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Captain D.J.
Master Instructor

Hi everyone,

Hot off the presses for this weekend! Rick Smith, Martin Watson and the Reef Rakers have visited us again for a reef cleanup project. Over 70 lbs of garbage was collected on one single dive trip out to French Reef in Key Largo. The Rakers collected beer bottles, beer cans, many feet of monofilament (fishing line), a brick, rope, broken lobster trap pieces, tin cans, bottle caps, plastic bags, and a bunch of other junk. All in all, it was hard to believe when you actually look, just how much human impact we have on the reefs. Shame on the people who throw that stuff overboard. As always they are a great group and we enjoyed having them once again. We shot a little video of the cleanup and the diving. Please check it out below.

George and Mel from Team Divers were also down with some of thier students. Everyone did a great job and there are some new Open Water divers as of today!

Conditions on Saturday were very nice, but Sunday someone turned on the wind machine and it made some waves. We visited lots of reefs this weekend, including Molasses Reef, French Reef, Benwood Wreck, Spiegel Grove, Snapper Ledge, Pickels reef, Hens & Chickens, Christ Statue, and Banana Patch.

Click here for the VIDEO!!! (requires Flash)

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