The barge and tug were removed from the site where rocks are being placed to create habitat. I don't know if that is for the weekend only or the work is finished. There are several rock piles that will, we hope, be habitat for fish and critters as the little wrecks that were removed used to be. We will see. Vis was better than twenty feet and the water temperature was eighty-four. I was comfortable in a rash guard for our one hour, forty-one minute dive. The high tide was at 10:11 so because it was a Sunday morning, I arrived at 7:30 with a cup of coffee only to meet friends who were thinking the same thing. We sat at a picnic table enjoying our coffee welcoming the morning with our cars parked in the premium spaces close to the beach. On the weekends parking is the challenge so an early arrival is a strategy shared by bridge regulars. Usually I avoid the bridge if the weekend high tide is later in the day, but Sunday's 10:11 high tide was early enough to beat the picnickers. My advanced open water student and I practiced skills to the south of the east bridge. On our way to it we saw yellow garden eels which are labeled as uncommon in Florida. After our bag and reel practice we saw an octopus, a batfish, and a small flying gurnard. It was another great day at the bridge; being there with friends made it all the sweeter. Get in the water, Ham
