We booked our
diving with Horizon
Divers.
We did 6 dives
over 3 days with the gang from Horizon and had a blast. Thanks Capt
Tom, Capt. Bob, Andre, Sally and especially DM candidate Dennis from
Halifax! The crew was really fun, helpful and just made the trip great!
Horizon Divers
has a pretty big boat and they do their best to keep it filled. If
you are looking for diving in a small group, give them a call and see
how many divers they have booked. We specifically chose them because
they have the dual hulled Cheeca View. Tracy likes these types of
boats better as they ride much smoother on choppy seas (even with
this, we had seasick people on each day of diving). Admittedly, the
first two dives we did have a pretty crowded reef. On the last two
days, we were pretty much the only divers that were not part of a
certification class so we had the reef to ourselves while everyone
else did their skills.
The conditions
were great. Temperatures reached the mid to high 90's each day. Water
temp was about 79. I dove in a 2mm full suit and was fine. Tracy dove
in a 5mm full suit and was comfortable although she did get cold on
the second dive of the first day.
The first dive
was on the Benwood wreck. This is a WWII era wreck that is pretty
much busted apart. Great fish habitat and the highlight of the dive
was a big crab walking around on the wreckage.
The second dive
was Woody's at French Reef. Nice corals. Basic reef dive navigating
the sand channels. Tracy found a puffer fish living inside a barrel sponge.
All our
remaining dives were on Molasses Reef. We dove: Northstar, Spanish
Anchor, Eagle Ray Alley, and Logans Run. All similar types of dives,
navigating the various sand channels. At Logans run, we started off
in the Aquarium and then ventured out to find the winch hole (we
found it on the way back to the boat). On all of these dives we found
Lobsters galore. Green Moray Eels on 3 of the 4 dives. At Spanish
Anchor, we found a school of HUGE Permit. They just circled and
circled near this opening in the reef. Amazing to watch. At Eagle Ray
Alley we saw nurse sharks and a reef shark (my first one!). At Logans
Run we saw more nurse sharks. I could dive that reef forever!
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