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The Spiegel Grove is now UPRIGHT!


Cool Stuff on Dive Tanks [ Links fixed 23-Mar-06 ]
Should you get a High Pressure Steel 120??
How to Select a SCUBA Tank
What does Nitrox-Ready mean?
X-Series Steel SCUBA Tanks by Worthington Cylinders
SCUBA Valves, Regulator Fittings and Cylinder Neck Threads
And Ur newly Purchased 3445 lb Steel Tank my be useless at next Hydro?
Pressed Steel Tank Co goes under

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Did you ever undue the tank belt from the buckle
and then try to get it right!! Tank Belt & Buckle

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Links to Examine Weather & Diving Conditions
to see if you really want to dive!!

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Kayak Diving

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Florida Diving Locations, Shops, Boats & Links , Updated ???

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Not Recommended Shops and Boats , Updated 27-May-2003

Space Coast Descender's Dive Club
The SCDU
***** ***** NOTE THIS IS A NEW MEETING LOCATION ***** ***** meets at Chowders Seafood and Grill at 6485 S US Hwy 1, Rockledge - just north of the Pineda Cswy
***** ***** NOTE THIS IS A NEW MEETING LOCATION ***** *****
The 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM in the side room
Have a Brew , eat some Wings and Talk DIVING !!

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KSC Barracudas Dive Club
http://kscbarracudas.org/
3d Tues of the month at the Merrit Island Public Library

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The Water Loggers Dive Club
Melbourne, Fla
Meets at Beef O'Brady's, Lake Washington Plaza, Melbourne
3rd Tuesday, 6 - 8 PM

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The Brevard Regional Hyperbaric Center
Your Local Chamber If You Get BENT!
1698 W. Hibiscus Blvd.
The entrance is the second driveway east of the mall entrance
It's on the north side of Hibiscus!

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Palm Beach County Reef Research Team - PBCRRT ( http://www.pbcrrt.org )

Fish List and Quiz ,

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Down Under Dive Club
The DUDC is no longer recommended by or supported by this home page


Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team

Description - - - - - Locations - - - - - Pictures

1715 Wreck of the Urca de Lima ***** New Pictures Aug 2002 *****

The Boiler Wreck [The Breconshire] in Vero sunk in 1894

***** New 23-Sept-2003, courtesy of Matt. *****
South Florida Beach Diving

Post Year 2004 Hurricanes Beach Dive Locations Pictures.

Most of the Beach Dive Location s between Ft. Pierce and Sebastian Inlet are now again accessable.

Post Hurricane Dive Operations and Places to stay

We still recommend ONLY Narcosis Dive Charters , for West Palm Beach Dive Operatons!


Florida Keys:
Playing in the Keys: 2001 , 2002 , 2005
Diving on the Duane , the Eagle , the Bibb , the Spiegel Grove
The Irishman's Biggest Internet Hit Page - A Really BIG Jew Fish on the Eagle

WPB The Cave , Key Biscayne Wall

West Palm Beach
Diving on the Mizpah / Corridore
The 4 Ships of the Governor's River Walk Reef
and of course the Breakers

***** ***** Reef and Wreck Locations & Pictures ***** *****
Jupiter
Diving the best of the Florida Reefs: Juno Ledges



***** ***** January 2006 ***** *****

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***** ***** February 2006 ***** *****

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KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Bahamas Explorer Ventures LIveaboard , $1195
Feb 4-11
Private Boat ot of Stuart - Its-U-And-I , Bugging - Went out of Stuart on a Private Boat, 5 miles out, 80 ft of water: Dive Trip Report , my dive #531 to 533, Bug Pic , PDF map of where we went!
Feb 19

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Private Boat ot of Stuart - Its-U-And-I , Bugging - Went out of Stuart on a Private Boat, 5 miles out, 80 ft of water: Dive Trip Report , my dive #534 to 537, Bug Pic , Big Area , Smaller Area , Dive Site maps of where we went!
Mar 03
End of Lobster Season Bug Diving in Jupiter. Some really Awesome Ledge Diving and we got some bugs
Mar ??

