Relatively (9 months) new to the area and I’m looking for more shore diving opportunities off the peninsula. Pinellas County’s Artificial Reef information site lists all of the in- and out-shore reefs with their GPS coordinates. One that caught my eye was the St Petersburg Bay artificial reef, which is described as being around 30FSW andx “north of the St Petersburg Municipal Pier”. But from looking at the coordinates on Google Earth, it seems a bit far out and not really “shore-diveable” unless I get a diving kayak or similar. I have a standup paddle board, but it’s pretty tough to dive from (mostly a gear storage problem than anything else).
I’ve dove before with 2Shea/Tanks-a-lot for the out-shore reefs. I know I can go down to Bradenton or Sarasota for easy and good near-shore, and Venice for meg hunting. But having something closer by that I can dive while still being able to drop my kids off at school in the morning would be great. Most of the charters I’ve found nearby ask that you be at the dock early enough that I can’t do both on the same day.
Thanks for reading and any stories you have from shore diving in Pinellas County!
I’ve dove before with 2Shea/Tanks-a-lot for the out-shore reefs. I know I can go down to Bradenton or Sarasota for easy and good near-shore, and Venice for meg hunting. But having something closer by that I can dive while still being able to drop my kids off at school in the morning would be great. Most of the charters I’ve found nearby ask that you be at the dock early enough that I can’t do both on the same day.
Thanks for reading and any stories you have from shore diving in Pinellas County!