Key Largo, Florida, USA, 10-14 October 1997
General trip notes:
Flew in Friday and out Tuesday for diving on Sat-Sun-Mon. Stayed at Marina Del Mar in Key Largo ($119 per night) with Cindy. All dive trips done through Ocean Divers dive operation (which is Marina Del Mar's dive shop) - both are recommended. Weather was rainy on Friday and heavy rain and wind on Sunday during the night. Also, windy almost all of our trip. We had scheduled dives for Sat AM, PM, and Night; Sun AM and PM; Mon AM. Of the six trips, three were cancelled (Sat PM, Sat Night, and Sun PM) due to poor conditions - high wind, big waves, and/or current. Ocean Divers refunded our money on these dives. Sunday diving AM was tough - 6-8' waves and moderate to heavy current. We ate twice at Mrs. Mac's - a small hole-in-the-wall - with excellent blackened dolphin and spiced cottage fries. Cindy had fried shrimp - also very good.
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Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Key Largo, Florida
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
Ocean Divers - Key Largo, Florida
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
55ft 2-hull catamaran 'Big Red'
50ft V-hull 'Ocean Diver'
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Verified by:
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Cindy Crowle
Notes:
3mm shorty was good, a little cool. Minor buoyancy problems due to exhaled air entering wetsuit at the neck. Heavy surge, 6-8' waves, unpredictable current. Poor visibility due to silt. Sick to stomach on boat and on dive. 10 divers total - boat holds 40. Fish: trumpet, purple trumpet, large jack, many 18" purple parrot, three 12" angel, barracuda, 4-eyed butterfly, several purple 18" translucent jelly fish - very graceful, squirrel, goat, sergent major. No sea urchins - unusual. Coral: fire, brain, elkhorn, staghorn, candelabrum, leafy stinging, also various sponges and purple sea fans. Cost was $55 each and included dives 25-26.
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Buddy:
Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Key Largo, Florida
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
Ocean Divers - Key Largo, Florida
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
55ft 2-hull catamaran 'Big Red'
50ft V-hull 'Ocean Diver'
Certification Number:
Verified by:
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Cindy Crowle
Notes:
Same trip, fish, and coral as dive 25. Heavy surge and 8' waves, current kept changing. Silty. Sick to stomach on boat and quite a bit during dive. Difficult because nothing was left in my stomach. Most stomach problems in shallow water. Not an enjoyable dive because of this. Saw several large schools of fish.
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Buddy:
Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Key Largo, Florida
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Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
Ocean Divers - Key Largo, Florida
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
55ft 2-hull catamaran 'Big Red'
50ft V-hull 'Ocean Diver'
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Verified by:
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Cindy Crowle
Notes:
Not seasick today - big dinner yesterday and dramamine last night, then a good breakfast, and 2 dramamines an hour before dive. Also, drank lots of cold water on the boat, and got lots of air. Lots of coral and sponges - lots of dead coral. Heavy surge, moderate current, 6-8' waves. Another diver lost fins on reentry, rope wrapped on prop, a diver lost his buddy (temporarily), and people falling on board and on reentry on the ladders - an "exciting" dive. 8 divers. Saw a live sea biscuit and picked it up - holding the spines, and letting go felt like slight spine pricks - it was the sea biscuit's suction cups. Fish: school of yellow jacks, horse-eye jack, bluehead wrasse, yellowhead wrasse, barracuda, blue chromis, pork, goat, sergent major, black grouper, blue tang, queen and rock beauty angel fish, stoplight and redband and midnight and blue parrot fish, squirrel, neon goby, trunk, and fairy basslet. Also 15" moon jelly fish. Scarlet lady shrimp inside a sponge, doing "pushups." Cost was $55 each and included dives 27-28.
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Buddy:
Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Key Largo, Florida
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
Ocean Divers - Key Largo, Florida
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
55ft 2-hull catamaran 'Big Red'
50ft V-hull 'Ocean Diver'
Certification Number:
Verified by:
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Cindy Crowle
Notes:
Same trip and fish as dive 27. VERY HEAVY CURRENT. We ended up middive about 300 yards from the boat. Had to swim against the current - VERY PHYSICALLY STRENUOUS - to get back. Had 1500 psi approaching boat, and 600 psi directly under boat. Used up air quickly trying to get to boat and board it. Strong current moved divers quickly at the surface, around the side of the boat. I had ahold of the tow rope when my air gave out. Switched to snorkel underwater and cleared it. I sucked down half the tank in about 5 minutes!. THIS WAS AN ADVANCED DIVE!!! On a middive boat check, I got some jellyfish rash on a couple of fingers - mild itchy - went away in an hour or so. 6-8' waves. LESSON: ALWAYS WEAR A SNORKEL!
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Buddy:
Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Key Largo, Florida
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
Ocean Divers - Key Largo, Florida
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
55ft 2-hull catamaran 'Big Red'
50ft V-hull 'Ocean Diver'
Certification Number:
Verified by:
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Cindy Crowle
Notes:
Took Ike the camera and used a whole roll of film. Lots of particles - snowstorm visibility. 10 divers. New fish included 12" hog fish - one pink, another almost all white. Also Atlantic spadefish, French and Spanish grunts, jewfish, tarpon, and yellowtail snapper. Fish also seen before: squirrel, trumpet, barracuda, schools of yellowjacks, horse-eye jack, queen angelfish, very few parrotfish. Saw a 9" round barrel sponge - looked like a rock. Coral: elkhorn, brain, and 6-8' high "anthills" of white large boulder coral. Lots of dead coral. Lots of sea fans. Cost was $55 each and included dives 29-30.
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Integra with boots
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Buddy:
Tablerock Lake, Missouri
Grand Cayman, BWI
Key Largo, Florida
Dive Site:
Midwest Aquatics - Overland Park, Kansas (913) 451-6238
Peter Milburn - Grand Cayman
Eden Rock - Grand Cayman
Tortuga Divers - Grand Cayman
Cayman Diving Lodge - Grand Cayman
Xanax - Grand Cayman
Ocean Divers - Key Largo, Florida
50ft? flattop 2-hull catamaran house boat
48ft 1-hull 2-level
45ft? 1-hull 2-level
36ft flattop 3-hull catamaran
26ft flattop 2-hull catamaran
55ft 2-hull catamaran 'Big Red'
50ft V-hull 'Ocean Diver'
Certification Number:
Verified by:
Buddy
Divemaster
Instructor
Caroline Crowle
Jennifer Koch
Martin Lichte
Cindy Crowle
Notes:
Same trip and fish as dive 29. Poor visibility - snowstorm. 3-way buddy with Melinda Lawrence because her buddy was seasick. She was just certified in September, and this was her second salt-water dive (she went on earlier dive - my #29). She seemed very comfortable - our 3-buddy team worked really well - Cindy led, Melinda was next, and I was last. Melinda spotted a nice 12" pufferfish. We will send her copies of pictures from dive 29 if they come out.
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