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2010-07-12 - China Barge, West Palm Beach, United States

26.1m - 18 min - Dived with Jim Harris from Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures

We had a south current on the corridor wrecks so we dropped in on the China Barge. Visibility was fair. There was a lot of particulate in the first 30 feet or so. Jim and I moved across the barge and the current pushed us too far to the west to find the next wreck so we cut our losses and ascended. This was supposed to count towards my wreck diver specialty.

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2010-07-12 - Amarilys, Florida West Palm Beach, United States

26.1m - 27 min - Dived with Jim Harris from Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures

Drop #2 on The Corridor wrecks put us right on the Amaryllis. Visibility was decent, but the temperature was all over the place. The current died down significantly so we finned southward. As Jim and I approached the Mizpah, we saw a dozen goliaths congregated outside the wreck. We swam over the wreck and came across a loggerhead and a green turtle. Niether of them was camera shy. Running low on air, we called it quits and ascended.

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2010-07-12 - Spearman's Barge, West Palm Beach, United States

23m - 38 min - Dived with Jim Harris from Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures

Spearman's Barge is a great place to photograph the sea life. Visibility was good. There were lobsters and eels in every hole. There were schools and schools of fish. I tried to swim with them and they really didn't seem to mind too much. They just moved out of the way. At one point I started getting cold; it was 23C. Right at the end of the dive, I was trying to coax a small green eel out of his hole far enough to snap a picture. But the closer I got, the deeper he went so I started to swim away. Then he popped out again and I got him... on film that is. Jim's computer was telling him he was out of time, so we ascended. Too soon if you ask me.

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2010-07-12 - Breakers South, Florida West Palm Beach, United States

18m - 49 min - Dived with Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures

Jim had to sit this one out. His computer just woudn't give him any bottom time because of a bounce dive he did at the beginning of the Corridor. Again, Breakers showed us the diversity it has. I found a few arrowhead crabs, lots of lobsters, a green turtle, nudibranchs, trumpet fish, puffer fish, scorpion fish, parrot fish, box fish, eels, goliaths, and a few rays. The visibility was good in the beginning, but dropped off toward the end. Two of us turned back to snap a picture of a 6ft ray swimming and by the time we turned around, everyone else was gone. We kicked ahead to try and find them, but to no avail. It was at this point, we looked down and saw a ray, probably at least 10 feet across and 15 feet long burried in the sand. It was the biggest ray I've ever seen.

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2010-07-13 - Mizpah, Florida West Palm Beach, United States

26m - 41 min - Dived with Jim Harris from Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures

Jim and I dropped in on the Mizpah after the rest of the group left. And if I didn't have trouble with my right ear, we would have dropped straight into the hatch. The current was strong and I had more gear clipped to my BC and hanging off my wrists than I could keep track of. The wreck reel was a lot harder than it looks. We came across half a dozen goliaths and they each swam single file into the hatch to the deck below us. It looked like the bell rang to start class. Jim snapped a bunch of pictures of me trying to use the wreck reel. It must have been fun to watch me struggle. Instead of battling the current, we skipped the rockpile and headed straight for the Amaryllis. We saw another goliath dart into a crevice in the wreck and he was gone. It's amazing how something that big can hide so fast. I'm now a wreck diver!

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