WPB Rpt Mar 29 -That's a Wrap...

[Johnoly]

Jumped into a small weather opening today with calm seas, cuz the next two days are five to seven footers. This closes out a nice FLA lobster season til August. It's been a good season, I limited out every trip except for 2 and the freezer is ready for summer BBQ's with golden lobster tails on the grill and lionfish ceviche for appetizers.

Time to fix, replace, & renew my beatup gear, with hydros, valves, suits, gloves, & Orings,,, from just destroying it this season.

Underwater today was 76 degrees 80 ft of VIs & 2 knot current. Didn't limit today, shelves were bare. The U/W grocery store is closed until May 1st when grouper, hog, & others open back up.

PS....If you want to go diving the last Wednesday of July for mini-season better make that reservation yesterday. 5 of the most popular boats in Jupiter/WPB are already sold out for their morning trips. It's only March and I can't remember this every happening this early. Going to the Key's for it? Hope you have a ton of BitCoin because it's wild what people are going to pay & with minimum day stays required.

 

[MrVegas]

Jumped into a small weather opening today with calm seas, cuz the next two days are five to seven footers..

Saw this thread. My Spring Break dive day got blown out . . . again. (That's 4 out of 5 years of trying blown out now -- at least we made it out last year.) I guess if the lobster people didn't go out on the last day of lobster season, it must have been pretty bad out there.

 

[CosbySweater]

Saw this thread. My Spring Break dive day got blown out . . . again. (That's 4 out of 5 years of trying blown out now -- at least we made it out last year.) I guess if the lobster people didn't go out on the last day of lobster season, it must have been pretty bad out there.

Spring break season is a notoriously tricky time to dive in SE Florida. It was nasty last Thursday but Saturday morning and Sunday were nice. Just have to pick you days this time of year.

 

[MrVegas]

I've had bad luck with boat dives north of the Caribbean. I would roughly guess 80% blown out. (Keys, Florida East Coast, Great Lakes.) Of course, that's usually pre-planned vacation, so not a lot of flexibility in available days.

I keep saying I'll get to the Jupiter\WPB area in the summer sometime for a full week of diving. Hopefully someday.