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2001
Dive
Report
_______________________________________________ April
4/9: Suloide - 65' vertical vis (see it from the surface), 40' horizontal vis,
temp: 60
4/8: Aeolus - 60' vis, water temp 63
4/27: Caribe Sea: 30' vis, water temp 70 (word from the
grapevine)
4/27: Indra & Suloide: 60' vis, water temp 63 May
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Location |
Vis |
Water
Temp |
Comments |
| 5/20/01 |
Duhamel |
25'-30' |
67 |
Strong winds kept most boats close to shore, but the
Duhamel was still a good destination. The visibility was good enough to
catch flounder, and we even found some seashells. |
| 5/21/01 |
Fishing |
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A sportfishing trip brought in some spanish, kings, & blues. |
| 5/26/01 |
Schurz |
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| 5/27/01 |
Caribe Sea |
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| 5/29 |
Indra |
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| 5/30 |
Caribe Sea |
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| 5/31 |
Papoose |
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June
|
Location |
Vis |
Water Temp |
Comments |
| 6/1/01 |
Schurz
Sub |
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| 6/4 |
Caribe Sea |
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| 6/5 |
Sub |
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| 6/9 |
Esso Nashville |
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| 6/10 |
Naeco Bow
Sub |
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| 6/11 |
Naeco Bow |
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| 6/12 |
Rocks |
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| 6/13 |
Rocks |
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| 6/16 |
Papoose
Schurz |
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| 6/17 |
Caribe Sea
Ashkabad |
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| 6/18 |
Ashkabad
Portland |
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| 6/22 |
Schurz
Duhamel |
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Good dive on the Schurz: low vis on the Duhamel, but
plenty of flounder! |
| 6/24 |
Naeco Stern
Papoose |
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| 6/25 |
Naeco Bow
Schurz |
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| 6/26 |
Atlas
Caribe Sea |
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| 6/27 |
Naeco Bow
Naeco Bridge |
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| 6/28 |
Cassimir |
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| 6/29 |
Sub |
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| 6/30 |
Atlas
Ashkabad |
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July
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Location |
Vis |
Water Temp |
Comments |
| 7/1 |
Papoose
Indra |
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| 7/3 |
Schurz
Suloide |
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| 7/4 |
Schurz
Duhamel |
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| 7/6 |
Atlas |
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| 7/7 |
Hutton |
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| 7/8 |
Naeco Bow
Sub |
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| 7/9 |
Schurz |
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| 7/10 |
Naeco |
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| 7/11 |
Cassimir |
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| 7/12 |
Duhamel |
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Flounder, and a pile of seashells... |
| 7/13 |
Duhamel |
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| 7/14 |
Hutton
Indra |
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| 7/15 |
Naeco Stern
Papoose |
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| 7/16 |
Far East
Atlas |
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| 7/17 |
Far East
Atlas |
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| 7/18 |
Indra |
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| 7/20 |
Suloide
Novelty |
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| 7/21 |
Rocks
Indra |
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| 7/22 |
Naeco Stern |
80 |
76 |
Beautiful dive, some mild current, windy & choppy on the surface |
| 7/25 |
Schurz |
70' |
76 |
Great as always on the Schurz, |
| 7/26 |
Papoose |
60 |
75 |
Mild current turned to strong current for the 2nd dive: a turtle
appeared at the stern to check out the divers. Where are the sharks? |
| 7/27 |
Schurz
Duhamel |
70'
20/25' |
76
75 |
Nice on the wreck, but not on the surface. Better in-shore at the
Duhamel. |
| 7/28 |
Duhamel
Indra |
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| 7/29 |
Schurz |
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| 7/30 |
Suloide |
25' |
78 |
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| 7/31 |
Schurz
Indra |
60'
30' |
77 |
Any dive on the Schurz is a good dive. |
August
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Location |
Vis |
Water Temp |
Comments |
| 8/1 |
Papoose |
60' |
77 |
Topside conditions have been better, but even a good current didn't
spoil the dive today! |
| 8/2 |
Naeco Stern |
60' |
77 |
Beautiful dive on the Naeco- pompano, grouper, even frogfish!! |
| 8/3 |
Atlas
Ashkabad |
40
15 |
78 |
Lots of sharks on the Atlas. |
| 8/4 |
Naeco Stern
Papoose |
80
60 |
78
76 |
Great vis on the Naeco, and the stern of the Papoose is getting more
accessible all the time! |
| 8/5 |
Cassimir |
80-100 |
78 |
Our best dive of the year! Great vis, great seas, a great day! |
| 8/6 |
Cassimir |
80-100 |
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It was worth a second trip the next day! |
| 8/7 |
Naeco Stern
Papoose
Sub |
80
70
60 |
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| 8/8 |
Far East Tnkr
Ashkabad
Bedfordshire |
100
40
40 |
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Excellent dive on the Tanker, and 2 large stingrays on the
Bedfordshire. |
| 8/9 |
Papoose |
70 |
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Did you know that you can go into the stern of the Papoose and come
out at the break? Don't try this at home! |
| 8/10 |
Schurz |
70 |
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| 8/11 |
Suloide |
25' |
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Rough. |
| 8/15 |
Atlas |
70' |
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Sharks Sharks everywhere |
| 8/16 |
Atlas |
50' |
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And the Lionfish!! |
| 8/17 |
Schurz
Bedfordshire |
50
40 |
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Can't see the Schurz through the baitfish.
