It's been two weeks since I've been to the bridge. Unfortunately, the bacteria warnings are still in place. We entered the water at more than an hour before the posted slack high tide and left the water before the tide had turned. The visibility was very good at about twenty feet or more. At times it was a bit milky, but for the most part, it was better than usual. With temperatures between seventy-three and seventy-five, my open water student was pretty comfortable for our one hour, fourteen minute dive. I'm still dry. We were rewarded with two seahorses thanks to the young eyes of a friend who accompanied us. The photos were taken by my student who had to have two hands on the camera, no hands for manuevering or buoyancy. One of the seahorses has been in the junk pile on the north side of the fishing pier for quite some time, several weeks if it is the same critter! A shortnose batfish waddled by and two sharptail eels poked around for their mid-morning snack. A medium-sized southern ray foraged off the beach and several yellow stingrays hid in the sand waiting for a meal to swim by. It was a beautiful dive in delightfully warmer water. I will inform you when the bacteria warning has been lifted. Ham
