Dive Review of Splashdown Divers/None. in
The Continental USA/Florida Boynton Beach

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Splashdown Divers/None. : "Two-tank morning dive to the 7-Mile Reef of Boynton", May, 2023, by Mary Adams, FL, US ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 12465.
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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 good 2-tank morning dive on Loggerhead boat to the low reef off Boynton Beach, Florida. This reef is more of a ledge, 50-65 feet deep. We saw angelfish, ballyhoo, box fish, butterflyfish, a green moray eel, a few graysby groupers, grunts, hogfish, jacks, parrotfish, snappers, surgeonfish, and Atlantic bigeye. No turtles, sharks, or Goliath groupers. Loggerhead is one of 2 Splashdown boats. They are big enough for 16 divers, but that would be pretty crowded. The website sign-up calendar will indicate how many spaces are available. We load up at the Boynton Beach Harbor Marina, motor to the Atlantic through the Lake Worth Channel, and arrive at the Captain’s selected dive site. Divers stand up, and the Captain puts us “on the numbers” for giant stride entry. Most of these Atlantic dives are drift dives, moved by the Gulf Stream, so divers need to descend as quickly as they can. The dive master will carry a flag, and currents are usually slow enough that you can look under ledges for loggerhead turtles. We dived Delray Catacombs and Kroenen dive sites. At both sites, we descended to the ledge and followed it, either on top of the ledge or below it, looking into the crevices and the sand. Loggerhead will take spearfishers and lobster hunters in season. The Captain will put the hunters into the water far enough from the non-hunters to preclude encounters. I did 2 REEF fish surveys, and practiced identifying the hard corals. I do recommend diving the Florida Atlantic Coast. The Gulf Stream comes closest to Florida here north of Miami, and brings fish with it.
Websites	Splashdown Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 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,
Closest Airport	Palm Beach International	Getting There	Fly to PBI, FLL, or MIA.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco diving.
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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was a freshwater camera bucket on the boat. No dry table.

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Dive Review of Splashdown Divers/None. in The Continental USA/Florida Boynton Beach

Splashdown Divers/None. : "Two-tank morning dive to the 7-Mile Reef of Boynton", May, 2023,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Splashdown Divers/None. in
The Continental USA/Florida Boynton Beach