First paid charter. All went well. Don’t seem to be able to dive anymore. Hmm… wasn’t this supposed to be a fun job??? Everyone else enjoyed themselves. On the fist dive we did the hopper barge. The second dive was taylor reef. The third dive was 40 miles offshore on some natural ledges. And the last dive was back on taylor by popular demand.
Officially a licensed captain… A licensed Master Captain with towing…
Woohoo… bout time!
Another beautiful day on the ocean off of Saint Augustine. We dove 2 nice sites. On the first site, we were immediately surrounded by dolphins. The water was so clear, you could see them looking at you.
Of course, as soon as you get in the water, they take off. The first dive was in 80 feet of water, the temp was 61, the vis was 40+ feet. The second dive was 100 feet of water, the vis was 15 feet and the temp was a balmy 67. In a 7mm wetsuit, I started to sweat. Again, the bait fish were so thick that on the first dive, they were changing day to night.
Overall another good day for diving.
We pull back into the marina, and Martyn (The Pointe Restaurant) was throwing a deck party with a live band.
Do you think I should have told the guys that this wasn’t planned??? Nahhh… Life doesn’t get a whole lot better than this. Cold beer,
good diving, beautiful ladies and wonderful sunsets…
Took the guys out and dove 5 different spots. A long day, but some great diving. Lady Margaret performed fantastic as usual. The bait fish are swarming everything off of Saint Augustine.
Something’s gotta be eating these fish, so kept an eye out for something bigger. One diver said that he was swimming with some very content 5-6 foot either lemon or reef sharks and they were rather fat and happy. Wish I could have gotten a picture of that. I was on the A-6 intruder airplanes and tangled with a large trigger fish. To the point that I was backing off for fear of him biting either my finger or my camera. I have it set up for wallpaper, just double click and then right click the new pic and “set as wallpaper”.
And, the guys got some nice fish. This is the biggest red that I think I’ve ever seen. Over all a great day.
