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Key Largo Trip Key Largo Trip
Absolute - 9/19/2008 8:43 AM
Dove the Florida Keys again September 6 (yes, one day only). Took the boat out from Tavernier Creek, and headed straight out toward The Eagle. On the way out, we passed a mooring buoy that we had never seen before. On the way back, we tied up to it and decided to spend some time on it. We were in 25 feet of water, and when I looked over the edge of the boat, I could see the bottom, in fact the first thing I saw was a shark!...(ok, so it was just a nurse shark, but a shark none the less!). I coul...
Shark River Inlet - NJ
Absolute - 8/04/2008 4:27 PM
Last Friday and Saturday nights, I went diving at the Shark River Inlet in Belmar/Avon, NJ. Saturday was a much better dive...there were about 15 fewer divers in the water than there were on Friday! Also, high tide was 35-40 minutes later, so it was truly dark when I entered the water (the darker the better for marine life to come out of hiding). Vis was great for the first two thirds of the dive, but toward the end of the dive after the tide turned, it decreased quite a bit, but still not too b...