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A new wrinkle. Elevated levels of bacteria measured at north palm beach beaches. May hint that the poor viz is caused by dirty water that made its way over from SWFL?
Health advisory issued for several Palm Beach County beaches
A health advisory is in effect for several Palm Beach County beaches due to an elevated level of bacteria in the water, according to the county's Department of Health.www.wptv.com
Yaa 4-6 footers isn't fun. But this past month any days immediately after an east wind blow has been resulting in blue top to bottom viz under 15ft. Even today, Orlando which is in the middle of the state still has flooded waters slowly draining into the rivers that eventually lead to the ocean. And I'm sure your SW locations are even more-so for the next month. It has been extremely fishy and this week the shark divers are reporting a healthy return of the tax collectors on their sites. The big question is will the Whale Sharks return for the annual Governor's Riverwalk wreck sites visit ??
For like the last 15 years it has been like clockwork. It's almost always the 3rd week of November and the sighting are usually near the WPB wreck trek. The best year was about 7 yrs ago on a weekend. An entire boat of open water check out students doing their very 1st dive had a whale shark swim circles with them for 30 minutes. Once back on board they asked the captain and crew if they could come back the following weekend to do it again. What a way to start out a new dive life !!
There was a sighting last year at shark canyon (northern site for WPB divers, near the southern end of Juno ledge). Divers on Narcosis saw it on November 14. I was in the water on the same day just at a different site (corridor, so not too far away). It’s all about getting lucky but Johnoly is spot on with the time of year.
I strongly encourage all WPB & JUP divers to keep a recurring annual calendar of the times of year when migrations show up in our waters. Like Manatees at BHB & Lemons in Jup in January, GG's in Sept, Running of the bulls in May & so many more. It's so when the captain asks where do you want to go, you can steer the boat to the most exciting stuff. For diver's we live by the words >> Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity at the dive site.
Congrats on the catch bag & thanks for the conditions report. I'm dry all next week at the convention center.
