Went with the Down Under Dive Club for their Keys getaway this weekend. We went out on Saturday and Sunday with Conch Republic. As always, Capt. Gary and entire Conch Republic crew made it a blast. (And if you read this...I'm working on perfecting that wing recipe! 
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Did one of the two scheduled dives on the Speigel Grove on Saturday. The current was pretty stiff, played flags on the downline. Had to pull hand over hand down to the deck, but the dive was pretty nice once you got down, just the ascents and descents were some serious work.) I decided to ditch the second Grove dive as i was tired, the boat was lulling me to sleep, and didn't feel like working all that hard. It's the Keys! Others that did the dive said the current had eased up a bit and had a great dive.
On Sunday we did dive #1 on the Duane, and #2 on Snapper Reef. The current was also stiff for the Duane dive, but a beauty once you get on the wreck. We swam in and out of the ship and basically had a blast. I love that dive. My favorite in the Keys. This was my first dive on Snapper Reef. The highlight for ME was finding 4 flamingo tongues...three on one fan. Of COURSE I hadn't bothered bringing a camera. My buddy for the day Larry seemed under impressed....I guess not everyone gets excited about mollusks and slugs like me. He was thrilled with the two reef sharks and the nurse shark we saw. ( I was going thru a swimthrough and missed the reef sharks, but the nurse shark was a nice sight. And I didn't try to kiss it...thus my lips are intact...see post on man kissing shark.)
All in all a fun weekend...looking forward to my next trip down to the Keys!
) Did one of the two scheduled dives on the Speigel Grove on Saturday. The current was pretty stiff, played flags on the downline. Had to pull hand over hand down to the deck, but the dive was pretty nice once you got down, just the ascents and descents were some serious work.) I decided to ditch the second Grove dive as i was tired, the boat was lulling me to sleep, and didn't feel like working all that hard. It's the Keys! Others that did the dive said the current had eased up a bit and had a great dive.
On Sunday we did dive #1 on the Duane, and #2 on Snapper Reef. The current was also stiff for the Duane dive, but a beauty once you get on the wreck. We swam in and out of the ship and basically had a blast. I love that dive.
My favorite in the Keys. This was my first dive on Snapper Reef. The highlight for ME was finding 4 flamingo tongues...three on one fan. Of COURSE I hadn't bothered bringing a camera. My buddy for the day Larry seemed under impressed....I guess not everyone gets excited about mollusks and slugs like me. He was thrilled with the two reef sharks and the nurse shark we saw. ( I was going thru a swimthrough and missed the reef sharks, but the nurse shark was a nice sight. And I didn't try to kiss it...thus my lips are intact...see post on man kissing shark.) All in all a fun weekend...looking forward to my next trip down to the Keys!
