Captain’s Dive Blog

Another day of scuba diving in West Palm Beach, Florida and another story unveils. Today’s story is on fish alliances. Fish alliances are important for the purpose of feeding or seeking protection (among other reasons). Many times they happen right under our nose while we are scuba diving. Some of these behaviors make sense, some not so much. The latter…

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Scuba diving, like any venture into the great outdoors, offers the opportunity to experience the unexpected. When you least expect it you can be smiling ear to ear as a whale shark gives birth in front of you or something sneaks up on you and scares the wits out of you. In my case, it was the latter that happened to me on BOTH DIVES today! We headed down to Flower Gardens…

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Anyone who spends time in the outdoors, especially photographers, quickly realize that it takes heaps of patience to get close to wildlife. Getting that close-up photograph usually requires a considerable zoom lens. But there is a place where things are a little different — underwater in Palm Beach! Marine life tends to have an inquisitiveness all…

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We hear it all the time. Our well traveled divers tell us about all the fascinating scuba diving they do around the world, but there is one thing they always say… There is no place with more marine life than West Palm Beach, Florida! It’s a fishy world in Palm Beach! From oversized reef fish like the many species of angelfish, the walls of grunts, the…

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Whoever said feeling blue is a bad thing never tried some blue water diving in Palm Beach, Florida! Between the 60-70ft. of blue water visibility, the tons of marine life, and a bunch of happy hunters catching a tasty dinner, it’s safe to say it was a great day of diving in Palm Beach. Our first stop was Jolly Jim’s (for the spear and lobster fishermen)…

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Scuba diving in Palm Beach can be very diverse. There is something for everyone! Take today for example. After yesterday’s phenomenal goliath grouper dives, one of our customers decided to charter the boat for himself to dive and photograph the groupers again. That’s dedication! In order to take advantage of the best visibility…

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Update 7/21/16: They’re back!! The goliath groupers have begun their yearly aggregation on our wrecks and reefs. We are seeing well over two dozen on the Corridor wreck. We counted half a dozen of them on our newest wreck, the M/V Ana Cecilia. This ship wreck was sunk just ONE week ago! Reserve your spot to dive with the groupers early as our trips are…

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(Note: Today’s dive blog was written and photographed by one of our good friend and customer, Quentin Felty. Thank you, Quentin, for sharing your wonderful story and photographs with us. If you would like to see more of Quentin Felty’s underwater photography, please follow him on Facebook.) When I step on the dive boat, The Wetter the Better, I…

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We are excited to announce the launch of our new web site. We hope you will find all the information you might need for all your Palm Beach diving needs. Our new dive trip schedule page connects with our Google Calendar so you can see an up-to-the-minute list of all our upcoming dives. In the future we hope to have an online reservation system in place, but for…

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