2010 DIVE & TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Dive & Travel Log
June - Present -A long deco dive on the Speigel Grove followed by 2 single tank dives on it the next day was a fun weekend in Key Largo.
Popped over to Boynton and saw mating flying gunards and a couple of squid, then off to Jupiter for a 3 tank dive on the
July 4 weekend.
Apr - May - Long Memorial Day weekend
trip to the Dry Tortugas on the Ultimate Getaway gave us superb weather and calm
seas. Saw my first ever sawfish (a strange looking thing
- about 5ft long sharks body with a 2ft "nose" like a chainsaw).
Also was great to see some dolphins and also a couple of Manta Rays swimming by.
Now have a load of hogfish in the freezer! Managed a day over in Boynton on Good Friday and despite
the still somewhat chilly 70 degree water, was rewarded by a couple of bull sharks and my first ever
guitar fish ! Took the middle 2 weekends of April for a
deep technical diving class with Horizon Divers. After a few practice
dives on the Duane and Speigel Grove wrecks, the culmination of the course was a
most excellent dive on the wreck of Northern Light - superb vizability
although the seas were a bit "sporty". Even got to see a marlin down
there, along some sharks, african pompano and a very large tasty looking
hogfish.
Jan - Mar - A very windy and cold start
to the year meant that January was a "dry" month (spear fishing in Marathon was
called off with 12ft seas !). First dives came with a nice day over in
Boynton early Feb. Then things picked up with a great week of warm water diving
in Bonaire - complete with seahorses, frogfish and lots of eagle rays. That
coupled with sunshine and surface temps in the mid-80's meant a great weeks
vacation ! Rounded off March with a trip to Marathon. The water was
a little chilly (around 66-68 degrees) and the viz was horrible - but it was
sunshine and not too "sporty" on the boat so still a good weekend.
Dives so far this year: 75
Tentative Plans
July/Aug - Jupiter, Marathon and to dive on the Bayronto
in the Gulf (maybe sharks teeth in Venice too)
Sept - Bonaire (again !) and maybe a Trimix
class
Dec - UK for Christmas festivities, curry, pork pies
and twiglets.
Will have to "sea" what else I plan throughout the year.