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Divers turn out for PADI Women's
Dive Day. From left: Amber Laureano,
Rachel Davis, Amy Durham Shea,
Shannon O'Boyle, Leah Bamford
Melissa Hanono, Barbara Scavullo,
Kathleen Whitcomb. |
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Saturday, July 20th
Women's
Dive Day with Scubatyme in
Boynton Beach
With the goal to create a
balance between humanity and
the ocean, Active Divers
celebrated the 10th
Annual PADI Women’s
Dive Day on the stunning reefs
of Boynton Beach. Did you know
that women make up less than
30% of dive professionals?
Women's Dive Day is designed
to transform lives and
open the door to the
underwater world, bringing the
dive community together to
encourage divers of all
genders, ages, races,
backgrounds, and abilities to
confidently explore and
protect the ocean. In this
spirit, Active Divers welcomes
all divers to our club
and celebrates the diversity
of our members.
Dive
1: Tumbled Rocks
Seas 2-3', Depth 61’, water
temp 86F, vis 30' current
wicked ripping a la Cozumel!
The reefs here are by far the
healthiest and most beautiful
in all of South Florida.
Mother nature has blessed us
with proximity to the gulf
stream to keep temps from
getting too warm
causing coral bleaching,
while deep enough to stay out
of the way of
hurricane-induced waves.
Tumbled Rocks is a favorite
and we were treated to clouds
of fish nestled in the ten
foot relief ledge along with a
large loggerhead turtle and
two thick green moray
eels.
Dive
2: Sharkey's
Seas 2-3', Depth 61’, water
temp 85F, vis 30’, current
swift but not as crazy as the
first dive. Still loads of
fish including puffers and
trunkfish, and a large channel
clinging crab tucked into the
ledge. At the end we saw two
large free swimming moray eels
dancing over the reef.
— Active Divers
Safety Officer Rachel
Davis
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beautiful loggerhead resting on the
reefs of Boynton. Photo by Amy
Durham Shea. |
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1.
Women Safety Officer corps Amber
Laureano, Rachel Davis and Shannon
O'Boyle.
2. Dive Buddies Kathleen Whitcomb
and Leah Bamford.
3. Safety Officer Candidate Shannon
O'Boyle and Barbara Scavullo.
4. Women's Dive Day allies John
Davis, Brian McDermott and Roger
Bach. |
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| Leah
Bamford dives in for a closer look
at the large loggerhead on the reefs
of Boynton. Photo by Active Diver
Amy Durham Shea. |
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Moon Octopus Divers get ready for
nighttime exploration at the Bridge.
Back row from left: Bruce Garber,
Isaiah Mercado, Wally Vega, Arnaud
Giraud, Russ Levene, Aaron Brooks,
Rachel Davis, Rudy Lopez, Luis
Perez, Sofia Mercado, Anthony
Mercado. Front row from left: Luis
Gonzalez, Amber Laureano, Marisol
Beleche, Anna Marie Perez, Melissa
Hanono. Welcome to new members Russ
Levene and Luis Gonzalez making
their first dive with the club.
Photo by beautiful bubble watcher
Sarah Brooks. |
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Saturday, July 20th
Full
Moon Octopus Night Dive at
Blue Heron Bridge
We landed at the Bridge when
it was still full of
picnickers early Saturday
evening and it was pretty
crowded. When night fell the
cops made everyone leave
except for the divers, then we
had the place all to
ourselves. Kudos to Force
E for
arranging the parking permit
and encouraging this fabulous
night dive which runs every
two weeks throughout the
year.
West
Bridge
Seas flat, depth 15’, water
temp 84F, vis the length of a
light beam, mild current. We
dipped in just before high
tide and saw every type of
crab imaginable from spidery
arrow crabs to very chubby
stone crabs. At one point a
blue crab snuck up behind a
coral crab and grabbed it and
swiftly carried it away.
We weren't sure if this was
dinner or a mating ritual but
very entertaining nonetheless.
Yellow stingrays large and
small were abundant, as well
as sleeping parrotfish. Rudy
spotted a flying gurnard,
spotted moray and a sharptail
eel. Melissa spotted the
sole octopus of the night and
a frog fish with Amber and
Luis, while the rest of us saw
the full moon. A wonderful
time was had by all!
— Active Divers
Safety Officer Rachel
Davis
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