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Hi everyone..
Just got back from 3 days at Madeira and Clearwater. The water was WARM (85 degrees easy). Madeira Beach was mostly empty of people, but the visibility was non-existent. In order to see the ripples in the sand, you basically had to put your nose right down to it. There was a lot of kelp/sea grape to contend with, but that was good cover for the little bait fish swimming around. I got to try my new SCUBA fins, Tusa Splitfins. They are awesome...
Clearwater was a different story. Just 15 miles north of Madeira, the water was, well, clear, as the name would imply. Way too many people, though. Again that water was very warm. Overall, it was a good time with great weather. The 4 or 5 dolphins swimming around was a nice add-on.
Usually, it is mostly SCUBA for me, but this trip was all snorkeling (wife, daughter, and one of her friends, all non-certified). Doing a straight snorkeling trip was a nice change, as opposed to lugging around all the equipment and everything else that goes with a SCUBA trip. However, my next time there (probably next month) it will be a SCUBA trip..
There ware plenty of snorkeling trips available on charters, but we just wanted to do our own thing this time out. Next time that we make a snorkeling trip. we will probably take one of the charters. Thanks for letting me babble....
Just got back from 3 days at Madeira and Clearwater. The water was WARM (85 degrees easy). Madeira Beach was mostly empty of people, but the visibility was non-existent. In order to see the ripples in the sand, you basically had to put your nose right down to it. There was a lot of kelp/sea grape to contend with, but that was good cover for the little bait fish swimming around. I got to try my new SCUBA fins, Tusa Splitfins. They are awesome...
Clearwater was a different story. Just 15 miles north of Madeira, the water was, well, clear, as the name would imply. Way too many people, though. Again that water was very warm. Overall, it was a good time with great weather. The 4 or 5 dolphins swimming around was a nice add-on.
Usually, it is mostly SCUBA for me, but this trip was all snorkeling (wife, daughter, and one of her friends, all non-certified). Doing a straight snorkeling trip was a nice change, as opposed to lugging around all the equipment and everything else that goes with a SCUBA trip. However, my next time there (probably next month) it will be a SCUBA trip..
There ware plenty of snorkeling trips available on charters, but we just wanted to do our own thing this time out. Next time that we make a snorkeling trip. we will probably take one of the charters. Thanks for letting me babble....
