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You would probably also enjoy Boynton Beach and Jupiter
Actually the dives I did in West Palm were only because I got canceled in Boynton, which was my original destination.
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You would probably also enjoy Boynton Beach and Jupiter
Hi @AnaI consider Boynton to be superior to anything I've seen along the east coast, keys and panhandle of Florida. Healthy reefs with greater variety of creatures, big and small.
Just not superior enough to make it worth the trip. Couple of decades ago I'd go out with the Splashdown one Saturday every month, used to buy 10 trips at a time, I forgot the name of the lady that run it. Dives were always perfect but also always hated the drive south, it took away from the great time underwater.
With my current set up in Pompano, I can be transiting out the Hillsboro inlet within 45~50 minutes off leaving my house. From the inlet, there are so many options I end up picking a place within less than 6~8 miles going either north or south.
I guess that's why I enjoy drift dives as much as I do, it's just easy. Splash, go with the flow without too much care of horizontal direction and when the dive is done go up and wait a short moment to get on the boat.
What surprises me is that charters in this area drop divers off the reef as a common occurrence. Many times you can even see the reef from the surface. How could an operator that makes a living off divers, not have locations marked on their instruments and also be familiar with reference points on the shore. It isn't that difficult.
again.... we didn't miss the reef. the skipper could've halo jumped us from the stratosphere and we would've hit the reef. He's very familiar with every coral polyp of it. The issue was misjudging the current.
Try Boynton Beach and JupiterI did Ft. Lauderdale/west palm a couple winters ago. Very unimpressed with the drift dives....all of them.