Pompano is green as well. Bugs are marchin so there are boats anchored all up and down the swim buoys. Too risky for Spearalina and I to freeddive with all the traffic, so we reverted to air to get some exercise and fill our bag with bugs yesterday and today. Midweek I'm up for shorediving and spearing so anyone interested PM or text me.
Posts by Macdyver
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I was out off hwood in about 20-25 and the viz was as Dan would put it... "una cagalera" . LMAO
Saw a bunch of barely legal mangroves so I just let em be.
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Gonna try and get out tmw for another beach dive if anyone is interested.
I'm interested. PM me early today if it's an afternoon dive.
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Tried out my new Aqua Lung mask with plastic lens today. I did not prep the lens in anyway and just used spit in it this first time. No fogging but it seemed a little hazy. I'm a first timer with plastic and the shop I got it from had no advice. Any suggestions regarding prep and care are appreciated.
First dive Impressions in only 20' as follows. The field of view is great with the mask, but the curved lens seems to magnify depth and sort of exagerate 3D. I was afraid that it might affect my aim, but I managed a perfect shot on a fast moving Cero that I might not of seen without the extra field of view this mask has. Definitely, the curved lens will take some getting used to. I bought the mask due to low volume and intended to use it on deeper dives as my old mask squeezed uncomfortably beyond 50'. I can't wait to take it deeper. It clears with little effort so it must be lower volume. As an added bonus, the strap is a dream compared to my old Cressi that caused pain around my ears due to the plastic clips.
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I have a torpedo float so I'm good. PM me the meetup details pls.
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What's with the 6M/minute emersion alarm? Is that a typo or am I missing some critical aspect of freediving?
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Doing a late afternoon dive on thurs w mike. Shore for sure. Anyone wanna join?
Are you going with or without kayaks? I am without.
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Maybe you guys are talking about bioluminescent dinoflagellates? You can make glowing snow angels by swirling around them at night. Lots of fun for the kids, there's a few images of people doing it on the web if you search bioluminescent dinoflagellates
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Update
BROWARD~`COUNTY
Dispatch advised Officers Asa Dias and Maria Forrest that Sheriff's deputies had detained two subjects for diving for conch and breaking the shells with a hammer to extract the animals. Upon arrival, a cooler containing 27-1/2 queen conch animals were located. The subjects had thrown the broken, empty shells back into the ocean. Four broken queen conch shells were retrieved from the water. The subjects were both cited for possession of queen conch.
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Macdyver comes from the TV show. All my gear is held together with duct tape or zip ties and mostly is second hand, clearance, or found in the ocean.
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About four years ago I was living near the beach in Deerfield relocating from up north after a one year stint in China. Being from up north I've always wanted to spearfish so I got my licence, regs, foam flag float, lawstick, mesh bag, borrowed fins, and whatever gun I could find cheap. I was clueless, but determined. Everynight after work, I'd go out solo, sans dive knife looking for fish in 2-4' waves with less than 5 foot viz for 2-3 hours until dark. I saw lots of baitfish, huge tarpon, and nurse sharks. On about the 3-4th day diving I connected with my first fish (a small cero) took it home, gutted it, grilled it, ate it, lost 10 lbs over the course of the next week, and got good enough that I sometimes I could bring home 2 macs for dinner
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Saturday Spearalina and I decided to do some diving at one of our spots. We noticed a kayak overloaded with conch coming back to a vacant lot and beach. I went ashore and saw the pile was moving when one of the two males produced a hammer, smashed the shell, ripped out the meat, and threw it in a five gallon bucket. I told him queen conch were protected and he should put them back. He replied it was legal to harvest in Florida and that in Bahamas it was prohibited. Then he an his crew, which included 2 females, continued the slaughter discarding the sharp pieces into the shallow water where anyone could slice easily lacerate their feet. BSO arrived within minutes after. Why anyone would do this on a busy saturday and the quantity of the haul has me convinced they were going to sell them to a restaraunt nearby. The bucket was pretty nasty and they had no ice to keep the meat fresh which makes me believe they were not for personal consumption. We have noticed that the conch numbers seemed way down in this area. These two or others probably have been working the area for a while. We left the scene while the BSO's were moving in and dont know the outcome. At the time, I didnt know the FWC number to call is #FWC or *FWC which is easy to remember if a diver needs to call for help from their cell or a bystander's cell.
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Two weeks ago i took my first squid, had it prepared the usual way of fried calamari, and it was better than any I've had! Are there any Florida species to avoid, handling methods, special preparations or cleaning techniques? Any recipes other than deep fried would be appreciated as well.
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I put my gun up anytime jetskiers are getting close, other wise they like to buzz us and go roundy round in circles. I have prism tape around my barrel which usually scares them off,,,, the gleam of sharp steel maybe.
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If you are diving from a yak, a 20 with a reg, and a few pounds of lead strapped to the tank would help contingent that you have basic scuba skills. Keep it hangin off the side with a quick release so you can go down early and be familiar with the CESA routine.
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I just stumbled across the business card of a place near the river in Nelson a few miles from the river that rents kayaks. Their number is 702-291-0026 web is Colorado River Tours . Both the GF and I had sinus issues due to the dryness and dust, we will be bringing a neti pot when we go back and dive.
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i was just there 2 weeks ago and stumbled upon a dive shop in Boulder City called "Scubafy". Charlie the owner gave us alot of great advice about dive spots, spearfishing, and area specific hazards such as people from shore chucking rocks at dive flags. Nice folks there, I'm sure they could help you out.
