Staff Dive - Cool!

Hi all - we made it out today for our normal semi-annual staff dive. A chance to get out and talk about what we are working on at the store with the staff, go over training changes, talk about what we want to do, and YES, go diving. Today, we dove "Icebox", a natural ledge at 56' just southwest of Big Pass. I've also included pictures of the NEW dive boat, the Reef Dog.

What a fantastic dive!!!! Okay, yes, the water was cool (68 degrees), but the fish were great. I've attached a slide show and a couple of videos so you can see the great amount on life on the ledges out there that we saw.

Sorry about the lighting, somebody left the flash on and it was dead by the time I hit the water. The photos are completely unenhanced, and you can see viz was about 15-20'. I was really surprised by the sheer number of fish on the ledge. A fair number of tropicals as well.

For our second dive, we came in shore to a ledge at 40' and the viz was about 10 and the water was a little cooler 66 degrees, but we still had a great time.

If you are wondering, I was diving a 1mm rash guard, 3/2 wetsuit and a 2mm hood and was pretty comfortable in the water. Greg