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let it mellow posted:not that goon but please be more specific about Jupiter, we live there now Central Fl goon here, are you planning on shore-diving or getting on a boat? There's a bunch of artificial reef spots off Jupiter, but for shore-diving you're gonna want to go down to at least Palm Beach, probably. Beet Wagon fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Jul 12, 2018 |
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MrYenko posted:Not till March, unfortunately, but I certainly will. Blue Heron is really nice, but it's kind of slim pickings for shore diving stuff right there in my opinion (if anybody has good shore dive spots North of Jupiter - spill lol). There's some artificial rockpiles right there at Phoenix towers, but last I was there you had to get in to the North or South and swim along the private beach area. A little further south there's the ruins of an old pier at the clocktower by Worth Ave that sometimes has some neat stuff but is sort of a little island of structure in a sea of bare sand and probably not worth a whole trip on its own:   Other than that there's some artificial reef you can reach from the beach just south of the Boynton inlet, but the natural reef doesn't really pick up (at least close to shore) until you get down to the Anglin fishing pier, where you can pretty easily swim or kayak out to at least the first two reef lines:    Of course this is just my limited experience, someone here might know the secret good spots haha. In other news, gettin' ready to make the semi-annual trip to Blue springs, which is worth a dive if you haven't before (or didn't literally get certified there).
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Jul 14, 2018 22:52
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I have a slightly older Garmin vivoactive watch thing that I’ve had down to 80 feet and it came out fine. Mine doesn’t have a heart sensor on it but I know some do (and I think I can get a chest band that’ll do it) and despite garmin recommending it for “splashes or swimming” their 5 atm rating is pretty legit. Although for the sake of fairness I was freediving, so I can’t really speak to how it’ll do over a longer duration.
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Jul 16, 2018 05:38
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Man I put my wetsuit on at anything 72 or below. Florida has ruined me.
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Jul 28, 2018 04:28
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Well after what feels like an eternity without getting in the water (save to cut some line off a prop), I'm finally getting ready to go on my annual springs freediving trip in North Florida now that I'm overweight and can't hold my breath any more. I'll try and bring everyone back some nice pictures.
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SuitcasePimp posted:There is a small but active community with a few operations that offer courses and trips. The one I'm most familiar with is DeepSea (https://deepseabonaire.com), which seems to be good shop of very dedicated people run by this guy Carlos Coste (who is apparently a pretty hardcore freediver). I always feel bad about the guys who I freak out like that. We do some freediving up and down the side chutes of a local spring and more than a few times I've popped out of a hole into the main shaft at 60 feet and scared the bejeezus out of some poor guy
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