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The Spiegel Grove is now UPRIGHT!


UK Dive Flashlights


Post Year 2005 Hurricanes Beach Dive Locations Pictures.

All of the Beach Dive Location s between Ft. Pierce and Sebastian Inlet are no longer accessable. There is between a few feet to 15 foot drop from the walkways to the beach below!!

Post Hurricane Dive Operations and Places to stay

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With the Greatest Dive Boat Operation in Florida Fall Victim to the Hurricane , we now can recommend ONLY Narcosis Dive Charters , for West Palm Beach Dive Operatons!


Did you ever undue the tank belt from the buckle
and then try to get it right!! Tank Belt & Buckle

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Links to Examine Weather & Diving Conditions
to see if you really want to dive!!

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Kayak Diving

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Florida Diving Locations, Shops, Boats & Links , Updated Feb-05

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Not Recommended Shops and Boats , Updated 27-May-2003

Space Coast Descender's Dive Club
The SCDU meets at Bunkie's Raw Bar in Satellite Beach
The 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM in the side room
Have a Brew , eat some Wings and Talk DIVING !!

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The Brevard Regional Hyperbaric Center , 1698 W. Hibiscus Blvd.
The entrance is the second driveway east of the mall entrance
It's on the north side of Hibiscus!

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KSC Barracudas Dive Club
http://kscbarracudas.org/

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Palm Beach County Reef Research Team - PBCRRT ( http://www.pbcrrt.org )

Fish List and Quiz ,

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Down Under Dive Club
The DUDC is no longer recommended by or supported by this home page


Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team

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1715 Wreck of the Urca de Lima ***** New Pictures Aug 2002 *****

The Boiler Wreck [The Breconshire] in Vero sunk in 1894

***** New 23-Sept-2003, courtesy of Matt. *****
South Florida Beach Diving


Florida Keys:
Playing in the Keys: 2001 , 2002 , 2005
Diving on the Duane , the Eagle , the Bibb , the Spiegel Grove
The Irishman's Biggest Internet Hit Page - A Really BIG Jew Fish on the Eagle

Key Biscayne Wall

West Palm Beach
Diving on the Mizpah / Corridore
The 4 Ships of the Governor's River Walk Reef
and of course the Breakers

***** ***** Reef and Wreck Locations & Pictures ***** *****
Jupiter
Diving the best of the Florida Reefs: Juno Ledges


Past Year Dive Trip's & Reports

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 1997

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 1998

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 1999

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 2000

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 2001

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 2002

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 2003

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 2004

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 2005

Calendar & Dive Trip Reports - 2006

Dive Trip Report

***** ***** January 2005 ***** *****

***Date***
Awesome Waves - Anyone for going out Jupiter Inlet to go diving?
14
Dive ClubLess - West Palm Beach - on Dive Trip Report - TBD
TBD
Yahoo - Groups - E-Divers Happy Hour in Lauderdale and Saturday Dive - which was canceled due to 30 knot east winds!
Jan 21-22

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***Date***
Keys Love Affair, Feb 11 - 13, Dive with Amy Slate, stay at Amoray Dive Center, $189 - Sat & Sun 2 tank dive, double occupancy room, tanks extra at $6 / tank, optional Sat PM dive for $50, contact Ann at AnnMKruse@sol.com
Feb 11-13
Florida Bay Outfitters Key Largo The 7th Annual BOGEY & BACALL CLASSIC
Feb ??
Palm Beach County Reef Research Team - PBCRRT ( http://www.pbcrrt.org ] Fish Count Div on On the Dive Boat: On Lady-Go-Diver , Dive Trip Report , Pics
Feb 19

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***Date***
Palm Beach County Reef Research Team - PBCRRT ( http://www.pbcrrt.org ] Fish Count Div on On the Dive Boat: Narcosis , doing MG111 and Zion Train. Dive Trip Report & Pics
Mar 12
End of Lobster Season Bug Diving in Jupiter. Some really Awesome Ledge Diving and we got some bugs Dive Trip Report
3 Dives - 43 min to 86 ft, 43 min to 82 ft and 43 min to 74 ft!
Mar 27

