Conditions on Easter Sunday were great for diving. And Capt SL8R makes a lazy sunday dive on the Kyalami an awesome experience.
Our first drop was Monkey's Ledge. Water temp was a nice 72 degrees or so with 50-60 feet of vis.As usual lots of sealife there. A bunch of barracuda and a cute hawksbill turtle. A gentle current kept us moving along the reef nicely. A reef shark zipped by us busy doing whatever sharks do. Several newish divers seemed to have a great time.
Second dive was the Danny McCauley Memorial reef. In 74 feet to the sand, this new wreck is a really nice dive. We dropped about 300 feet from the site and as we got close it just looms out at you. A flock of barracuda ran off just as we swam up. The wreck is only about 5 weeks sunk so it is not yet populated by much. easy swim thrus make exploring the wreck easy. This will be a popular site for a long time. I'm already thinking about my return trip.
We continued past the wreck and went thru the debris field north. Lots of sealife kicking around and as we approached the old Spud Wreck (an old flat-top barge) i saw a HUGE Goliath Grouper. This puppy was an easy 700 pounds. A smaller one was staring at us from inside the Spud.
Then we have the post-dive. Coming back to Jupiter via the Palm Beach inlet we strolled up the intercoastal passing majestic homes. It's how the 1% lives. We lived with grilled hot dogs, several divers with bunny ears, and a bubble machine (ok...no machine....just several bubble wands). Good tunes, good company and good times.
So a big THANK YOU to Capt SL8R, divemaster/instructor Donna, deckhand Maggie and photographer/instructor Richard Apple!
Our first drop was Monkey's Ledge. Water temp was a nice 72 degrees or so with 50-60 feet of vis.As usual lots of sealife there. A bunch of barracuda and a cute hawksbill turtle. A gentle current kept us moving along the reef nicely. A reef shark zipped by us busy doing whatever sharks do. Several newish divers seemed to have a great time.
Second dive was the Danny McCauley Memorial reef. In 74 feet to the sand, this new wreck is a really nice dive. We dropped about 300 feet from the site and as we got close it just looms out at you. A flock of barracuda ran off just as we swam up. The wreck is only about 5 weeks sunk so it is not yet populated by much. easy swim thrus make exploring the wreck easy. This will be a popular site for a long time. I'm already thinking about my return trip.
We continued past the wreck and went thru the debris field north. Lots of sealife kicking around and as we approached the old Spud Wreck (an old flat-top barge) i saw a HUGE Goliath Grouper. This puppy was an easy 700 pounds. A smaller one was staring at us from inside the Spud.
Then we have the post-dive. Coming back to Jupiter via the Palm Beach inlet we strolled up the intercoastal passing majestic homes. It's how the 1% lives. We lived with grilled hot dogs, several divers with bunny ears, and a bubble machine (ok...no machine....just several bubble wands). Good tunes, good company and good times.
So a big THANK YOU to Capt SL8R, divemaster/instructor Donna, deckhand Maggie and photographer/instructor Richard Apple!
