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GRRR I want my crackers ...
Went diving with http://www.southfloridadiving.com/ launching out of Hillsborough on the morning of Sun Sept 16. It was a full catamaran. Topside was disorganized, but at least the dives were good. My dive buddy and I were not seated together - infact, we were on opposite sides of the boat ... On Ladygo Diver they would`ve just told ppl to move down one and if it was Divemaster Worth, he`d move your stuff for you. This divemaster w/ South Florida Diving was not that good. Then during the surface...
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So I went diving ...
... and I encountered a Spotted Drum fish. This is a cool little fish that just kept on swimming the same pattern over and over. The pattern wasn`t much larger than 2` x 4`. I perched my chin within 6" and the cute little critter paused, and looked at me, then and continued with its little figure 8 pattern. What if I put my hand in its path? Well it just did a large oval on the side that wasn`t blocked, until I removed my hand and then it went on it`s happy figure 8 again. Cute little fish. See ...
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babblations ...
I`m bummed ... one of my dive buddies/coworkers is heading out to Australia til Sept for work. Lucky SOB. He`s got tons of exp ... as a dive master/guide on a liveaboard, but programming computers is dull but pays the scuba bills. I thought I didn`t use that much air (SCR btwn 18-19 psi/min for AL-80, wicked current cranks it up to 30), but he uses less - but I`m getting there. I guess it comes w/ the experience. I`m hoping to get divemaster cert by the end of the summer. It`ll be a nice sidelin...
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Aww crappy weather ...
... means no diving for me today - I should`ve gone on yesterday`s night dive w/ SFDH. But conditions started out good and just deteriorated slowly throughout the day. There is the Speigel grove next weekend ......
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Road Trip anyone? Tampa
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-518treasure,0,41865.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines ... looks lik a *profitable* dive perhaps ?...
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still deciding ...
Where to go this coming weekend ... south florida diving HQ, Dixie Divers, ProDive, AmericanDream2 ... hummm 2 boat dives and perhaps 1 beach dive weather permitting of course !!! Maybe do a Nursery to Copenhagen beach dive - that` ll give u a leg workout !!! 650m snorkle out from the beach w/ trusty dive flag - wish the dive flag atop my torpedo was massive - or at least bigger :)...
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