Hello!
We just got back from a long weekend diving Blue Heron Bridge and the Palm Beaches, and I, being a good and dutiful Scubaboard member, would submit my report for the benefit of all other scuba divers out there. Seriously, thanks to everybody here who provided me (and others!) such good information when I was planning this trip.
This was our 2nd time visiting the Blue Heron Bridge. We went last year on this same exact weekend (Columbus Day) with our son (a student at Florida Tech, in Melbourne, about 2 hours north) Last year, the bridge was just a stop on a Florida trip; this year it was the centerpiece. We planned to dive it three times in as many days and we also booked two boat trips through Force-E dive shop in Riviera Beach.
Last year we had stayed at the Marriott on Singer Island--master bedroom, large bathroom, kitchen and a living room (sofa bed for son)--and it was a good deal and a decent fit for us. This year I THOUGHT we had the same deal, but when we showed up Friday night at 11:30 p.m., they put us in a teeny-tiny room that wasn't at all what we were expecting. They could get us something larger, yes, but it would cost $439 a night! Yikes! We put up with the closet for one miserable night, but checked out early next morning and moved to the Admiral's Club.
The Admiral's Club is a small apartment complext located on the Singer Island side of the Intercoastal Waterway. Rich, the landlord, isextremely nice and helpful. We had two bedrooms, one bath, and a full kitchen and living room. Lots of space for all our gear and places to hang the wetsuit. Not fancy, of course, but comfortable. Only one air-conditioner in the living room, so perhaps not a place to visit in the summer. There is no smoking allowed in the rooms (thank you!) but there are cigarette butts outside--I think from our neighbor who spent a lot of time sitting outside and smoking.
In any case, due to our unplanned move, we were now too late for our first planned bridge dive that morning (diving the bridge is limited by the tides--specifically slack tides) but Rich invited us to dive off his pier. The water is very murky, but we were just grateful to get into the water! Mostly sand, but some promising rubble with eels and other fish; no, I wouldn't normally choose to dive there, but in a pinch...
These are just to give you an idea of what the water around the Admiral's Club pier was like.
I'll come back later to finish my report!
We just got back from a long weekend diving Blue Heron Bridge and the Palm Beaches, and I, being a good and dutiful Scubaboard member, would submit my report for the benefit of all other scuba divers out there. Seriously, thanks to everybody here who provided me (and others!) such good information when I was planning this trip.
This was our 2nd time visiting the Blue Heron Bridge. We went last year on this same exact weekend (Columbus Day) with our son (a student at Florida Tech, in Melbourne, about 2 hours north) Last year, the bridge was just a stop on a Florida trip; this year it was the centerpiece. We planned to dive it three times in as many days and we also booked two boat trips through Force-E dive shop in Riviera Beach.
Last year we had stayed at the Marriott on Singer Island--master bedroom, large bathroom, kitchen and a living room (sofa bed for son)--and it was a good deal and a decent fit for us. This year I THOUGHT we had the same deal, but when we showed up Friday night at 11:30 p.m., they put us in a teeny-tiny room that wasn't at all what we were expecting. They could get us something larger, yes, but it would cost $439 a night! Yikes! We put up with the closet for one miserable night, but checked out early next morning and moved to the Admiral's Club.
The Admiral's Club is a small apartment complext located on the Singer Island side of the Intercoastal Waterway. Rich, the landlord, isextremely nice and helpful. We had two bedrooms, one bath, and a full kitchen and living room. Lots of space for all our gear and places to hang the wetsuit. Not fancy, of course, but comfortable. Only one air-conditioner in the living room, so perhaps not a place to visit in the summer. There is no smoking allowed in the rooms (thank you!) but there are cigarette butts outside--I think from our neighbor who spent a lot of time sitting outside and smoking.
In any case, due to our unplanned move, we were now too late for our first planned bridge dive that morning (diving the bridge is limited by the tides--specifically slack tides) but Rich invited us to dive off his pier. The water is very murky, but we were just grateful to get into the water! Mostly sand, but some promising rubble with eels and other fish; no, I wouldn't normally choose to dive there, but in a pinch...
These are just to give you an idea of what the water around the Admiral's Club pier was like.
I'll come back later to finish my report!
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