Dive this weekend! Space is Available on Sunday August 1!!!
Due to last minute cancellations, three spaces have opened up for our Sunday dive in Islamorada. Contact Rachel at 786-316-9852 to book this dive or simply reply to this email. Conditions are perfect for this weekend so get it now before it's gone!
FULL MOON OCTOPUS DIVE!!! 5 octopus, 3 squid, 1 sea robin and countless crabs and other creepy crawly critters. See it all in this video by Rachel Davis. 
Reef Report
Friday, July 23
Full Moon Octopus Dive at Blue Heron Bridge

In the first Active Divers night dive at the bridge was spectacular! 17 divers descended on the bridge by the light of the silvery moon and were treated to 5 octopus and a host of other amazing creatures.  

Dive 1 - Blue Heron Bridge: Depth 23 ft., seas less than a foot, viz very clear (the length of a flashlight beam), water temp 84 degrees. Five octopi were sighted, along with horseshoe crab, several sea robins, conger eel, arrow crabs, sleeping parrotfish, channel clinging crab, coral crabs, stone crabs, yellow stingray, great balls of silversides, queen angelfish, porkfish, reef squid. 

-- Active Divers Vice President and Safety Officer Rachel Davis

Scenes from Neptune Memorial Reef - Top Row: Lion statue grave marker, rainbow parrotfish. Bottom row: spotted scorpionfish, green moray eel. Photos by Rachel Davis.
Reef Report
Sunday, July 25
Neptune Memorial Reef with Deco Divers

Dive 1 - Neptune Memorial Reef. Seas 2', depth 43', vis 30', slight current. Water temp 84 degrees. Sightings include large green moral eel, rainbow parrotfish, grunts, porkfish, pufferfish, spotted scorpionfish. 

Dive 2 - RJ's Ledge. Seas 2', depth 29', vis 30', slight current. Water temp 85 degrees. Sightings included spotted eagle ray, many lobsters, yellow stingray, clouds of schooling grunts and snappers, parrotfish. 

-- Active Divers Vice President and Safety Officer Rachel Davis

IMPORTANT DIVE WEATHER INFORMATION

Before departing for the dive site, confirm weather conditions with Lon at (305) 251-4975 or with the designated Safety Officer. It is the responsibility of the member to call. Because of the large numbers of divers involved we are not able call you with weather information. For morning dives, call between 6 and 10 p.m. the night before the dive. For afternoon dives, call between 9 and 10 a.m. the morning of the dive


NOT ALL DIVES ARE FULL!!! 
We have space on many dives, and we encourage you to get on the waitlist for those that are full. We often have last minute cancellations. Reply to this email to be added.  
Islamorada on Sunday, August 1st - 3 spaces available!

Saturday, July 31
West Palm Beach

Walkers Dive Charters
Black Water Drift Dive!!! ADVANCED
Check in at 6:30 pm
SOLD OUT
 

Sunday, August 1
Islamorada

Key Dives
SPACE AVAILABLE!!!
Check in at 12:00 noon. 
HURRY!! ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT!! 
BOOK THIS DIVE

Saturday, August 7
Looe Key

Looe Key Reef Resort
Check in at 12:00 noon. 
SOLD OUT!
More space may be available - contact Rachel at 786-316-9852

Sunday, August 8
Key West

Lost Reef Adventures
Vandenburg Wreck!!!
ADVANCED
Check in at 7:30 am 
SOLD OUT!
More space may be available - contact Rachel at 786-316-9852

Saturday, August 15
Key Largo

Amoray Dive Resort
Check in at 12:00 pm
HURRY! ONLY 1 SPOT LEFT
BOOK THIS DIVE

AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT - PLAN AHEAD!
These dives currently have space available:
  • August 21 Key Largo night dive
  • September 11 Coral Restoration in Islamorada
  • September 12 Goliath Grouper Castor Wreck Boynton - 1 spot left
  • September 18 Islamorada
  • September 26 Spiegel Grove - 2 spots left