***** ***** April 2005 ***** *****

***Date***
Narcosis , Joined the Sea Dragons Dive Shop Group diving Jupiter. Met Lisa on this trip!! Dive Trip Report
Apr 9
BEACH DIVE AT Ocean Fest 2005 , Trip Report 2005 , It wasn't worth the trip year 2005 - Execpt for the E-Divers Party!!
Apr 15-17
Beach Dive Pepper Park: The Coral Reef Alliance Earth Day Help them reach their goal of recruiting 10,000 divers to sign the Dive In Pledge by Earth Day Week of April 22, 2005 . For more information contact divein@coral.org. Note: There will be several clubs diving on these weekends including the Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team at Pepper Park
Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team / Earth Day will attempt a Beach Dive at a Beach Dive / Snorkel and cleanup at Pepper Park on Saturday meeting at 8:00 am. Dive Trip Report , Pics
Apr 23
The Coral Reef Alliance Earth Day
O.N.E.W.I.L.D.W.O.R.L.D. Volunteer coordinated " Dive In" to Keep America Beautiful Earthday/ Coastal Clean Up event we are organizing to be held on Sat April 30th 2005... We meet 8:00am at Surfside Beach, A1A Ft Pierce( South Beach area ) Ft Pierce to coordinate clean ups along the shores . Teams, Groups, Volunteers, scuba divers, boat owners, everyone encouraged to come on outand jopin us or help us to make this clean up the BEST Clean Up YET. The Ft Pierce inlet State Park managers are also supporting and will be organizing teams to meet at Pepper Park on North Beach for a clean up 'Check In' there as well.. It will take all people from Volunteers, Teams, scuba divers, more to make this coastal clean up and Earthday Appreciation in the afternoon... GREAT!!..
Thanks for your help! : ) Lee 772-336-9252
Apr 30

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Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team will attempt a Beach Dive at one of it's normal Beach Dive Locations , but this dive will probably be at Pepper Park. Look over the Pictures from previous Beach Dives.
We will start looking for some good weather [wind out of the West and not the East] for the first Beach Dive of the year. Since this dive is definately Weather and Conditions Dependent, drop a note to Irishman AT Sprynet DOT com if your interested and we'll update you as to conditions. If all goes well, it'll be Pepper Park at 8:00 am, in the water at 8:30 am. Low Tide around ?? am, High Tide ??.
May TBD
La-La Dive Trip to West Palm on Narcosis Dive Charters Sunday, 8:00 am Trip. Trip Report , Pictures [ to follow ]
May 22
La-La Dive Trip to West Palm on Narcosis Dive Charters Sunday, 3:00 pm Trip. Trip Report , Pics
May 29
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Little Cayman Beach Resort , May 28 - June 4, $1800, Grace at gracphil@palmnet.net
May 28-
Venice Shark Tooth Fest! Well, they've changed the time of the year for this event. It's always been in August and it's very HOT in August. I've measured 92 degrees while beach diving at 20 ft below the surface in 1 ft of vis! April 28/29, 2002
1999 Dive Trip Report: , Note Date Changed to April from precious August!!
May ??

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Ocean Watch's 17th Annual Reef Sweep and Beach Cleanup Info
June ??
Jupiter Ledges on Narcosis . Had a Special Dive Trip for a Special Dive Partner as a Birthday Present! Jupiter Ledges and Area 51. Dive Trip Report , Pics
Jun 13
Paul's Reef and the Trench on Narcosis . Just another Sunday La-La dive! Dive Trip Report
Jun 19
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Boynton Beach Wreck & Reef, Starfish Enterprise , $55, John - JLawlor@cfl.rr.com
Jun 18
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , West Palm Beach , June 25 - 26, Cost TBD, Phil, Stasik@cfl.rr.com
Jun 25-26

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Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team attempted a kayak dive at Pepper Park. Dive Trip Report
July 3
Private Boat Dive off of Port Canaveral on - Leslie / Caralee and the "Sub" Dive Trip Report
July 4
Palm Beach County Reef Research Team - PBCRRT ( http://www.pbcrrt.org ) , Fish count on Cross Current and PEP Reef with Narcosis
Dive Canceled due to Hurricane DENNIS Generating BIG Waves!
Jul 9
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Nekton Pilot, Cay Sal Banks , July 9 - 16, $1595, Beth at BBShaffr@aol.com
Jul 9-16
Looe Key Underwater Music Fest , Tis the 20th++ Annual Music Fest. Chamber info at 800-872-3722. I've Been-There-Done-That and it really doesn't turn me on for the 7 hour car ride! 9-July-2005
July 9
West Palm Beach Dive on Narcosis - Sunday Morning Dive with Sea Dragons Dive Shop in Rockledge. Dive Trip Report
Jul 17
Annual Dive the Wrecks of Key Largo - Bibb , Eagle , and the Duane !
3 Wrecks (each at 110 - 145 feet), 6 GREAT Dives in Key Largo with Conch Republic . Friday and Saturday nights at Ocean Point

2 dives on Saturday morning on the Bibb, Saturday afternoon and the Eagle, Overnight at Ocean Point , Sunday morning two dives on the Duane.

