Lion Fish Hunters

Last night Capt Gino and Kim attended the training to capture the non-native Lion Fish that have started to invaded the Florida Keys. The first fish was spotted in Jan 2009. http://keysnews.com/node/9153 The training was offered to local marine professional and is a requirement for a permit to remove Lion Fish from the Florida Keys National Marine Santurary. Kim has already reported seeing a large Lion Fish on Molassas Reef (a popular dive site in the FKNMS) on July 7th. That fish was removed. After the permits are issued we will be on the look out for any Lion Fish on our guided dives. We hope our divers will assist us in locating these harmful specicies. As the permits are specific to the individual our divers will not be able to assist in the capture but are welcome to watch and photograph the event.

Captains, Instructors, Divers and Friends!

Our long time friends Don and Holly finally got away for a vacation. Don is an PADI MSDT and Capt of the Outlaw Son in Jacksonville, Fl. If you get up to Jax you can book him through http://northfloridacharters.com/pages/Home


He brought afew of his dive buddies to dive the Speigal Grove and Christ of the Abuss Statue. We had a great day! Come back anytime!!!

Sept has been some great diving

Sunsets at sea

Rainbow over our canel.

Labor Day Weekend

Laborday weekend included a Surf and Turf BBQ with 2 & 4/5 of our Orlando Advanced Diving friends and their families. (1 more dive Kathleen)

Underwater Pics from Aug

Gino and Queen Angle fish on the Benwood

I'm not sure how we got pic's of you guys from the front and back?

Happy Birthday Pam

French Angle fish

Paul, Hannah, Ben and Kim @ the Christ Statue

Aug in review

This manatee was drinking the fresh water when we where rinsing the boat.

The Jones family joined us all the way from England for a couple of dives and great weather. They where joined on this dive by Steve and Michele, 2 of our florida regulars.

Ben you are one lucky kid! Mom and Dad bring you and your friend Jack Scuba Diving when they are still "working on their sea legs" You where some real troopers in some choppy seas! But in fairness the young men were good divers and a pleasure to be with, which must make your efforts easier. ( For those of you that may get queasy: we suggest a light breakfast, being well hydrated, and Trip Tone (over the counter motion sickness medicine).

Updates from July

Thanks to the original owners of Pleasure Diver, Don and Jan, for providing the Lobster Dinner from their "mini season" catch. We really enjoyed your visit!

Capt Gino at Aquarius Reasearch Station run by NOAA. Access to this location is by invitation only. A big thanks to our fellow PADI Instructor, Larry Gates for getting us permission to dive this one of a kind underwater facility. You can read more about the Aquarius at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/diving/aquarius/aquarius.html

What great dives! 2 days of 3 tank trips. We started the first day off with the most requested, Spiegel Grove and Christ of the Abyss along with a reef dive. We had little current and good vis. The second day we started out with my favorite, The Duane, again good vis and little current. The Goliath Grouper was around along with the usual large school of Great Barracuda. The gadget guy introduced us to a new toy, an underwater locator for the boat. It was really cool! I’m sure it’s invaluable in the waters off Mass.

It was enjoyable to hear the muffled (through a snorkel) excitement, calls to come look at what’s below.