Lots of Amberjack activity on the Bedfordshire. |
| 8/18 |
Naeco Bow
Naeco Stern |
80
60 |
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One of the 2 Lionfish on the Bow of the Naeco was videoed today. |
| 8/21 |
Naeco Stern
Schurz |
60
50 |
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| 8/22 |
Rocks |
60 |
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A few lobster, grouper and a big Hog Snapper came home for dinner. |
| 8/23 |
Papoose
Schurz |
70
50 |
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A solid white stingray was sighted in the sand beside the Schurz.
Really! |
| 8/24 |
Schurz |
50 |
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| 8/25 |
Suloide |
25 |
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| 8/26 |
Schurz |
40 |
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| 8/27 |
Schurz |
45 |
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Schurz. Day 2 |
| 8/28 |
Schurz |
50 |
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| 8/30 |
Schurz |
40 |
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Schurz. Day 4. Mark, we missed you!! |
| 8/31 |
Caribe Sea |
35 |
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September
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Location |
Vis |
Water Temp |
Comments |
| 9/2 |
Schurz
Indra |
20
25 |
75 |
Unbelievable drop in visibility. Pretty blue water down to 80',
then....murky. |
| 9/3 |
Aeolus
Indra |
40
25 |
77 |
Some wind kept us closer to shore today, but the diving was still
good. |
| 9/4 |
Atlas
Ashkabad |
30
15 |
75 |
Anchored on the engine area of the wreck, there were not many sharks.
A school of about 1000 Spadefish were at 70', just at the point where
the vis went from 100' to 40'. |
| 9/5 |
Rocks
Hardees |
20
30 |
77 |
In a frustrating search for visibility, we're waiting for some current
to bring clear water back in. Reports from the Aeolus were 20 on top and
10 on the bottom. Yuk. |
| 9/6 |
Indra |
30 |
78 |
Wind today kept us in-shore, where we frolicked with a turtle, small
rays and a bull shark. Lots of Spanish and Albacore were around. |
| 9/7 |
Sub
Schurz |
20 |
77 |
Georgeous blue water down to 70' diminished to 20 on both the Sub and
Schurz. |
| 9/8 |
Duhamel |
18 |
77 |
Had a nice dive. |
| 9/13 |
Sub
Indra |
15
25 |
77 |
A gracious swell tossed us about on the surface as well as on the
bottom at the Sub, visibility was a tragic 15', and there was no clear
layer on top. Some relief was found in-shore at the Indra, where
both surface conditions and visibility were greatly improved. |
| 9/14 |
Papoose
Suloide |
40
25 |
77 |
Conditions were better today, topside and on the wreck. Not great
visibility, but improved. The wind picked up after lunch as Gabrielle
crossed FL, and we expect the weekend to be quite crappy. |
| 9/22 |
Schurz |
80-100 |
77 |
Excellent visibility is back! A frisky bullshark was seen by most all
of our divers. |
| 9/23 |
Papoose
Sub |
80-100 |
77 |
A handful of sandtigers were seen near the wreck, good news after
their long abscence. The Sub was very clear, with a big stingray making
the rounds. The Olympus reported having a 10' tall Sunfish sighted by
the divers on the Schurz today. Wow! All around, an excellent weekend. |
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October 2001
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Location |
Vis |
Water Temp |
Comments |
| 10/13 |
Naeco |
10 |
76 |
Unbelievably poor vis for the Naeco. |
| 10/20 |
Schurz |
50 |
74 |
A good dive on the Schurz, great weather! |
| 10/21 |
Caribe Sea |
20 |
70 |
The current picked up, dropping the vis on the wreck. Plenty of
sharks. |
| 10/22 |
Papoose |
40 |
74 |
A stiff current was running against the wind, creating some nice wave
action.
Sandtigers are slowly coming back, at least 2 were sighted by the
divers. |
| 10/23 |
Schurz |
50 |
73 |
The current picked up all day, Sandtigers too!
Flat seas and sunny skies made it feel like summer! |
| 10/24 |
Sub
Schurz |
50
70-100 |
74
77 |
Some current on the sub, medium vis. One shark spotted off the Sub's
Bow.
The current brought back that gin-clear water: visibility on the Schurz
increased noticeably throughout the dive. An awesome dive on the
Schurz. |
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December 2001
Dec 30 - One of the Discovery boats went to the Hutton. 70'
vis and 58 degrees.
That's it for the year!! Stay tuned for
2002~
Unknown wreck, far away location, long long ago
again and we pray we don't forget our mask or wetsuit.
In other words, we prepare. We ready ourselves for the journey- to the hotel, to
the boat, to the dive site, and then...overboard. Are we prepared for what comes
next?
Do we really expect to get close to the sharks and
  
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