New Year's Day Project Update

For a change of pace, we got a project in West Palm Beach for New Year's Day. With the help of our friends at Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures (JASA), we took a trip to "Shark Canyon" and "Governor's Riverwalk" in anticipation of getting more astounding shark video.

Unfortunately at "Shark Canyon", the sharks were not very social and only let us see them from afar. Managed to get one clip of a fast-moving Caribbean Reef Shark, but that's about it. Did get some excellent hawksbill sea turtle video, though. Also shot some cool video of the biggest concentration of cottonwicks I have ever seen, and got up close and personal with a school of spadefish!

"Governor's Riverwalk" is very interesting. A series of 5 wrecks laid out in sort of a trail format with some artificial rubble piles in between. Our divemaster zealously told us of the lemon sharks, barracuda, eagle rays and turtles that had been seen there previously and we were all anticipating an excellent dive. Well, the barracudas and the wrecks were there, but no other critters. All of the wrecks were in pieces due to various storms over the years, but were interesting nonetheless.

Overall, a great diving day with a flat-as-glass ocean, partially-full boat, and great visibility. Another trip is definitely in the future!

The Video Dude