crgoode
Guest
Just got back from 3 days diving with Jim Abernathy's Scuba-Adventures and it was great! Water temps were in the low to mid 80s at the surface, slighty cooler at 40+ fsw. Vis was very good, probably around 80 ft. Did 3 dives Sunday and 2 each Monday and Tuesday. We saw about a half dozen reef sharks around 4-5 ft. long on our first dive and huge turtles on almost all dives. The DM, Sandy, saw a 10-ft. hammerhead on one dive, but it turned and ran as soon as it spotted her.
I have been to Pompano Beach before, but this was my first trip to WPB. The diving is much better, much better reefs and more sea life. Also, Abernathy's is a great operation. Everybody was very personable and really seemed concerned that everyone have a good time. Jim was skipper of the Tranquility on Sunday, and although he's been at this a long time, he still gets excited. We had a couple of German documentary makers on board doing work on loggerheads and Jim was showing them all the good places and chasing surfacing turtles all over the place.
Seadog turned me on to the Super 8 motel on hwy. 1 and it was good. Cheap, clean, roomy, with a small fridge and microwave in each room. In addition, my wife talked them into a late checkout of 2:30 Tuesday so we could leave our stuff in the room while we dived and still get a shower before we left.
The village of North Palm Beach is a nice place too. No partying, but all the amentities. Plenty of reataurants from cheap to fancy.
This was our first time at WPB, but it definitely won't be our last.
I have been to Pompano Beach before, but this was my first trip to WPB. The diving is much better, much better reefs and more sea life. Also, Abernathy's is a great operation. Everybody was very personable and really seemed concerned that everyone have a good time. Jim was skipper of the Tranquility on Sunday, and although he's been at this a long time, he still gets excited. We had a couple of German documentary makers on board doing work on loggerheads and Jim was showing them all the good places and chasing surfacing turtles all over the place.
Seadog turned me on to the Super 8 motel on hwy. 1 and it was good. Cheap, clean, roomy, with a small fridge and microwave in each room. In addition, my wife talked them into a late checkout of 2:30 Tuesday so we could leave our stuff in the room while we dived and still get a shower before we left.
The village of North Palm Beach is a nice place too. No partying, but all the amentities. Plenty of reataurants from cheap to fancy.
This was our first time at WPB, but it definitely won't be our last.
