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Whoo Hoo! Venice Fossil Divers get out there & enjoy the water! 10 - 12 ft viz on the blocks at S. Brohard this morning. Outgoing tide, east winds & water temp 84.:D
 
6-15-12
South Of Sharkies (Manasota)
Time: 9am-12
Water Temp: 83
Seas: 0-1'
Wind: E 5-10
Viz: 15-20' + or -
Finds: Few whole Megs 3-5"ers and the usual broken and smalls.. Fun Day!
 
After a weekend like this if you weren't diving you'd better had a good excuse!
6-16-12 & 6-17-12
Seas 0-1' Flat off Beach
Casperson Public Beach.
Temp 83
Viz Sat: 10-15' @ 17'
Viz Sun: 10-15' @ 12-20'
Saw Nurse shark, Snapper, Small Red Groupers & some Sheep's
Finds: some worn Megs, Broke Horse teeth, Smalls, and a decent Whale Vert.

Over all not a bad few days. Haven't done a beach dive in years.. Oh, and Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there!!
 
Good diving today off Alhambra. 10' to 15' viz lots of small teeth. Lots of sea life. If anyone sees a dive flag heading west with about 20' of rope attached to it it probably would be mine! We tried swimming to get it but the faster we went it went faster west. Then we had a good size boat heading full speed for us so we went back down and back to shore!!! Good day though!
 
6/17/2012
Service Club
Time 8:30
Winds E @ 5
Seas flat
Water Temp 85
Vis 10'-15'+
Max depth 26'
Finds some frags, a nice shark vert. and the usual small stuff
Had a nice encounter with a manatee stuck around for 5 min., liked having his or her neck rubbed
 
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6/18/12 South Brohard (pics in link above) with dkramer
Winds: E 13 mph at 9 AM
Swells were supposed to be 0.0 ft every 4 seconds, but it seemed bumpier out there than that
FSW: 13-15
Viz: 10-12 ft
Water temp 82
Tide was incoming until high around 11:50 AM
D and I dove for about one hour and took a break on her yak, then dove again for 1/2 hour. Viz was great (for Venice) and there was lots of life around the blocks, as you can see in the pictures (also some snot floating around). We both had a great time. Too bad the 2 inch meg I found was not whole, drats!
 
7/1/2012
Service Club
Time 8:30 am
Wind Calm
Seas Flat
Water Temp 81
Vis 6"-18"
Max depth 25'
Finds a few small teeth and some sea biscuts
lots of silt didn't find much that wasn't covered
but with the vis the way it was I could of been right next to an area and not seen it
did find a seahorse
 
Just out of curiosity today I dove down at 28 feet and saw silt until I hit the bottom. Once I was there id say it was 6 inches of viz. Needless to say I went straight back to the boat. Hopefully it cleans up by mid week.
 
7/1/2012
Service Club
Time 8:30 am
Wind Calm
Seas Flat
Water Temp 81
Vis 6"-18"
Max depth 25'
Finds a few small teeth and some sea biscuts
lots of silt didn't find much that wasn't covered
but with the vis the way it was I could of been right next to an area and not seen it
did find a seahorse
Manasota 6 to 12 inches of vis. Could be worse. Will try again tomorrow.
 
7/4/12
Service Club
7:30 am
Seas Flat
Wind E <5
Water Temp 82
Vis 6"-4' varied a lot
Max Depth 24'
Finds Usual small stuff and a small vert.

The silt is settling and there were more exposed areas
 
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