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Jupiter Dive Center/N/A: "Jupiter Wrecks and Reef", Jul, 2023, by Mary Adams, FL, US ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 12779 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was a 2-tank morning trip on the Republic IV, one of Jupiter Dive Center’s two boats. JDC is a well-equipped and well-run scuba outfitter. We signed up and paid on-line, arrived early enough to sign waivers, showed our certification cards, confirmed our nitrox concentrations, and waited to board Republic VI. JDC has a nice shady space for waiting and socializing before boarding. There were about 10 divers on a boat that carries 28 tanks, so we had plenty of space. After the boat briefing, we exited the marina and motored through the Jupiter Inlet to the first dive site, about 25 minutes away. The Jupiter Wreck Trek has 3 artificial reefs - the Zion sunken freighter, Miss Jenny dredge barge, and Esso Bonaire tanker, at depths between 80 and 90 feet. Visibility was terrible, but we saw a few Goliath groupers, hogfish, and grunts and snappers. There was a moderate north current, typical for this edge of the Gulf Stream, so we spent about 10 minutes at Zion and Miss Jenny, with slow drifts from one to the next. We spent more time on Esso Bonaire because of its size and relief. After a 50-minute surface interval, the second dive was at Loggerhead Reef Ledge, a bit shallower at 70 feet. The Reef Ledge is less than 10 feet of sea floor relief, but it has cracks and crevices for fish to hide. There were abundant fish at this dive site, mostly snappers and grunts, and a school of Atlantic spadefish. We did not see any loggerhead turtles on this day trip. I did REEF fish surveys and recorded 30 species at the Wreck Trek and 34 species at the Ledge. It was a very good day.
Websites	Jupiter Dive Center
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	Fly to PBI and rent car.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	75-75°F / 24-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
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		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There are likely macro subjects on the wrecks, but I did not see them this trip. Visibility was terrible, my Goliath grouper photo is a looming shadow in the murk. There is a fresh water camera bucket on the boat deck.

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Dive Review of Jupiter Dive Center/N/A in The Continental USA/Florida Jupiter

Jupiter Dive Center/N/A: "Jupiter Wrecks and Reef", Jul, 2023,

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Dive Review of Jupiter Dive Center/N/A in
The Continental USA/Florida Jupiter