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Seas: 0ftVisibility: 60ft
Water Temp: 79°F
Current: Strong North
Ahhh… At last! The remnants of the cold rain water being diverted from the lakes and canals along south Florida has abated. The poor visibility has been replaced with warm, crystal-clear water from the Gulf Stream. In fact, the water is so nice the dive guides have begun to peel the multiple layers of neoprene. Their winter coat has, no doubt, been shed for the upcoming summer solstice.
The current was moving a little extra fast today which made it a little harder to search for the smaller critters, but the bigger ones seem to be abundance. It seemed as though we would see a turtle every hundred yards or so. To finish it off, at Turtle Mound (aka. The Turtle Parking Garage) there were four turtles hanging around; some sleeping, some cruising around, and one who was intent on polishing up for a hot date later tonight.
And on the eleventh hour as I was on my safety stop a juvenile sailfish cruised within ten feet of me. Fumbling with my camera, which was clipped off to my BC, I was able to only catch a small video of it as it swam away. This lovely sailfish gave the wonderstruck videographer no second take on such a unique encounter. As a note to self (and all you with cameras): Practice your best western gun camera slinger technique so you can always capture the moment as it happens.
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