What a difference twenty-four hours and (who knows how many inches of rain!) can make. On Sunday we had fifteen feet to twenty feet of vis in a beautiful early morning dive. We were in the water by 8:15 for an 8:36 high tide. An open water student (who used less air than I!) had a one hour, sixteen minute dive time. Guys, women make the best dive buddies; it's like having an extra tank of air that somebody else carries for you. We saw a large striated frogfish! The water temperature was seventy-nine. Today, Monday, the water was green from the start. I wondered when the fresh water from the rain was going to show up and today was definitely the day. Our vis was mostly about ten feet. It was actually a bit better out by the channel where a goliath grouper was hanging between the channel pilings by the last solid bridge support, an area Carrie calls "the canyon". It was about four feet long, probably the same one that was in the pilings closer to the beach a few days ago. Today we also got to see a seahorse. More often than not we are seeing seahorses attached to sea urchins. When you cruise over what seem to be countless sea urchins look at them carefully for seahorses. The water temperature today was also seventy-nine even through the shimmering mix of fresh and salt water. Get in the water, Ham
