I just got back from a short 2 day/4 dive visit to West Palm Beach (Sat. and Sun.). I would've stayed longer, but I live close to West Palm and can go any time I want. The viz was great. It was about a 75ft viz. The first 2 dives were on a medium sized reef about 30 feet down. I saw loads of tropical fish, a lot I can't even name. I even got to see the Trans-America telephone line (which made it that much better). I saw a few small and large moray eels, reef shark, lots of interesting looking anenome, 2 barracudas, and got to see my buddy drop his weight belt (luckly at the surface, so there were no runaway ascents). Second dive on the same reef, I saw everything as mentioned above, plus I saw a sea turtle and 2 rays. The the last 2 dives were a pair of 60ft. dives on the Flower Gardens. I saw a baby moray, Harriet the moray (for those of us who know her, she was in a non-petting mood, for those of us who don't know her, she is a moray eel who will let you pet her, or bite off your finger depending on what day of the week it is), an octopus, a ray, 2 reef sharks, sea turtle, and huge schools of fish. I also saw what looked like a squid, but was probably a small trumpet-fish. The last dive (4th) was in the same spot, the only things differant I saw were a Sargent Major fish and some kind of a wrasse going after each other.
Over all the dives were pretty good. I saw loads of coral and anenome. The temp. was about 71 F. Over all the current wasn't too strong. The only bad part, was at about 38ft. there was a 68 F thermocline. I had a great time!
Mike
Over all the dives were pretty good. I saw loads of coral and anenome. The temp. was about 71 F. Over all the current wasn't too strong. The only bad part, was at about 38ft. there was a 68 F thermocline. I had a great time!
Mike
