7.9.08 - NIGHT DIVE - The "Dantor" and The "Ebenezer II"

Hello everyone.

Wednesday night, July 9th finds the Video Dude and Dive Diva Heather aboard the "American Dream II" heading out to do a couple of night dives on the "Dantor" and the "Ebenezer II". Weather conditions continued to be awesome as we headed out with Captain Todd at the helm and Divemasters Brian and Dave on deck. Heather and I are diving as part of a group of E-Divers, an online dive group that plans lots of dive trips all over South Florida.

We arrive at our first wreck - the "Dantor" and Brian jumps in to tie off to the wreck. After hearing his report on bottom conditions, we jump in. Visibility in the first 20fsw or so was less than 10fsw, but after about 30fsw it became amazingly clear all the way to the bottom. This is a wreck that is not done very often and it is also fairly new having been sunk in 2002. Not many big critters - although I DID see a nice Barracuda - but there were lots of little critters and all of the coral polyps had their "feelers" out. Because of the depth of the wreck, we had barely enough time to do a complete lap of the outside and poke our cameras and lights in a couple of holes before having to head up to the boat. I'd like to come back and do this wreck during the day so I can see what I missed.

After our surface interval and gear changeover, we have arrived at our next dive site, the "Ebenezer II". After Brian ties off to the wreck and gives us our conditions report, we all jump in again and begin touring this wreck. Again, not any large critters, but Heather found some Hermit Crabs and Anenomes over in the sand next to the wreck, and the Corals were all in "bloom" on the wreck. We did a couple of turns around the outside and I made notes on possible penetration points for future dives.

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Another great set of night dives and another great dive buddy here in Paradise!
--The Video Dude