For those of you who have been waiting for water in the eighties, IT'S HERE. Not those EIGHTIES, eighty degrees! We had a water temperature of eighty-two degrees in ten to fifteen feet of vis. An advanced open water student and I reviewed open water skills, compass work, and reel and bag practice. In doing so, we saw a batfish and an octopus among the many other critters. Carrie saw a striated frogfish just north of the "canyon," (just like the picture in Humann's book!) Mike Phelan saw a southern ray and an eagle ray. The toughest part of the dive was getting out a little after noon into the aromas of grilling burgers, hot dogs, chicken, etc. I wished I had brought more than my peanut butter and jelly sandwich and an apple. Oh well. We'll try to do a bridge brunch in July. The Jupiter Drift Divers have a bridge picnic planned for August 9. They are meeting there at 10:00am for the diving with the picnic to follow. Consider joining this very active dive club that features a dive of the month and other activities with a fun group of people. Get in the water, Ham
