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Water Conditions in Dry Tortugas May 20-23, 2010
Posted by: bjdsrq, 3:57 PM GMT on May 25, 2010 +0
Just returned from making 14 dives in the Dry Tortugas ecological reserve 10 miles west of Loggerhead Key. This was my 28th trip there in 10 years. I've completed hundreds of dives over hundreds of sites there in 10 years, collecting a massive archive of underwater video and still images.

The water clarity I saw during this last trip was in the top 5 of all trips. Huge black and red groupers everwhere. Noticed the plate corals at 'Alice' look to be having some trouble but the star and brain corals I saw at other sites seem to be thriving beautifully. Surface water temps in low to mid 80s but below 30 feet, it drops quick to low to mid 70s. We saw no signs of tar or oil yet as of May 23rd.
 
 
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Wind driven tropical rains from 91L
Posted by: bjdsrq, 2:21 AM GMT on August 16, 2009 +0
91L was kicking up some impressive wind driven rain at Cudjoe Key FL today. Better get used to this kind of stuff for the next few weeks.
 
 
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91L in lower FL keys.
Posted by: bjdsrq, 2:16 AM GMT on August 16, 2009 +0
Shot some HD video of the squalls moving through Cudjoe Key around late morning today, Sat Aug 15, 2009. Wind driven rain all associated with 91L. I've put some frame grabs up as still photos here. A few major networks have purchased it for broadcast news video.
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Ike and Gustav effects on Sarasota
Posted by: bjdsrq, 1:48 AM GMT on September 01, 2008 +0
September 10, 2008Heavy rain in squall from the outer bands of Ike reached coastal Sarasota FL this morning. HD video:LinkAugust 31, 2008Effects of Gustav are far reaching. Shot this HD video today on north end of Siesta Key FL at 4pm:LinkThe still images in my photo gallery were frame grabs from the video.
Updated: 12:58 AM GMT on September 11, 2008   Permalink | A A A
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