USCG BIBB and DUANE dive report, thursday, 4/24/14, pics,,,,,

[reefman]

super day on the water off the upper keys today. pool like conditions: calm winds, flat seas, sunny skies. finding good visibility has been an issue all week and today was no exception. clean green water on the outer reef, so we elected to double on the wrecks in search of better viz. didn't find it! 1st dive the BIBB, buoy B1(stern). snotty blue water, particulates throughout water column, viz 50FT, minimal tidal flow, water temp 77F @ 95-128FT. love that prop!!! we moved to the duane for dive #2, buoy D3(stern). once again, snotty blue viz 50FT, very light tidal flow, 77F @ 60-100FT. nothing spectacular, however, always enjoy diving the deep wrecks/reefs without current. pics from TIMG,,,,,,,,,,


pics 1-8 and 13 bibb
9-12 and 14-15 duane


reefman
key largo

 

[CajunDiva]

Nice report and pics...thought you had retired on us

 

[LowVizWiz]

Great shot with the moray eel. Thanks for sharing again!

 

[reefman]

Nice report and pics...thought you had retired on us

thanks and not hardly on the 2nd comment!! diving again tomorrow and the weekend,


reefman
key largo

 

[timg]

Nice report and pics...thought you had retired on us

Thank you CajunDiva. Nope, not retired, just busy and windy lately.

---------- Post added April 24th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ----------

Great shot with the moray eel. Thanks for sharing again!

Thank you Wiz.

 

[scubaguy655]

For snotty green water with a lot of particulate you got a nice shot of the prop and either spent lots of time working on backscatter or know something I don't

 

[timg]

For snotty green water with a lot of particulate you got a nice shot of the prop and either spent lots of time working on backscatter or know something I don't

Thank you scubaguy655. processed with lightroom, did not spend more than 2 minutes on any of the photos, did remove some spots. I have found that strobe positioning and power settings (I never shoot my strobes at full power) and shooting a bit on the underexposed side will help eliminate a lot of the particulates.

 

[scubastingray]

Is that a royal gramma in the 12th picture?

 

[reefman]

Is that a royal gramma in the 12th picture?

the fish above the golden phase coney is an adult spotfin hogfish. very abundant(juvenile, intermediate and adult phases) on the duane and to a lesser extent, the bibb and SG. we rarely observe them on the reefs and then usually the deeper tracts,,,,,,


reefman
key largo

 

[scubastingray]

Gotcha thanks! It's funny how many purple and yellow fish there are.