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Did part of my aow today. Everyone saw it but me. I'll just have to settle for having seen it on the night dive a few nights ago. It would be cool if it stuck around for awhile.
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There's a lionfish on the biggest pile at the snorkel trail, pretty far east..
A few shots from this weekend's dives. Thanks to the wind, we had to cancel boat dives, and rearrange our diving schedule. That led us to over 7.5hrs underwater in 4 dives in 2 days at the bridge.
Found an area of about 10 x 10 that had 3 nudis, 3 drangon lancerets, and a couple sailfin blennies. Woot.
Best nudi shot, this was #2. Now I am hoping for correspondence from that person in the parking lot about the lenses she has for sale that fit my OLY 3590-SP..
Scorpionfish of some sort
And a hairy blenny. My fav. shot of the weekend. Uncropped.
This photo does not do the urchin justice. Brilliant Blues where the dots are and bright oranges.
We also spent quite a bit of time watching a jawfish clean house. No photos. card full. LOL
Was also graced a couple times by a southern stingray, found too many octos to count and 4 seahorses.
And for something totally different. Mermaids shavingbrush
Found an area of about 10 x 10 that had 3 nudis, 3 drangon lancerets, and a couple sailfin blennies. Woot.
Best nudi shot, this was #2. Now I am hoping for correspondence from that person in the parking lot about the lenses she has for sale that fit my OLY 3590-SP..
Scorpionfish of some sort
And a hairy blenny. My fav. shot of the weekend. Uncropped.
This photo does not do the urchin justice. Brilliant Blues where the dots are and bright oranges.
We also spent quite a bit of time watching a jawfish clean house. No photos. card full. LOL
Was also graced a couple times by a southern stingray, found too many octos to count and 4 seahorses.
And for something totally different. Mermaids shavingbrush
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They were in the usual spot Friday morning (near the tethered bleach bottle). Saw my longarmed octopus friend again too.
They were in the usual spot Friday morning (near the tethered bleach bottle). Saw my longarmed octopus friend again too.
When the diving gets tough.. the tough go diving.
Bummer getting blown out on the boat dives. But we made do with another dive.
The Kraken is extra good tonight.
Gear packed and ready to battle the crowds again tomorrow.
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Has anybody seen the shopping carts lately? We were in the area on our second dive (much reduced vis) and didn't see a single one.
Yeah. :blushing: I forgot to post that I did finally find the shopping carts. Unfortunately, the life on them is about half of what I remember before the snorkel trail was put down. And the mirror boat was almost devoid of critters. Used to be my favorite go to spot..
A few shots from this weekend's dives. Thanks to the wind, we had to cancel boat dives, and rearrange our diving schedule. That led us to over 7.5hrs underwater in 4 dives in 2 days at the bridge.
Found an area of about 10 x 10 that had 3 nudis, 3 drangon lancerets, and a couple sailfin blennies. Woot.
Best nudi shot, this was #2. Now I am hoping for correspondence from that person in the parking lot about the lenses she has for sale that fit my OLY 3590-SP..
Scorpionfish of some sort
And a hairy blenny. My fav. shot of the weekend. Uncropped.
This photo does not do the urchin justice. Brilliant Blues where the dots are and bright oranges.
We also spent quite a bit of time watching a jawfish clean house. No photos. card full. LOL
Was also graced a couple times by a southern stingray, found too many octos to count and 4 seahorses.
And for something totally different. Mermaids shavingbrush
I will add a couple pics from the same dives. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and hosting us!
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Maribi and I did our AOW dives at the bridge on Saturday, but did not see a whole lot as most of the time was training exercises.
After boat dives on Sunday, treated ourselves to a celebration dive (we got our AOW) at the Bridge on Monday. Surprisingly, relatively few divers and almost no classes, nice. Even better, really excellent vis with beautiful blue water. Got in at 9:15 and were out by 12:15, our personal best (176 minutes!!). Did the grand tour, all down the west span, through the canyon between bridge and boat channel pilings, back under the fishing pier and the great debries field there, back to the west, nav out to the upside down wreck, follow to the mirror wreck and shopping carts, and then down the snorkel trail to the east side, where by then vis was down so back out on to the sand and then back to the beach. Most area we have ever covered on a single dive, by far.
