shore dive buddy hollywood

[Jscubadive]

James again. Well finally finished buying all my gear this week. Went up to Hollywood and was going to dive but by the time I got ready it was getting a little rough and kept getting worse. Didn't see any dive flags out there, so I wasn't going to be the first. The lifeguards had green flags out but I then went up to John Lloyd park and they had yellow and purple flags. I could make out the dark shade of the first reef line everywhere, though there looked like large clumps of seaweed floating.

Found a number to call on surf conditions, but think they update it at 9 AM everyday.

If anybody wants to dive around the north Hollywood park sometime next week maybe we can meet up.

 

[mrx3000]

What type of dive sites are there? I am nearby, but never tried that area although I go to John Lloyd park quite often.

 

[Jscubadive]

Here is a link from 2008 done by a diver I found on youtube and this is right where years before I use to snorkel and some diving. SCUBA Diving - Beach Dive off Hollywood Beach Florida - YouTube I have not dove this area since 1988 and possibly I have been told from all the beach reclaimation over the years, might have changed the reefs some, but I would like to dive some around there anyways. Best I remember going from shore you hit the first part of the first reef from a sand bottom in about eight feet of water, depending on tide. The further you go out, you would see some sea rods and sea fans, angelfish, smaller juvenille fish, I have seen lobster, barracuda, small green moray eels, golden spotted eel, sea urchins, conchs and such. Gradually in about fifteen to 20 feet would be a ledge in places then would go to a sand bottom. Further out some patch reef among alot of sand. About as far as I ever made it. Not sure where the second and third reef lines begin, but those were usually boat dives. They had more profile and deeper ledges in deeper water. I never dove from a boat there.

 

[floridanewbe]

I dive lauderdale bts of the beach fairly often. when im doing a dive in the area i would be happy to do a meetup and dive hollywood park but cant do next week. will give any info when i can

 

[TonyErnst13]

Im currently doing an IDC in the keys, but I will be back in a few weeks and I will be doing multiple shore dives in that area. PM me anytime

 

[Jscubadive]

I'll shoot you a PM wiht my number.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

I dive Hollywood quite often. One of my fav. places to dive. that video is north of Sheridan Street.. Forrest St. I think. Only watched the first few minutes, and what I saw is typical of Hollywood.

 

[Jscubadive]

Hi scuba jenny, yeah I was first certified in 1979 off of Charleston street, just a little bit north of Forrest street. If you watch further in the video, there is a large broken pipe, I don't remember coming across that, I have heard and seen in other videos the one further south maybe Johnson street? the outfall, but that is not it. Maybe something left over from a beach reclaimation. We usually dove Sherman street which had free parking at the time, just south of Sheridan.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Sherman Street as you know it does not exist anymore. It is a walkway.
Watched the rest of the video and saw the pipes. Don't recall ever seeing them, but then its been years since I've dived up that way. I usually go for Johnson Street (actually the parking lot between Johnson and Michigan), just out from the lifeguard stand to the rock pile. I can see everything there that one can see on the reefs other places. Have also gotten a couple lionfish there too.

 

[idive2]

I am working on the coordinates for the start of the yellow brick road which leads to the rock pile. I'm pretty
sure I have the latitude line down ( just a little bit north of michigan street) . I believe it starts somewhere close
to the start of a reef and just north of the michigan street heading. Great dive, I usually run east along the south side
of the yellow brick road and rock pile on the way out and return on opposite side.