Ready to backflip in.
Dive Trip Report to:
Loran Towers [ between Stuart and Jupiter Inlets, about 5 miles out in 80 ft of
water ]
Purpose:
To Catch Lobster
Ready to backflip in.
Catch of the day! Measuring the Bugs between dives.
Catch of the day! Measuring the Bugs between dives.
Catch of the day! Measuring the Bugs between dives.
Back at the dock, ready to twist off the tails and clean out the whatevers!
Dive #1:
. My Dive #507
A. Dive Boat / Location:
Private Boat: It's-U-And-I / Loran Towers
[ 5 miles out between Stuart and
Jupiter Inlets, 80 ft water ]
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
Good - 40 feet!
Seas:
1 ft
Water Temp:
85 on top, 82 bottom
Skies:
Sunny, Clear Blue Sky's - Typial of Florida!!
Air Temp:
90's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 80 feet for 48 min, 35% NITROX
Air consumption:
Me: (120 cu ft), 3900 lbs to 600 lbs, PO2 1.19
Current:
Weak to the Norh
Description:
We dove the same location as the last dive the week before. The trick was to
go down to the sand [ western side ] at the 80 - 82 ft depth and look under
these ledges. We did not see any bugs at any shallower depths.
Nice dive, great ledges, got some bugs! Big school of Spade Fish just kept
along side of us along the ledge. One 4 ft cuda kept right on top of us only a
few feet away looking for a free bug dinner! We found at least one Lobster
Hotel - got most of them. There were Queen Angles and lots of Trigger fish.
Ocean and Queen Triggers.
Dive #2:
. My Dive #508
A. Dive Boat / Location:
Private Boat: It's-U-And-I / Loran Towers [
5 miles out between Stuart and
Jupiter Inlets, 80 ft water ]
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
Good - 40 feet!
Seas:
1 ft
Water Temp:
85 on top, 82 at first and some thermoclines at high 70's
Skies:
Sunny, Clear Blue Sky's - Typial of Florida!!
Air Temp:
90's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 81 feet for 46 min, 35 NITROX
Air consumption:
Me: (120 cu ft), 4000 lbs to 600 lbs, PO2 1.20, up time 1:18 hrs
Current:
Weak to the North
Description:
Nice dive, great ledges, got some bugs! We first got down, ther was a 20 ft
dia 2 ft high rock head loaded with BIG bugs underneeth. We spent 5 min trying
to get them - they were just tooo far in. Nice bugs though. We did find
another bug hotel later on and cashed in on them. Great dive, lots of fish,
great reefs, good bugging.
Dive #3:
. My Dive #509
A. Dive Boat / Location:
Private Boat: It's-U-And-I / Loran Towers
[ 5 miles out between Stuart and
Jupiter Inlets, 80 ft water ]
B. Conditions:
Visibility:
30 feet! Getting not so great.
Seas:
2 ft with swells and stuff.
Water Temp:
82 on top, 75 in thermocline on bottom
Skies:
Sunny, Clear Blue Sky's - Typial of Florida!!
Air Temp:
90's
C. Dive Information:
Depth & Time:
Me: Genesis Nitrox Dive Computer - 79 feet for 34 min, 35% NITROX
Air consumption:
Me: (120 cu ft), 4100 lbs to 1500 lbs, PO2 1.18, up time 1:36 hrs
Current:
Weak to the North.
Description:
The Dive From Hell. We missed the reef line, ended up on Sand Dollars. If you
ever see sand and sand dollars, go right back up. The real reef is a long ways
away. We spent too much time lookng on the bottom, missed the redrop, spend 30
min on the surface kicking towards the boat. Had better dives!
Last Updated: 22-Aug-2005