MRXRAY
Contributor
OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH, I'm chomping at the bit to get this report in....... I met up with Hetland, SeaYoda, and Pufferfish at the Destin Jetties today. Although it was a bit overcast the Seas were kind and surf was minimal behind the Jetties. Hetland and I splashed a bit early as the SeaYodas Land Yacht made a couple of trips to the cars. We hit the water at 11:00 for our first dive and the gods of Viz were pretty nice, as the conditions were at around 20 feet. There was a surprising number of reef fish scurrying around, which was a pleasant surprise considering the water temp was still at 68*. The water felt nice after the walk of pain from the cars. We made our way down the jetty to the box and tied in our dive flag, then made our way along the rocks. We all noted that the rocks were covered in a soft spongy material that looked like sand but felt like sponge, Alex noted that the minnows were eagerly eating this material which is probably why we don't see it in the spring. Hetland and I made our way slowly down the rubble stopping about every 6 inches or so to take pictures.... I ended up with 275 total of which 125 were worthy of the archives. Here are some of the better ones!
I love this one:
My favorite type of crab....One eating a Jelly!
As you can see there were a ton of Blennys out. They were a bit camera shy from not seeing many divers, but with a little aptience you could get some nice pictures!
Dive 1 was a max depth of 53 feet for 67 minutes temp was 68*.
I love this one:
My favorite type of crab....One eating a Jelly!
As you can see there were a ton of Blennys out. They were a bit camera shy from not seeing many divers, but with a little aptience you could get some nice pictures!
Dive 1 was a max depth of 53 feet for 67 minutes temp was 68*.