Boynton Beach Nov 5&6

Went Boynton last weekend to join Tigger and Kayd on their dives with Splashdown and ScubaKevDM.

I arrived for the Sat afternoon dives - Tiggrr and Kay had dived in the morning with Splashdown, but unfortunately in the afternoon the boat was full, so while Kay sloped off for a rest, Tiggrr and myself dived with Loggerhead just down the way. Loggerhead is a small op - no credit cards (cash & check only) - luckily I had some hurricane funds left to cover the cost. We did a couple of dives - one on the wreck Capt. Tony and then a drift dive on the reef. Viz was pretty bad, which was fine for the wreck but a bit disappointing on the reef (coupled with a pretty bad drop on a desolate patch of nothing) made for less than perfect 2nd dive [or maybe it was something to do with the hot dogs and relish I had for lunch]....anyhow, not to worry.

Next day we were able to dive all day with Splashdown and Kev (a larger operation with a store and they take credit cards http://splashdowndivers.com/ )
- Tigger and myself dived in the morning while Kay rested - in the morning viz was much better than the previous day - we dived on the same wreck and it was a completely different dive, then ScubaKev came in with us for the 2nd and we did a drift over Delray Ledges.
The afternoon dives were a couple of drift dives - Kay joined us, and we followed Peter (the guy who takes loads of photos for the Splashdown website) - the first dive, the viz had dropped from the morning but was still probably about 20-25ft, but for the 2nd it became pretty soupy and dropped to about 10-15ft...by that time my camera battery had died so it didn't matter so much.....anyhow all-in-all a great day of diving - sunshine, calm seas etc. - shame the viz wasn't slightly better. Splashdown is definately an operator that you should try if diving around Boynton )and get ScubaKev to take you on a tour !

Due to the viz, not many photos were that great, but i loaded a couple to the gallery:
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/35154/cat/500/ppuser/27831
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/35155/cat/500/ppuser/27831
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/35156/cat/500/ppuser/27831

-- S :arrr:

tiggrr's sign language for the 2nd dive with Loggerhaead and the 2nd dive with Splashdown ....spot the difference

- actually the sign was made just before we came accross the ledge (it took us some time to find) - Loggerhead were a nice small op. Not sure why photoshop got the green out of the 1 photo and not the other)

would be nice to do Boyton again when the viz is good

-- S :arrr:

Seems like all in all you had a good dive trip,I second Splashdown they do run a fun opp!

A dive with Splashdown last year we were out and found 2-divers with their Saftey sausages out,we came to them to find out they were with loggerhead and Capt. Lynn called him on the two way, -his call was Oooooooooooooooooop's!
Man I got to call today to get in the book,just a week to go and I'm down!
Mass dives!
Brad

Splashdown is one of the only boats we go on in S. Florida... We buy the pre-paid 10 trip card. It's a good discount. I have no problem using up 10 trips on their boat.

Sorry for taking this slightly off topic.

What is the deal with the pre-paid 10 dive card? Is there an expiration on when you have to use the dives by?

I'm curious... My wife's parents spend part of the year in Boynton and was thinking about coming down to do some diving from time to time. Thanks in advance for the insight.

PFF:

Sorry for taking this slightly off topic.

What is the deal with the pre-paid 10 dive card? Is there an expiration on when you have to use the dives by?

I'm curious... My wife's parents spend part of the year in Boynton and was thinking about coming down to do some diving from time to time. Thanks in advance for the insight.

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No expiration date. http://www.splashdowndivers.com/dive_boat/prices_r.htm