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The Continental USA/Florida Blue Heron Bridge

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Force-E Scuba/None: "Shore Dive Blue Heron Bridge", Oct, 2023, by Mary Adams, FL, US ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 12778.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Phil Foster Park at Blue Heron Bridge is Florida’s famous shore dive. We arrived about 2 hours before high tide, because sometimes the parking lot gets full. We geared up, walked into the water, and finned west to the bridge piers. We saw a school of small Atlantic spadefish, a batfish, a sea robin, a spotted scorpionfish, a spotted eagle ray, and several lemon rays and bandtail puffers. Then we moseyed over to the hammerhead shark sculptures that mark the west end of the snorkel trail and saw a crab eating a jellyfish. We finned slowly east along the snorkel trail, peeking into the artificial reef structures for all the juveniles, a few small Goliath groupers, one barred hamlet, and one enormous porcupinefish. We were underwater for 140 minutes, maximum depth 14 feet, for a very scenic relaxing dive. Visibility was as mediocre-poor as BHB usually is. Water temperature was 82. I wore a 3mm, but would have been comfortable in a shorty. There were a lot of non-stinging moon jellyfish, but I have seen man-o’-wars here, so I always wear a skin. This park is used for scuba training, and on weekends it can get really crowded with swimmers and snorkelers, making the visibility impossible. Plan to go there mid-week, around a morning high tide. Force-E Scuba and Pura Vida Divers both lead night dives when the tides are right. The park closes at sunset unless you have a Force-E or PVD event permit.
Websites	Force-E Scuba
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cuba, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys, Clearwater FL, Bimini, Saba-St. Eustatius, Roatan, Kona, North Carolina, Flower Garden Banks, Caymans, Palau, Chuuk, Jupiter Florida, Belize, Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos, Revillagigedo, St. Lucia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Sea of Cortez, Florida Panhandle. Cocos.
Closest Airport	Palm Beach International	Getting There	Twenty minute drive from PBI Airport. Rent tank and weights from Force-E or Pura Vida Divers.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-82°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	10-25 Ft/ 3-8 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Underwater photographers LOVE Blue Heron Bridge for macro photography.

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Dive Review of Force-E Scuba/None in The Continental USA/Florida Blue Heron Bridge

Force-E Scuba/None: "Shore Dive Blue Heron Bridge", Oct, 2023,

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Dive Review of Force-E Scuba/None in
The Continental USA/Florida Blue Heron Bridge