Reef
Reports
Saturday,
August 3
Looe Key with Looe Key Reef Resort
Dive 1:
Looe Key Ball #5 - seas
1', depth 30', vis 30', water temp 87
degrees, no current. Sightings include large
schools of midnight and blue parrotfish, sergeant
majors, yellowtails. The highlight of this dive was
the enormous school of cigar minnows (round scad)
underneath the boat at the end of the dive.
Dive 2: Looe Key Ball #18 - seas
1', depth 30; vis 30; water temp 87 degrees, no
current. Sightings include large school of blue
tangs going swiftly from reef to reef munching on
the coral, and two large Goliath Groupers hanging
out under the boat at the end of the dive. Many
tagged SEAFAN coral heads were observed.
Sunday,
August 4
Vandenburg Wreck - Key West with Lost Reef
Adventures
Dive 1:
Vandenburg Wreck Ball #2 - seas 2',
depth 95', vis 60', water temp 83 degrees, moderate
current. Sightings include yellowtails, schooling
horseeye jacks, large barracuda. In September 2017
Hurricane Irma turned the Vandenburg 30 degrees,
sank her an extra 10 feet into the sand, ripped off
the original #2 ball and obliterated the satellite
dishes. But it's still a wonderful dive!
Dive 2: Vandenburg Wreck Ball #2 - seas
1', depth 102; vis 60; water temp 83
degrees, strong current. The current picked up
significantly on this dive, yet a few active divers
managed to make it to the bow and back. Viz was
still excellent. Significant thermocline -
experienced a 4 degree difference from 87 at the
surface to 83 down on the wreck.
-- Active
Divers Safety Officer Rachel Davis |
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