Friday morning sunrise dive on the South Beach reef. The Atlantic Ocean was about as flat as can be. No wind or waves. As soon as we set off we were greeted by a large school of Bar Jacks (just like the last dive). About 5 minutes further East we spotted a pair of Eagle Ray coming in from the East heading towards shore. We continued out for about 10 minutes. Right as we were preparing to turn North to the reef we came upon a cluster of Tarpon. Visibility wasn’t ideal – this made the tarpon look large and mysterious in the distance. The water temperature was the hottest we’ve seen this season. A balmy 88-89 F.
The lower visibility meant we didn’t find our “usual” section of the reef but instead explored some new areas. We found one of the Nova South Eastern University artificial reef rock piles. This made a fish hot spot.
This shows dozens of pork fish and one very cute Hog fish that comes right up to the camera.
One of our favorite fish, we spotted a porcupine fish.
Perhaps cutest of all, we found a yellow stingray camouflaging in with the bottom.
