Warhammer
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We had an excellent weekend aboard the Ultimate Getaway in the Dry Tortugas. Friday was a little ruff with the 4ft + seas, but both Saturday and Sunday offered relatively calm seas and blue skies, which made for great diving. We only managed to get in 12 dives due to the conditions on Friday and some of the group wanting to tour Ft Jefferson on Saturday, but I had a great time. While I didn't catch any bugs, the rest of the group managed to catch a few. Visibility was so so on Friday, better on Saturday (around 70/80ft on a few dives), and around 30ft on Sunday on the Baja California and radio tower. Since the group I was with was mainly interested in catching bugs, we spent the majority of the dives over ugly lobster bottoms. But we did make 2 dives on the Ultimate Ledge. That site was beautiful and literally covered in all different types of coral and fish. Due to the bad vis on the California, I didn't really get an opportunity to appreciate the wreck and it's massive size. Maybe next time conditions will be better for that one. Both it and the tower did offer some absolutely awesome Barracuda scenery, however. There were 100s of them suspended around them both. And man those Jew Fish on the California are huge and plentiful! I've never seen such big fish. The crew was excellent and keep us well feed and our tanks full. They'll soon be adding a membrane system, which should speed things up even more.
Walter, sorry I missed you for dinner Sunday, but as I expected my traveling companion was itching to start the long 14 hour journey home when we hit the dock. Maybe next time. I plan on coming back in either August or September and making a week out of it. Hopefully we can get together for a few dives and/or dinner then.
Walter, sorry I missed you for dinner Sunday, but as I expected my traveling companion was itching to start the long 14 hour journey home when we hit the dock. Maybe next time. I plan on coming back in either August or September and making a week out of it. Hopefully we can get together for a few dives and/or dinner then.