Richelle Fretwell
- PADI Open Water (Mar 2015)
Places I've Dived
- Total number of dives not on diveboard:
This number is added to the total number of dives logged in Diveboard (public+private) for the stat "Total number of dives". - Dives published:4
- Total dives count:7
- Dives this year:0
- Total underwater time on Diveboard:2 hrs 41 min
- Most dives on Diveboard in:
United States - Deepest Dive:
14.6m in High Springs, FL, United States - Longest Dive:
83 min in Dunnellon, FL, United States - Pictures in logbook:10
- Number of species spotted:0
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Favorite Dives
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2015-03-21 United States Dunnellon, FL
Rainbow RiverHighlights of this tour: Rainbow River Dive Tour Crystal clear fresh springs water with 200 ft of visibility. Beautiful year round Florida weather Fish, Turtles, and sometimes Otters. Grass beds filtering the water. Bird species. Spring beds dotting the bottom. A small cavern at the end of the trip. And yes even Sharks Teeth and fossils. The deepest depth of the river is 25 ft. so snorkelers can free dive as well as this depth gives divers longer bottom time than deeper dives. While drifting the Rainbow River the boat carries the diver down flag so you don’t have to. Don’t forget to bring your camera the view is amazing. Weights:
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2015-03-15 United States Pompano Beach, Fl
Ss Copenhagen WreckDescription: The SS Copenhagen was a steamer 325' long with a beam of 47'. The wreck is broken up along the eastern side of the Pompano Drop Off. While some of the wreckage is buried you can still make out many features of the wreck. It is nostalgic diving or snorkeling a wreck site over a hundred years old. Usually you see large schools of bait fish being chased by the rest of the food chain. History: The British cargo ship Copenhagen was built by Priestman & Co. of Sunderland in 1898. The Copenhagen was owned by Glasgow Ship Owners Co. While en route from Philadelphia to Havana with 4,940 tons of coal, she ran aground on the Pompano Drop Off. Although the ship was unsalvageable, her cargo was saved. The Copenhagen remained partially visible above the water until WWII naval fighter pilots used her for target practice sending her to the bottom where she sits today. The Copenhagen was declared a State Underwater Archaeological Preserve in 1994. Weights: 8lbs each front pocket =16 pounds 3lbs each back pocket = 6 8 lb Steel Tank South Florida Diver Headquarters - Boat dive -
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2015-03-16 United States Pompano Beach, Fl
Nursery ReefDescription: Site was named the "Nursery" many years ago after the family of nurse sharks that reside here. There is good habitat here, with large under cut ledges. The sharks are used to divers and snorkelers and usually swim around under the boat. Hundreds of other fish surround the snorkelers on the surface..Occasionally we see the resident morey eel. The "Nursery" has been featured in numerous T.V. shows and magazines. WEIGHTS: 8lbs each front pocket 3lbs each back pocket 8lb Steel Faber 100 Tank South Florida Diving Headquarters - Step off boat - Mooring Buoy
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2015-03-28 United States High Springs, FL
Ginnie Springs The Ball RoomThe Ginnie Spring basin is a large, bowl-shaped depression measuring over 100 feet across and 15 feet deep. A 150-foot long run connects the basin to the nearby Santa Fe River. The chief attraction here is the Ginnie cavern, whose wide, open entrance can be found at the bottom of the basin. Ginnie cavern is among the handful of sites that experts consider sufficiently safe to allow exploration by divers who lack formal cavern or cave diver training. The Ballroom's ceiling contains an excellent example of spongework--a gigantic, limestone swiss cheese. Midway between floor and ceiling, divers will find evidence of a bedding plane--a distinctive horizontal crack that is crucial to the movement of underground water. At the northwest corner of the Ballroom is a beautifully carved phreatic tube--a perfect example of the most common form of underwater cave formation. Nearby, a larger bedding-plane formation collects air in mercury-like pockets on the ceiling. Weights- 8 lbs each pocket = 16 lbs 1 lbs each back pocket = 2 lbs 8 lbs Steel Tank 5mm Wetsuit
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