new years day diving, south carysfort, pics......

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reefman

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pete, elena, tim and i went north to south carysfort deep for a 2 tanker this AM(pete's enormous tank had enough gas for a dive to bimini!). 1-2 ft seas, sunshine, typical viz for this site; a mediocre 30-35FT, zero current and a cool 73F @ 75FT(i wore 5MM/hooded vest, elena 7MM/hood, tim 3MM/hood and pete, a teeshirt and friggin boxer shorts, i kid you not, it wasn't pretty!). 1st dive; 3 reef sharks, massive school of spadefish and bar jacks, lionfish all over, turtle, snappers, two very large hogfish and black, red, scamp, gag, goliath and a rare juvenile yellowmouth grouper. 2nd dive; much the same with only 2 sharks. viz was a challenge for tim or anybody attempting to capture the big animals on camera(no shark pics but they were around).



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Thank you sportxlh. Kind of murky for wide angle yesterday. Just have to let the spadefish come towards you and be still. 17-55mm gives me a lot of flexibility on days like that.
 
thanks for the invite. what a great way to start the new year...diving with friends at lovely rarely dove key largo dive sites. we had a blast. that turtle was the biggest ive ever seen. 2 lionfish one was filet sized.
hopefully the seas will tame down for some nice diving this week.
 
This was an incredibly FUN dive and I got to see a completely different side to the Keys. I have wanted to dive Cary's Fort for years, but no one goes out there. I do believe we were the only boat in the protected area. Tons of lobster here, and though I couldn't do anything about them, they were fun to find.
 
Pete and Elena,

Great day, fun diving with you. That is a unique spot.
School of spadefish was the icing on the cake for the day.
 
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