Morrison Springs
Dive no.: 11 Date: Aug 19 2007Location: Ponce De Leon FLDive site: Morrison SpringsWeather Condition: Sunny, hotWater Condition: Crystal clear, and refreshingly cold Visibility: 10-15 feetWater Temp: 68 degEntered the water at: 8:56am Max Depth: 40 ftBottom Time: 28 min ---- Remarks: We met up again with the Scubaholics dive club early in the morning. Visibility was just amazing! The springs in this park remain a cool 68 degrees year round, so we all donned our wetsuits. This dive site is a very...
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Cinco Bayou
Dive no.: 10 Date: Aug 18 2007Location: Ft Walton Beach FLDive site: Laguna Park, Cinco BayouWeather Condition: Sunny, High 92 degWater Condition: Murkey and calm Visibility: 10-15 feetWater Temp: 84 degEntered the water at: 8:35am Max Depth: 18 ftBottom Time: 56 min ---- Remarks: On this day, we met up with a bunch of divers from our local scuba club, the Scubaholics. Dawn was teaching a class of new open water divers and invited us along. Visibility was better than usual for this popular provi...
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St Andrews State Park Jetties - Encore Dive
Dive no.: 9 Date: Aug 14 2007Location: Panama City FLDive site: St Andrews State Park JettiesWeather Condition: Sunny, High 92 degWater Condition: High Tide at 12:24pm Visibility: Good, 30 feetWater Temp: 83 degEntered the water at: 12:12 pm Max Depth: 47 ftBottom Time: 57 min ---- Remarks: It`s unanimous! This was our absolute best dive yet! We saw a lot of very cool marine life we`d never seen before. I think I`m starting to get a handle on my buoyancy control. I just avoided airing up my BC s...
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St Andrews State Park Jetties - Redemption!
Dive no.: 8 Date: Aug 3 2007Location: Panama City FLDive site: St Andrews State Park JettiesWeather Condition: Partly Cloudy, 84 degWater Condition: No tides today Visibility: Poor, 10 feetWater Temp: 84 degEntered the water at: 11:42 pm Max Depth: 41 ftBottom Time: 51 min ---- Remarks: St Andrews Jetties have been redeemed! Fortunately the lack of tides on this day forgave our team for our noobie organizational skills. Visibility sucked but we were still able to get some cool pictures. This was...
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Destin East Pass Jetty
July 28 2007Dive no.: 6Location: Destin FLDive site: East Pass JettiesWeather Condition: Sunny, Clear 90 degWater Condition: Yellow and Purple Flags for Slight breeze and Jelly FishVisibility: 50 ftWater Temp: 81 degMax Depth: 41 ftBottom Time: 31 min ---- Remarks: High tide was at 9:41 am. We shot for 8am... but we finally entered the water at 11:26 am. OK so we (Team mom, Daniel and Ben) got a few minor procedural kinks to work out. Holy Friggin pain in the ass it was getting to the water! The...
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St Andrews State Park Jetties
This is my very first, of hopefully many dive blogs. It`s been a year since we (my two sons, Daniel and Ben and I) got our open water diving certificates and we finally got back in the water last weekend. It`s our fifth dive and our very first dive away from our instructor! LOOK OUT! Unfortunately we forgot the underwater camera, so I googled some of the things we saw and am sharing them with you here. We met up with a few fellow members of the local dive club, Scubaholics, in the wee early hour...
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