Venice Dive Report 05/07/2008
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bdrannik
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Neither Florida West in Venice or Gaspers Dive'N Board in Englewood had their boats going to the Boneyard today so thought I'd try AristaKat from DepthFinders in Port Charlotte.
The boat is a 28' center-console catamaran and has a nice custom ladder off the center of the transom between the engines for easy boarding after the dive. First dive was a little over an hour and second dive was about hour and a quarter. The captain requested that we finish each dive at 1.5 hours or return with 500psi, whichever comes first. (-Edit-: In another thread somebody mentioned a time limit of 1.25 hours, so I might be wrong on my 1.5 above)
Divers consisted of myself, a gal visiting from up north, a fellow from Port Charlotte, and a visiting couple from Canada for a total of 5 customers. The crew consisted of the Divemaster (who also did the dives) and the Captain.
Divemaster/Captain were very friendly and assisted the divers with gear setup, tank swaps between dives, etc. Also each diver group/pair was given a flag so it was easy for the captain to keep track of folks instead of trying to follow the bubbles.
I found numerous typical small teeth along with a few small megs which are in the bottom right corner of the third photo. The largest tooth found by anyone was around 4"+ but had a corner missing. The couple from Canada had some nice medium sized Megs in very good condition.
Depth was around 30' and the water temp was 76.
The boat is a 28' center-console catamaran and has a nice custom ladder off the center of the transom between the engines for easy boarding after the dive. First dive was a little over an hour and second dive was about hour and a quarter. The captain requested that we finish each dive at 1.5 hours or return with 500psi, whichever comes first. (-Edit-: In another thread somebody mentioned a time limit of 1.25 hours, so I might be wrong on my 1.5 above)
Divers consisted of myself, a gal visiting from up north, a fellow from Port Charlotte, and a visiting couple from Canada for a total of 5 customers. The crew consisted of the Divemaster (who also did the dives) and the Captain.
Divemaster/Captain were very friendly and assisted the divers with gear setup, tank swaps between dives, etc. Also each diver group/pair was given a flag so it was easy for the captain to keep track of folks instead of trying to follow the bubbles.
I found numerous typical small teeth along with a few small megs which are in the bottom right corner of the third photo. The largest tooth found by anyone was around 4"+ but had a corner missing. The couple from Canada had some nice medium sized Megs in very good condition.
Depth was around 30' and the water temp was 76.
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Never heard of this charter service..What is their contact info? Any website? Thanks
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dlscozz
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Their site is DepthFinder's Dive Center -- Your Guide to Florida Diving, Savings, and Fun They go out on Tuesday, Thursday and the weekends. Can hold 6 divers and can do trips on Mon Wed if you can fill the boat. Good rates and I am going out with them on Tuesday 05/13/2008. I will call them tomorrow and start a new thread.
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