Dive reports with beach/weather conditions

[thedaddy]

Date: 3/17, 2 dives - Finally got my daughter down there for a father/daughter dive!
Duration: 90 mins or so AM, less than an hour PM (had to get back or we would have stayed into late afternoon).
Site: S. Brohard AM (saw Dana going in), then Alahambra after noon (saw her again just South of the boneyard)
Depth: 16-19 ft
Vis: 6-8 ft. for the most part. Snot was pretty heavy in most areas with a few thin patches of slime/bio-silt.
Temp: 72 F at 16'-18'
Winds: E - ESE
Tide: incoming in the morning and outgoing after noon. No surge to speak of and not much current.
Finds: Not much - found what looks like part of a pelvis, some horse teeth, a couple of scutes, a few small shark teeth, and a lost crab trap stuck in the blocks. Found some nice structure out at 19 feet at Brohard that had a lot of life and encountered a group of flounder in the flats around the blocks. Lots of sand dollars at Alahambra.
Vis was better than it's been and better than I expected. Nice and flat all morning and early afternoon. Can't wait to get back again.

 

[2TH DIVR]

3/23/2012
Service Club
Time 9:00 am
Winds SSW@ 10
Seas 2'
Water Temp 75
Max Depth 23'
Vis <1' til the reef line then opened to 4'-6'
Finds 4 7/8 meg, some frags, 2 nice 1 1/2" hemis and the usual small stuff

 

[divindiva69]

Nice find Scott!

 

[Aristakat]

vis yesterday was 10-12ft, water temp 72, seas 1ft
water has warmed up quick diving in a 3m now
venice beach area

 

[COWSskateGOOD]

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Alhambra
6' Viz
23' Water
75* Water Ditto to the 3mm, no longer diving a hood/gloves and such

I didn't do this dive, my friends did because I had used both of my tanks on M16 Reef 8miles out of venice, Viz there was 20+ Feet
Tide/Wind was on our side earlier in the day however we dove Alhambra aprox 4pm and tides/winds shifted.

Diving M16 Reef Venice Florida - YouTube

 

[Rickelpickel]

3-31-12
Venice Boneyard, North of Sharkies Pier.
Water Temp: 75-76..
Seas: 2-3'
Viz: 10-20'
Depths: 20-28'
Time: 9am-4pm.
Winds: S in the am. Shifting W afternoon.
Spotted a Water Spout South of Sharkies around 2:30-3:00 .
High winds and heavy rain around 4:30-5:00.
Good Times, Be Safe..

 

[Aristakat]

Boneyard venice
Viz 20- ft easy in morning I could see divers tanks...
water temp 74, divers wearing 3m
winds out of northwest 8-10 knots
Lots of boats diving around
next couple weeks take advantage of good vis dosen't get this clear often

 

[Aristakat]

boneyard water temp 74
Vis 20-25 ft
winds out of east in morning then shifted out of west flat seas great day
now is the time to get out there awesome conditions

 

[2TH DIVR]

4/8/12
Service Club
Time 11:15 am
Winds ESE @5
Seas Flat
Water Temp 76
Vis 2'-4'
Finds nothing big, lots of little stuff

 

[COWSskateGOOD]

4/9/2012

1st Dive was M16 8 miles out of Venice Viz was 8-10' feet with suspended particles


2nd dive was Alhambra bone yard in about 27-30' of water around 2pm.... viz was about 2-3' I couldn't see my hand arms length away, and sometimes dropped to even less then that making me rub my face into the ground to see.... no finds unfortunately... tons of suspended particles in the water.


Here is the youtube video: Diving Venice Florida M16 (Take 2) - YouTube