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I know this is the Florida Forum, but Juliet Sailing and Diving does dock their boat in Miami where it loads up on Saturdays (so this topic is at least semi-related to Florida), then travels to the Bahamas for a week of diving: roughly four dives per day. I just got back from a Bahamas trip...

Need some recommendations: I'd like to do a Florida based liveaboard this year (my wife gave me a trip as a Christmas present). I've done the Juliet out of Miami and the Ultimate Getaway out of Ft Meyers in the past and had a great time (and the Spree too, but its gone). I'm not interested in...

Just spent the holiday weekend in the Destin and made 8 dives with Scuba Tech: I also made 4 dives a couple of weeks ago with them as well. I can't say enough about how great this operator is: we visited numerous sites including natural reefs, wrecks and bridge rubble piles. I'm astonished...

Wow: another great day in Jupiter with near perfect winter topside conditions. Less than 2 foot waves, sunny and beautiful blue water. Underneath, viz was 80-100 feet on Area 29 and a bit less on Bonny's reef with very little current. Temps at depth were 71-74 degrees but I was wearing a 7MM...

Dove with Jupiter Dive Center this AM. We hit Area 29 (near the Center Street site and the site some operators call Lemon Drop). Because the day was overcast, vis was only 'OK' at 50 feet or so. Saw numerous Lemon Sharks as we drifted north. One big one in particular kept buzzing the group at...

Holy smokes, the GG's are definitely aggregating in Jupiter now. We probably saw 60 of them on the MG 111 while out with Jupiter Dive Center. I was fortunate enough to spend almost 20 minutes solo with a smaller school that didn't seem terribly concerned with me: I headed to the pillars...

Given the other related thread, I thought this was an interesting article from a diver/reporter in Miami. I think it was fairly balanced, which is unusual for local media: Man Dives, Hand-Feeds Sharks Off The Coast Of Florida « CBS Miami

So I played a little hooky yesterday morning and went out with Jupiter Dive Center's Republic IV piloted by Mike: As the thread title suggests, conditions were incredible. We dove Captain Mike's Reef and Tunnels and saw an amazing amount of sea life. Visibility: 60-100 feet Current: mild...

Dove the three wrecks noted above with Jim Abernathy Scuba Adventures this morning. The current was southbound on the first dive so Capt Jim dropped us on the Amaryllis and we slowly drifted over it and the rubble pile to the Mizpah. One Goliath in particular was incredibly friendly: it followed...

Did a double dip on the Vandy this last Sunday: here's the salient info -surface conditions: 2-3 feet wave action -current: ripping on the surface but dropping off at 35 feet and non-existent at 60 feet. The lack of current at depth made it easy to explore the shallower parts of the wreck I...

My wife and I are staying in the Bahia Honda cabins in the near future and I wracking my brain for a good place for dinner on Marathon. There are a couple of places I like to go with dive buddies on the bay side of US1 right before the 7 mile bridge (can't recall names), but I'm looking for...

Spent three days diving in Key Largo with a buddy of mine who was in town: he’s the guy that got me back into diving five years ago so will forever be stained with that in my wife’s mind. For kicks and grins, we used Rainbow Reef one day since so many SB’ers give high...

I know this is a long shot, but if anyone finds a older SeaLife DC 1000 in Jupiter, please let me know: I lost it Saturday. I didn't have any strobes on it, so it likely sank: not sure if the lanyard broke or it just slipped off my wrist. I noticed it was gone on the northern end of Captain...

Well, it only took 510 dives, but I've finally seen dolphins underwater while diving. I've had two near misses in WPB and Jupiter, when other divers saw dolphins but I didn't. Today, five of us on South Florida Dive HQ's boat were lucky enough to see four dolphins swimming together...

Couldn't ask for better bottom side conditions than the past couple of weekends! Last weekend, vis was 100+ on the Juno Ball site and today vis was nearly the same on the Zion train (Zion, Miss Jenny and Bonaire wrecks) and Scarface. Current was mild northwards both weekends: divers didn't...

Dove with Jupiter Dive Center and saw a number of Lemons on the Center St dive site today. Topside conditions were fantastic: less than 1 foot waves and bottom was equally enjoyable. 80+ vis on the site with the Lemons and very modest current. Here's a few photos of fairly low quality...

I'll be in the Keys for a few days of diving late this month. Can anyone recommend a 'traditional' sports bar with lots of TV's? I usually like to stop by the last bay side bar/restaurant right before the 7 mile bridge (can't recall the name, but it has TV's behind the open air bar) to watch...

So, I decided to make a last minute trip to Key Largo to dive this morning (marine forecast in Jupiter looked terrible!!). When in the upper Keys, I usually dive with Conch Republic, but they only had shallow reefs scheduled this AM so I decided to give the 'new' Silent World a shot. Made a...

If anybody finds a yellow Princeton LED (4 C cell battery model) light with a brass clip and black zip tie, please let me know. I'm 90% sure I left it sitting near one of the pilings on the west side of the bridge at the ingress/exit point on the beach.

Dove last Wed with JDC. As was the case in the video Murfdizzle21 posted earlier in the month, the reef sharks on Tunnels were fairly active. I included a couple shots of the Bluffs and one of a Bull on the Princess Anne in WPB from a month ago or so. You can't beat diving in Jupiter for big...