Dive Report 7 April

We had a nice morning dive at the east bridge this morning with a 9:49 high tide. Skills practice was the purpose of the trip, but we were treated to a shortnose batfish, a big flying gurnard, a southern ray/bar jack team, and a very active sailfin blenny giving a great show. The vis was about twenty feet. The water temperature was seventy-five. Gorgeous day. I have to mention that yesterday on the Republic IV at Area 29 I had the most spectacular dive I have had there. The vis was eighty feet plus; it might have been quite a bit more. We cruised at seventy feet in a moderately fast current. The "landscape" from that depth in that area is spectacular as we flew along. We saw three lemon sharks, one being in the twelve feet plus range. It was an enormous fish! The other two were in the eight to ten feet range we figure. What an incredible day! We're looking forward to Sunday's bridge dive. Please bring lawn chairs for yourselves as it being a Sunday, there will probably be quite a few people there. Get in the water, Ham