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Captain D.J.
Master Instructor

Hi gang!

We were diving out on Conch Wall today, and it was a wonderful trip. We saw a very large nurse shark, Kirk estimated it at 10 feet, but he might have been suffering from narcosis! Saw a nice school of spotted Eagle Rays, and many other fish that live all over the wall. Overall, there was just enough current to push us along so we didn’t have to swim, we just floated down the reef. For those of you who don’t know, Conch Wall�has a depth range from about 50-110 feet. It’s a pretty sharp drop in some areas, and others it’s sloping down pretty steep. It is by far the best drift dive we have in the Keys! The visibility was running about 50-60 feet, but it doesn’t look quite that clean on the video. The video is also missing some color (it will look a little green), my filters are set up for about 30 feet of diving, so it can’t really get the reds back in when we are down at 70 feet. As you’ll see it’s a great dive because it’s just packed with coral and fish. The top of the wall is in about 50 feet of water, and it bottoms out at about 105 feet. The rest of the crew on board today was Captain Bill, Melissa was first mate, Kirk was DiveMaster, and Tom was teaching an AOW class. So join us for about 5 minutes of what Conch Wall has to offer, and be sure to watch my silly impression of “The Matrix” underwater at the end!

Oh right?! The video.. so if you don’t want to just read about Conch Wall, then be sure to click here for the VIDEO!!! (requires Flash) and see it for yourself. Come dive it with us!

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