The life was teeming, lots of barracuda, baitballs, snapper, four hogfish, huge school of chub, big school of spadefish at the boat channel, (along with a diver carrying a pole spear), several large parrots, the world's largest hermit crab, some areas with many lobster (miniatures) to all of the usual small macro suspects and some treats for us, our first sailfin blenny, a long-armed octopus on the hunt that caught two small crabs while we watched, and a serpent-armed brittle star that was writhing at speed across the bottom looking for all the world like a 5 armed octupus. What a great day!!!
Even better, there is lots of sponge life beginning to grow back all over, after it was all killed earlier this year with the rains and fresh water dumping. The snorkel trail is really coming into its own. Some sections had schools of dozens of mangrove and gray snapper that are beginning to remind me of the Keys. Also a great assortment of arrow crabs, coral shrimp, blennies, immature (and mature) angels, porkfish, sharptail eels, hermit crabs, grunts, and assorted tropicals. It is true that the concentration on the mirror wreck and shopping carts is not what it was, but probably because fish have moved onto the snorkel trail. Overall, there seem to be MANY more larger reef fish, and in a great variety, while the macro scene is as good as ever. Overall, I would say the snorkel trail will be an fantastic improvement to the diving.
Almost forgot, four batfish! Including a really neat black and grey one. Also, several large spanish mackerel, another new treat.
After boat dives on Sunday, treated ourselves to a celebration dive (we got our AOW) at the Bridge on Monday. Surprisingly, relatively few divers and almost no classes, nice. Even better, really excellent vis with beautiful blue water. Got in at 9:15 and were out by 12:15, our personal best (176 minutes!!). Did the grand tour, all down the west span, through the canyon between bridge and boat channel pilings, back under the fishing pier and the great debries field there, back to the west, nav out to the upside down wreck, follow to the mirror wreck and shopping carts, and then down the snorkel trail to the east side, where by then vis was down so back out on to the sand and then back to the beach. Most area we have ever covered on a single dive, by far.
The life was teeming, lots of barracuda, baitballs, snapper, four hogfish, huge school of chub, big school of spadefish at the boat channel, (along with a diver carrying a pole spear), several large parrots, the world's largest hermit crab, some areas with many lobster (miniatures) to all of the usual small macro suspects and some treats for us, our first sailfin blenny, a long-armed octopus on the hunt that caught two small crabs while we watched, and a serpent-armed brittle star that was writhing at speed across the bottom looking for all the world like a 5 armed octupus. What a great day!!!
Even better, there is lots of sponge life beginning to grow back all over, after it was all killed earlier this year with the rains and fresh water dumping. The snorkel trail is really coming into its own. Some sections had schools of dozens of mangrove and gray snapper that are beginning to remind me of the Keys. Also a great assortment of arrow crabs, coral shrimp, blennies, immature (and mature) angels, porkfish, sharptail eels, hermit crabs, grunts, and assorted tropicals. It is true that the concentration on the mirror wreck and shopping carts is not what it was, but probably because fish have moved onto the snorkel trail. Overall, there seem to be MANY more larger reef fish, and in a great variety, while the macro scene is as good as ever. Overall, I would say the snorkel trail will be an fantastic improvement to the diving.
Almost forgot, four batfish! Including a really neat black and grey one. Also, several large spanish mackerel, another new treat.
ConchyJoe
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Congrats Guy and Maribi! We will be in Key Largo getting ours this weekend. I am being a dutiful husband by following along with Laurie, even though even Rescue Diver/DM stuff is old hat.
As a matter of fact my last official rescue dive was unfortunately a recovery at BHB... Not a diver, but a little BHB bridge jumper that ended tragically.
I am currently trying to make it in June sometime.
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