bow), light current, nice blue water, viz 80+FT, water temp 75F @ 95-125FT. quiet on the wreck until our safety stop when a school of 20+ large wahoo zoomed overhead. buoys on the USCGC DUANE were unavailable so we proceeded inshore to MOLASSES REEF buoy M25(logans run, caputos) for our second dive. zero current, blue/green viz 45FT, 75/76F @ 25-42FT. never have we observed so many large black grouper, various snappers/grunts, and jacks throughout the water column @ this site. this northern portion of MO was just jammed with schooling fish including 3 individual reef sharks. photos from timg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


reefman
key largo

 

[scubadada]

Thanks for the post. Beautiful photos as usual Tim. Looks like the Nassau Grouper has taken over modeling from reefman, nice of it to pose with the Green Moray and the move over to the lobster. The Spotted Moray is gorgeous

 

[timg]

Thanks for the post. Beautiful photos as usual Tim. Looks like the Nassau Grouper has taken over modeling from reefman, nice of it to pose with the Green Moray and the move over to the lobster. The Spotted Moray is gorgeous

Thank you scubadada. Yep, reefman would not cooperate, had to bring the grouper in for the shot!