SSharkk
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Check In = Gerry and Adam
Captain = Tim
Dive Guide = Phil
Deckhand = Doug
Dive Buddies:
Connie G
Michael Patrick ONeill Website of nature photographer and author Michael Patrick O'Neill | Michael Patrick O'Neill Please have a look at his webpage.
Regular 2 tank weekday dive with an emphasis on the goliath grouper spawn.
Seas flat
Moderate north bottom current
Vertical visibility 40 feet
Water temperature 68 to 84 F depending on depth and site
Animals of Note:
140 + or goliath groupers that I saw. It can be reliably claimed that there were another hundred GGs that I did not see.
1 stingray
The species count was paltry today. However, the sheer numbers and aggregate weight of the animals was staggering. August and September are very special months in Palm Beach County. It is the season for the mass spawning aggregations for goliath groupers.
Last season, for the first time in many years, we had some groupers, but not the brown hills of a hundred giant fish that we had come to expect. This year, however, looks like it is going to be a doozy. On the first tank I saw about forty of the weighty and friendly beauties on the Zion Train / Miss Jenny / Esso Bonaire wreck complex. Michael ONeill ventured out into the rubble field alone and reported an additional hundred fish.
Dive 2 at the MG 111 Barge and Warrior Reef was near spectacular. We easily had a hundred goliath groupers on these artificial reefs.
The grouper breeding season should come to its peak in the next few weeks.
Check In = Gerry and Adam
Captain = Tim
Dive Guide = Phil
Deckhand = Doug
Dive Buddies:
Connie G
Michael Patrick ONeill Website of nature photographer and author Michael Patrick O'Neill | Michael Patrick O'Neill Please have a look at his webpage.
Regular 2 tank weekday dive with an emphasis on the goliath grouper spawn.
Seas flat
Moderate north bottom current
Vertical visibility 40 feet
Water temperature 68 to 84 F depending on depth and site
Animals of Note:
140 + or goliath groupers that I saw. It can be reliably claimed that there were another hundred GGs that I did not see.
1 stingray
The species count was paltry today. However, the sheer numbers and aggregate weight of the animals was staggering. August and September are very special months in Palm Beach County. It is the season for the mass spawning aggregations for goliath groupers.
Last season, for the first time in many years, we had some groupers, but not the brown hills of a hundred giant fish that we had come to expect. This year, however, looks like it is going to be a doozy. On the first tank I saw about forty of the weighty and friendly beauties on the Zion Train / Miss Jenny / Esso Bonaire wreck complex. Michael ONeill ventured out into the rubble field alone and reported an additional hundred fish.
Dive 2 at the MG 111 Barge and Warrior Reef was near spectacular. We easily had a hundred goliath groupers on these artificial reefs.
The grouper breeding season should come to its peak in the next few weeks.