The Boynton Dive Chronicles (new and improved)

[Scuba_Jenny]

I was recently added to the endangered species list, and our reefs have been designated as a critical habitat for it.

Freudian slip?

 

[Scubakevdm]

Freudian slip?

 

[Scubakevdm]

Alright. Here's more. On Saturday afternoon we were back out and did Black Condo again (all new people and I like Black Condo), followed by Gazebo. I think. The only thing is, I can't find the flash card with those pictures on it, so I'm not positive. The water was still 72-ish, and we had a slight to moderate north current. I will try to locate the photos because we had fellow SB'ers aboard. Luckily they had a camera, and may share photos from this dive.

 

[Dean810]

Thanks for the photos Kevin, gives me an idea of what to look forward to! I'm supposed to be on your boat all day this Saturday, so I'm hoping for reasonable weather. I might be a little clumsy in a wetsuit though. My dive last weekend was in 41 degree water, and my dive before that was 34 degrees. Anything in the 70's sounds pretty good right now!

 

[deepstops]

I enjoy the Chronic(icles)

 

[Scubakevdm]

On Sunday, the current started picking up again. Seas were pretty calm in the morning, but the afternoon got kinda stormy, so we only ran one trip. It was a good one though! Bella was lobstering and limited out, I think on the first dive. We went down south to Clubhouse, and again, it was pretty derned dark down there. I did manage to find a fairly cooperative hawksbill turtle though. Vis was maybe 35-40' mostly due to the darkness, and the current was moderate and to the north. The water was about 72º I guess.

The turtle.

The second one was Castle Ledge, up on the north end of the reef. Very early on in the dive, I discovered a slipper lobster. They are, in my opinion, the tastiest of all lobsters, including the American or "Maine" lobster. I used to work on a lobster boat in New England, so it may be that I just got burnt out on eating those guys, just like I get kinda burnt on Florida lobsters, but the slippers I really enjoy. Anyway I found this tasty fella out in the open, which I thought was odd, snapped a couple of pics and then grabbed him. No sooner do I grab the guy, then another one comes racing out of a hole at me. I thought that there may have been some sort of territorial dispute going on between two males, and so I ended it for them fair and square and grabbed the other one too. Unfortunately, I did not have a catch bag, and so I had to carry one in each had, which pre-empted any further photography, as well as the timely equalization of my ears. I ended up with a tasty dinner, but a stuffy ear too. (It's better now)
I forgot to mention that three cobia swam past me from behind, startling me they were so close and big. I'm just saying.

The second slipper lobster.

 

[scuba70]

Kevin, I'll be in Boynton April 18 - 20. What kind of water temp can I expect then?

 

[Bryan]

Hi Kev... love the thread! I'm getting the urge for a Florida vacation!

 

[Scubakevdm]

Kevin, I'll be in Boynton April 18 - 20. What kind of water temp can I expect then?

Something like 74 or 75º.

Hi Bry!

 

[lowwall]

My wife and I just got back from Florida where we hoped to do a week of diving with Kevin. The weather didn't cooperate, but we got six dives in the ocean plus one in the intercoastal at Blue Heron(?).

Can anybody ID the nudi Kevin found at Blue Heron?

Here's a couple of other pics we took to tide loyal Chronicle readers over.

Growing off a rail on the Captain Tony

Conditions were not ideal, I guess it's luck of the draw at this time of the year. Temps varied from 73 to 75 and the weather (including rain) cut down on viz and sent the current moving for most of our dives. Here's what it looked like without color balancing or strobes.

Me on the Captain Tony from about 10'.

Alex