Boynton Beach this weekend:

Very light current - almost non-existent except for the person with the flag
(the surface is blowing to the west.)
Good viz - 80-100 feet
80F on my computer
Lots of fish

CH
-----Original Message-----
From: Wade G. Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Florida!!!


>Brian:
>
>> I checked the Scuba-L and Scuba-SE archives, and Lee
>> has recommended Capt. Sands out of Boynton
>> Beach.  Lee, you also posted a request for dive
>> operators and dive sites -
>> did you receive any replies?
>
>I probably have over 100 dives with Leo Sands and his two boats.
>Diving at Boynton can't be beat.    His boats,  and some of the Boynton
sites are
>included on my website, mentioned here earlier.
>My own (private) boat is in West Palm Beach, where another dozen dive boats
are
>located.   Some are also on my site.
>
>Be advised the reefs at both WPB and Boynton  are from 50 to 70 feet, so
snorkeling
>isn't really an option.    Diving there is drift diving, since there's
usually a
>definite current.   That (the current) makes the diving there better than
Boca or Ft
>Lauderdale, in my opinion, as the current means massive numbers of fish
lined up in
>the plankton food chain, and in turn bigger fish lined up to dine on them.
You
>also cover a lot of ground without much effort when drift diving.
>
>As for snorkeling, I'd recommend you do the Blue Heron Bridge,  the west
side of
>Phil Foster park, up at West Palm.  (There are two good dive sites here,
but the
>west side of the park under the old bridge is only 14-16 feet, so a diver
and a
>snorkeler overhead can both enjoy.    This dive is commonly done when its
too rough
>to get out on the ocean, as it's in Lake Worth Lagoon.   The sherpa factor
isn't bad
>either.  It must be done on dead slack high tide.   One of these days I'll
put it on
>my website too, as I consider it the best shore dive in Florida.
>
>>
>>
>> So - will anyone be in the Boca Raton area Dec. 21-27?
>
>I'll likely not be down that way from here (Orlando) until the 28th, but
intend to
>dive the rest of that week somewhere.
>Keep in touch.
>
>>
>>  Could we strike a
>> mini-NED-Fest?  I don't know about diving on the west
>> coast, but we will be
>> there Dec. 14-19.
>
>I avoid it, even in the good time of the year, and this isn't it.
>
>> Can't wait to get some sun!  Montreal is frozen
>> solid!!
>
>Took the trash out a few minutes ago barefooted.
>Have been in shorts all week.
>
>
>Wade
>