Previous Years Trip Report , Previous Years Pictures: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10
Bibb: 1 , 2
Sponge , - Parrot Fish , - Diver , - Spade Fish , - ?? Fish , - The Irishman Swimthrough Eagle , - Trumpet Fish , - The Eagle! , - The Eagle! , - Diver Hanging , - Diver on a Beam , - Cuda on the Eagle , - The Irishman on the Eagle

We dove the Bibb [ 134 ft for 31min], Duane [ 109 ft for 29 min], Eagle [ 99 ft for 40 min], Eagle [84 ft for 36 min], Duane [100 ft for 37 min], and the Duane [106 ft for 24 min]. [ My 500th Logged Dive ] : Dive Trip Report

July 22-24
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Lobster Mini Season , Deerfield Beach, July 27 - 28, $55, sponsor - TBD.
Jul 27-28
Year 2005 - FLORIDA LOBSTER spiny lobster Mini-Season
The Bicardi Limon Beach Dive Team should be doing a Mini-Season Beach Dive for BUGS!!
NEW LAWS : 6 Bugs per person, NO MORE 24 per boat . Biscayne Bay Park from 12 to 6 bugs per day for mini-season. http://floridaconservation.org
1st Day of Mini-Season: Went out of Stuart on a Private Boat, 5 miles out, 80 ft of water: Dive Trip Report , Pic
July 27-28

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FLORIDA LOBSTER SEASON OPENS
The Florida Lobster Season is now open!!
Aug 6
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Lobster Open Season , Deerfield Beach, Aug 6, $55, sponsor TBD
Aug 6
HURRICANE Charlie HITS PUNTA GORDA FLORIDA HC Charlie 13-Aug-2005.pdf, 338k
Aug 13
Year 2005 - FLORIDA LOBSTER Is Open Went out of Stuart on a Private Boat, 5 miles out, 80 ft of water: Dive Trip Report & Pic
Aug 13
Bugging out of Stuart on a Private Boat, 5 miles out, 80 ft of water: Dive Trip Report & Pics
Aug 20

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***Date***
HURRICANE Frances HITS the STUART FLORIDA HC Frances 05-Sept-2005.pdf, 690 k
Sept 5
Jupiter Private Boat - 2-Dy-4 . Out of Jupiter Inlet, headed south. Started with 2 inch waves ended with 6 - 8 ft waves. See the pics Report
Sept 9
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Florida Keys , Sept 10-11, cost $250, John JLawlor@cfl.rr.com
Sept 10-11
Sea Level Scuba goes to Fantasy Island Resort on the Island of Roatan, Honduras for a week of Wall Diving! Dive Trip Report , Pics
Sept 11-18
HURRICANE Ivan HITS the WEST COAST AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA HC Ivan 16-Sept-2005.pdf, 1173k
Sept 16
HURRICANE Jeanne HITS STUART FLORIDA HC Jeanne 25-Sept-2005.pdf, 2221 k
Sept 25

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Dive ClubLess - West Palm Beach - on Narcosis Dive Charters - A La-La Dive: Dive Trip Report
Oct 10
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Bonaire 1 , Oct 8 - 15, $1400, Max at MaxFarley@earthlink.net
Oct 8-15
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Bonaire 2 , Oct 1- 15, $2150, Max at MaxFarley@earthlink.net
Oct 1-15
Shoulder Surgery to remove two spurs and a small tear Ground The Irishman for a month!
Oct 20

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Mandy and Lindsays Advanced Dive Certification Class at Blue Grotto
Nov 19
Scuba Board and Ann organize the Florida Conch Divers Venice Turkey Fry and Shark Tooth Dive at Venice Beach. 70 Conchers showed up! Pics
Nov 26

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Mandy and Lindsay have their Advanced Dive Certification Wreck Dive - Report TBD in West Palm on the Wrecks of Governors Reef
Dec 11


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Tennis in Brevard

Beginner's to Advanced Tennis

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Space Coast Paddlers

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A New Way To Dive - Group Diving - Naked!!

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