Dive Report 4 August

The vis was twenty feet today and the water temperature ranged from a low of eighty-four at the boat channel to eighty-six off the beach. The highlight of our one hour, twenty-two minute dive was a medium-sized spotted eagle ray that delighted my two students and excited me so that I couldn't deploy the camera in time to catch it. Octopuses are still in the neighborhood, but not in the numbers they were a few weeks ago. It was a nice way to spend a hot day. A note to goliath grouper enthusiasts is that we saw many BIG goliaths on the Zion Train and the Esso Bonaire yesterday. It appears the aggregation is starting. Play hooky on a Wednesday; the Jupiter Dive Center is diving the wrecks every Wednesday. Get in the water, Ham