Named the Best Shore Dive in the US by Scuba Diving magazine, the Blue Heron Bridge at Phil Foster Park in Riviera Beach was the site of our club Spring Kick-Off BBQ on April 6. Enjoy our video of the day's dive!

Reef Report Blue Heron Bridge Shore Dive at Season Kick-Off Picnic Seas less than 1 foot, depth 17 feet, water temp 78 degrees, 20 foot visibility. Sightings included several bait balls of silversides, huge yellow starfish, porkfish, parrotfish, blue tangs, sergeant majors, batfish, octopus in a bottle, sharp-tailed eel devouring a small crab, abundant schools of Altantic spadefish, large arrow crabs, hermit crab, banded coral shrimp, sea urchin.

Active Divers emerge from the water all smiles after the bridge dive. Top row: Terry Longmore, Clive Hew, Z Mayer, Marisa Topete, Josh Vazquez, Safety Officer Rachel Davis, Amber Vazquez. Front row: Cindy Sonntag, Dimitrios Papadimitriou, Steve Moore, Eddie Fonseca. Photo by Jerry Kosakowski.

Top left - Connie Crowther was the grand prize winner of a dive computer donated by Austin's Dive Center in South Miami. Top right - Marisa Topete was the big winner of UM football tickets donated by Roy Wasson with Z Mayer who won a blown glass fish donated by Lenora Bach. Bottom left - huge kudos to Chef Roy Wasson who once again made exceptional food! Bottom right - Lenora Bach, Connie Crowther, Dan Baeza and Daryl Johnson show off the money collected from the day's raffle. A spendid time was had by all so thanks to all who volunteered and donated items! Photos by Jerry Kosakowski.

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