Reefchief's oceanic adventures

    I just love meticulously packing my banks board the night before diving. Going through my checklist. Double checking the weather. Going out tomorrow off Fort Lauderdale with Judah and Frank. Not the prettiest day I've ever seen projected but were gonna try to make the best of it.



    Now that Ive used the Banks Board a lot I can really say I lovvvveeee :kiss::kiss::kiss: it. The ability to pack everything into one unit. carry it to the car. And then carry it into the water on my back and paddle it out. Is just really incredible.

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    I just love meticulously packing my banks board the night before diving. Going through my checklist. Double checking the weather. Going out tomorrow off Fort Lauderdale with Judah and Frank. Not the prettiest day I've ever seen projected but were gonna try to make the best of it.


    I am the same way. Every time I went diving I spent hours the night before going over every piece of gear. Checking the bands, spear tips, sharpening the knife etc... In the morning I just needed to grab my two guns and my fin bag carrying everything I needed it inside it except for the weight belt. I can say I never lost any gear and my stuff was never in other people's way. Luckily for me my dive buddy was the same way so it worked out perfectly.

    The reoccurring nightmares I have about gear being lost/breaking/being forgotten on epic dive trips let me feel it without actually doing it.


    Went out with Judah and Frank today. Last night it looked like it was gonna be kinda crappy. But good enough to dive.


    By morning the forecast was down and calling for it to get better. When we got to the beach and it was blowing but the water was blue and by the time we were suited up it had calmed down even more.


    We had good viz on the second reef. Drifted the back for a while where Frank took a trigger. We weren't having much luck so we moved in. Eventually we came to a coral head holding a lot of fish. Judah and Frank arrived first. First Judah shot a beautiful hog. Then frank missed an AJ who was running from the scene. I took a trigger and got out smarted by a few weary mangroves. The head had a serious 8ft nurse in it who came out when we started bugging its inhabitants. We moved on and didnt find much else the rest of the day.


    Tomorrow looks even better so I am going to have to go diving again.



    Went out again with Hardline. Had a blast as usual. This time off hollywood. Viz was decent about 30 feet. Slight southern current, flat. We went out to the second reef for a while. Weren't having much luck saw lots of boats and the chop picked up so we headed back to the first. Just keep swimming.


    it was a good move. We came upon a nice patch holding a monster gag and lots of other fish. We waved him on and concentrated on the snapper going in and out of the reef. I shot a mangrove passing by. And while stringing him up noticed some dog snappers. On a dive waiting for a dog I saw a nice hog an shot him. Then frank made an amazing brain shot on a nice dog. I got one more dog snapper and then we called it a day. Can I just go diving again tomorrow instead of going to work?


    Here is some gopro pics from yesterdays dive with frank. A few came out nice but the hero 1 is def lacking. I cant wait to get the Hero 3 Black and get some nice high res pictures. It may bring back out my freediving tendencies.









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