SuPrBuGmAn
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After a great dive at the Destin Jetties with several other ScubaBoard members, I camped at Vortex for the night before diving Cypress on 5/7. Camping at Vortex Sat night included arriving at 10PM to the sounds of a fight in progress, listening to the campsite over scream and cry(apparently one of them got cut during the fight?!), gleefully watching the cops come and arrest some of my 'neighbors', and chugging a beer or three to numb my senses enough to sleep through the typical Vortex shinanigans.
kchFLA met me at Vortex and she got a tank filled before we headed to the boatlaunch in Vernon. We arrived at Cypress and were happy to see the site deserted. We stayed in OW which kept our max depth fairly shallow(25') and stayed under for a good hour according to kchFLA's watch. Some locals canoed in during the dive and they floated on the surface watching us below. We saw the typical life in the spring including bass, bream, and some large slider turtles.
We talked to the locals during our SI about other springs in the area for about 30min before jumping back in the water for a second dive with similar depths lasting ~30min. Took alot of pictures and had a good fun dive in one of the clearest, most colorfull springs in Florida. We got back to the boatlaunch just in time for a bit of rain, but luckily it didn't last long.
The ride home was 'fun'. Caught a nasty thunderstorm on the interstate that was bad enough for me to pull over. The hail was atleast nickel size and there were alot of lightning strikes and strong winds during my little interstate wait. My driverside window doesn't roll up by the way
Hail kept bouncing off my door and between my back and the seat - cold!
Pics at http://www.suprbugman.com/gallery/album123
kchFLA met me at Vortex and she got a tank filled before we headed to the boatlaunch in Vernon. We arrived at Cypress and were happy to see the site deserted. We stayed in OW which kept our max depth fairly shallow(25') and stayed under for a good hour according to kchFLA's watch. Some locals canoed in during the dive and they floated on the surface watching us below. We saw the typical life in the spring including bass, bream, and some large slider turtles.
We talked to the locals during our SI about other springs in the area for about 30min before jumping back in the water for a second dive with similar depths lasting ~30min. Took alot of pictures and had a good fun dive in one of the clearest, most colorfull springs in Florida. We got back to the boatlaunch just in time for a bit of rain, but luckily it didn't last long.
The ride home was 'fun'. Caught a nasty thunderstorm on the interstate that was bad enough for me to pull over. The hail was atleast nickel size and there were alot of lightning strikes and strong winds during my little interstate wait. My driverside window doesn't roll up by the way
Hail kept bouncing off my door and between my back and the seat - cold!Pics at http://www.suprbugman.com/gallery/album123
