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The JASA crew was out on the water for a great day of diving on Halloween…everyone that came out to dive with us dressed up too! They were all in BLACK, black sea monsters…just kidding they were all dressed as divers!

First dive was on Flower Garden, we had a nice south bound current which made it easy to drift and see the reef. The depth at this site ranges between 40-60 ft and we had about 50 ft of visibility. During our dive some of the divers encountered dolphins on the the surface, one even came up close to say hello to Tom, one of our regulars.

Second dive was at Breaker’s Reef, again we had a south bound current, depth of 50 ft and visibility was the same (50 Ft).  This was dive number 4 for some of the divers on board completing their Open Water certification so I got some photos of these new divers! Congrats to you all! And come back to dive with us!

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The underwater seasons are changing in Palm Beach. Gone are the huge number of nesting sea turtles, although the year round resident turtles remain. In their place we are seeing all kinds of amazing marine life. In the last couple of weeks huge schools of bait fish have flocked to our shores. Large schools of mullet can be seen just outside the inlet. Finger mullet swirl around our dive boats in the marina. And, of course, the bigger predators chasing these fishy morsels are close behind.

Watch the horizon out at sea for a few minutes and you’re likely to see a sailfish break the surface. Schools of jacks can be seen rounding up the bait fish, and nearshore the spinner sharks are starting to amass. On our dives the elasmobranchs, sharks and rays, are showing up in good numbers.

Best of all, water temperatures are still in the high 70′s to lower 80′s. Visibility varies from day to day, but we’ve been seeing as much as 150 feet of visibility when the easterly winds bring the Gulf Stream in closer to shore.

On today’s dive, conditions were phenomenal and the marine life action was out of this world. Doing a three tank and lunch was the best way to take it all in. We began with a dive at Nun’s reef where we saw a small female loggerhead sea turtle, tons of spotted eels, giant tip anemones, and big schools of tropical fish.

The second dive was at the Palm Beach triangle. Lots of marine life including a large goliath grouper, a pair of beautiful scarlet lady shrimps, three live trident shells, and exuberantly-colored juvenile queen angel fish.

To finish off the day we dove the famous Breaker’s reef. Here the group of divers were bombarded with marine life and color. Large schools of pork fish swam across the reef engulfing the divers. Countless numbers of angel fish were scattered throughout the reef and coming in for a closer look. The tiniest juvenile green sea turtle, no larger than a foot in size, had the cuteness meter pegged at red as it swam across the reef.

Upon reaching the end of Breaker’s reef, before the jump to Turtle Mound, littered throughout the sand were enormous southern stingrays. With wingspans of over four feet they were awing all the divers who approached them closely for a better look. Most of the divers stayed here for a large portion of the dive before ascending to the surface. The handful that continued on were rewarded with the ultimate elasmobranch encounter… a large bull shark swam with the group for a couple of minutes before disappearing into the hazy distance.

With the coming months we’re hopeful to continue to see the action around Palm Beach grow tenfold. Sharks, turtles, whales… Anything is possible during the coming winter months in Palm Beach. Come dive with us and experience it yourself!