John Layman tagged posts

Reminds me why you shouldn’t shore dive with a dry suit and 37 pounds of lead with heavy surf. Not a real fun dive. I started with 3100 lbs and was at 2350 by the time I got out of the surf. Saw only one fish, species unknown. Not much good to say about this dive. It was wet so it beats being on dry land.

Nice fresh water eels and turtles. Many bass and sun perch and large catfish.

Saw two skates and a moon snail. This amount of weight was perfect for the dry suit and light thermal underware

This is a nice comercially developed spring. It includes a very deep cave that I didn’t explore. The cave mouth is at 55 feet and the cave extends below 110 feet. Fresh water eels near the mouth of the cave and a snapping turtle were interesting. The water stays 68 degrees year round. A 3 mm wetsuit was not quite enough for a comfortable dive. This is a great training dive. This site is used for classes frequently.

Nice but small green sea turtle near end of jetty. A sea turtle was reported in this area about a month ago. Lots of sand dollars washed up from the current. This is the spot where the tourist boats bring the hords of tourists to snorkle. A can of easy cheese brought in several dozen 2-pound cat fish. Lots of warse. Many schools of small fish and a few larger tuna feeding on them. Considering the traffic, this is a very healthy dive site. Nice, fairly easy dive if you catch it within 1 hour of the high or low tide.

Lots of large grouper, blue crab, cow fish, warsse, butterfly fish.

Large Catfish and small stergion. Annual New Years Eve Dive. What a way to start the new year. Lots of small diamond shaped fish I have not seen before.