I got out for 1 brief dive on November 12th after waiting days for the winds to subside, then they came back up again. After returning from a trip up North for Thanksgiving, I found conditions again quite breezy with 15-20 knots blows. Finally on Friday December 2nd we had a very brief respite from the constant winds. Dive Buddy Dave Rufft and I headed out to Molasses for a dive. Unfortunately as we were preparing to depart, the breezes freshened again and we were greeted with NE winds of 12-13 knots. After a bumpy ride out where the rollers where coming in at cross directions to the wind blown waves, we arrived at Molasses to find a current from the west leading to even more confusing seas! Visibility was not the best, but it was good to get in the water again. I sighted a nurse shark as we descended and then a reef shark near the end of the dive. Lots and lots of barracuda and I captured a decent video of a Green Moray Eel. Total dive time was 57 minutes. I had lots of problems getting the LCD view screen on my GoPro to work. I will have to find the cause as its hard to work without it.
Christmas Tree Worms
Click for a brief video from 12-3-16 DIve at Molasses Reef In Key Largo.