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April 23, 2008	Wednesday
Visibility	60-80ft
Water Temperature	75 Degrees
Current	Mild North
Seas	2ft

Happy Earth Day everyone! Earth day was yesterday and hopefully everyone did something fun and good for our planet. We went diving and picked up trash on the dive sites! And what great diving we've had this week! This past weekend was gorgeous with top to bottom visibility and summer seas. Winds will pick up later today, but seas should settle back down for the weekend. Vis today was 60+ feet on the Breakers reef and seas were fairly calm with some wind out of the northwest. Surface (air) temperatures continue warming into the low 80's during the day with 70's mostly at night.

Big Creature season is almost over! However, divers reported a Great Hammerhead on the Breakers Reef this past Sunday morning and two bull sharks on Breakers Reef last Saturday. With all of these shark sightings make sure you keep your eyes peeled as you're cruising along the ledges for the unexpected visitors.

With the beautiful weather, the Blue Heron Bridge dive visibility peeked this past weekend. Divers continued to spot amazing creatures this week...rays (spotted, southern, and devil), seahorses, and tropical fish of all sizes and shapes. With high tide during mid-day this week, the bridge offers a great lunch break experience. Contact us if you would like to rent a couple of tanks!

Turtles, turtles everywhere! Turtle season officially opened on March 31st, but won't really get ramped up until May. Divers spotted the first leatherback of the season swimming along the surface the last week of March. Last year was a great year for leatherback nesting, so let's keep our fingers crossed that this year is even better. Leatherbacks usally start nesting in early April...but nesting really ramps up in May. Can't wait until this summer to see our next set of hatchlings!

Lobster season ended as of March 31st, so you hunters will have to wait again until the end of July for mini-season.

Until the next posting, safe diving and have a great end of April!