Fishhy
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I was fortunate enough to get a couple days off for a post labor day dive trip down to Singer Island.
We of course hit the bridge, but we also did a shark dive and the tail end of the grouper aggregation.
We dove 3 days (9/10-9/12)
The bridge was great as usual with about 30 feet of visibility and 87F. It's so relaxing and we managed right at 2 hours of underwater time exploring.
The Shark dive was from the Lemon Drop. Our first dive we encountered about 5 sharks. We re-dropped the same location and were greeted by 12-17 sharks at any one time. It was a very enjoyable dive with a few bumps and closeups from the curious lemons. Getting out with them still at our feet was a little nerve-racking.
We did the grouper dive on 9/12 and the groupers had pretty much moved north except for a few full-timers (We had reports that there were still large numbers off the sand in Jupiter).
This video is from the Wreck dive (Wreck Trek) and the Drift Reef from that day.
Unfortunately I didn't get much video from the penetration of the Ana because of another diver in front of me with zero buoyancy skills which essentially blacked me out. He had not dove in some time and really should not have been on that dive at all.
The current was strong, the vis was about 60ft and it was still about 86F on the bottom at the time of the dive.
The drift dive was "the Stacks" at "4th Window".
I'd like to do it again as we saw a great amount of wildlife. I wasn't able to get a video, but I encountered my first juvenile trunkfish which looked amazingly like a floating dice.
We also encountered a giant sleeping loggerhead and a free-swimming manta; both awesome treats!
While the drift dives tend to make parts of the dive a bit more challenging, it really is a beautiful and relaxing way to see a great deal of reef!
We of course hit the bridge, but we also did a shark dive and the tail end of the grouper aggregation.
We dove 3 days (9/10-9/12)
The bridge was great as usual with about 30 feet of visibility and 87F. It's so relaxing and we managed right at 2 hours of underwater time exploring.
The Shark dive was from the Lemon Drop. Our first dive we encountered about 5 sharks. We re-dropped the same location and were greeted by 12-17 sharks at any one time. It was a very enjoyable dive with a few bumps and closeups from the curious lemons. Getting out with them still at our feet was a little nerve-racking.
We did the grouper dive on 9/12 and the groupers had pretty much moved north except for a few full-timers (We had reports that there were still large numbers off the sand in Jupiter).
This video is from the Wreck dive (Wreck Trek) and the Drift Reef from that day.
Unfortunately I didn't get much video from the penetration of the Ana because of another diver in front of me with zero buoyancy skills which essentially blacked me out. He had not dove in some time and really should not have been on that dive at all.
The current was strong, the vis was about 60ft and it was still about 86F on the bottom at the time of the dive.
The drift dive was "the Stacks" at "4th Window".
I'd like to do it again as we saw a great amount of wildlife. I wasn't able to get a video, but I encountered my first juvenile trunkfish which looked amazingly like a floating dice.
We also encountered a giant sleeping loggerhead and a free-swimming manta; both awesome treats!
While the drift dives tend to make parts of the dive a bit more challenging, it really is a beautiful and relaxing way to see a great deal of reef!