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Dive ClubLess Dive - West Palm Beach - on Narcosis Dive Charters , #1 is my 538th dive, Paul's Reef 56 ft for 1.01 hr, #2 is my 539th dive, HorseShoe 57 ft for 1:01 hr., Dive Trip Report , my dive #538 and 539
Apr 9
Dive ClubLess Dive - West Palm Beach - on Narcosis Dive Charters Capt Bob was abord. 1st is my 540th, Juno Ledges, 93 ft for 34 min. 2nd is my 541th, South Jupiter, 79 ft for 36 min., Dive Trip Report , my dive #540 and 541
Apr 16
Dive ClubLess Dive - West Palm Beach - on Narcosis Dive Charters with the E-Divers. 1st was my 542nd dive, 56 ft for 32 min in ??, 2nd was my 543rd dive, 59 ft for 36 min on ??, Dive Trip Report , my dive #542 and 543
Apr 22
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Turkes and Caicos Jewel of the Caribbean Liveaboard , $1595 - $1995, Apr 29 - May 6
Apr 29
BEACH DIVE AT Ocean Fest 2006
Apr ??
Dive ClubLess Dive at Beach Dive Pepper Park: The Coral Reef Alliance Earth Day Help them reach their goal of recruiting 10,000 divers to sign the Dive In Pledge by Earth Day Week of April 22, 2006 .
For more information contact divein@coral.org. Note: There will be several clubs diving on these weekends including the Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team at Pepper Park
Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team / Earth Day will attempt a Beach Dive at a Beach Dive / Snorkel and cleanup at Pepper Park on Sunday meeting at 8:00 am.
We could not dive due to NE 25 knot winds and 5 - 9 ft waves!
But there was a Beach Cleanup with over 100 voluteers: Pics
Apr 30

***** ***** May 2006 ***** *****

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Sinking of the 888-foot Aircraft Carrier Oriskany

off of Pennsacola, Florida. To Purchase Pictures
May 17
Dive ClubLess Dive
Annual Dive the Wrecks of Key Largo - Wrecks of Key Largo
Bibb , Eagle , Duane and the Speigle Grove!. Map showing locations of the wrecks.
4 Wrecks (each at 110 - 145 feet) - YOU NEED TO BE AOW, 6 GREAT Dives in Key Largo with Conch Republic . Friday and Saturday nights at Ocean Point

This is an E-Divers Group Dive - see Yahoo - Groups - E-Divers. Make your arrangements with Conch Republic. Margarata Party Friday Night!

Previous Years Trip Report , Previous Years Pictures: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10
Bibb: 1 , 2
Sponge , - Parrot Fish , - Diver , - Spade Fish , - ?? Fish , - The Irishman Swimthrough Eagle , - Trumpet Fish , - The Eagle! , - The Eagle! , - Diver Hanging , - Diver on a Beam , - Cuda on the Eagle , - The Irishman on the Eagle

Past dives were Bibb [ 134 ft for 31min], Duane [ 109 ft for 29 min], Eagle [ 99 ft for 40 min], Eagle [84 ft for 36 min], Duane [100 ft for 37 min], and the Duane [106 ft for 24 min].
Above Water Pictures , Under Water Pictures and UW Pics of the Beenwood
Dive Trip Report on 8 dives [ Spiegle Grove, Duane, Eagle and some reefs ], my dive #544 to 551

May 19 - 21
Why you should NOT try to fill your own NITROX tanks in your garage! House Fire Pictures
May 20
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Turkes and Caicos Caribbean Explorer , $2000, May 20 - 27
May 20
Dive ClubLess Dive at Beach Dive Pepper Park: Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team will attempt a Beach Dive at Pepper Park on Sunday meeting at 7:30 - 8:00 am for a Beach dive / Snorkel / Rum Party on the Beach - CONDITIONS PERMITTING [ e-mail Irishman AT IrishmanSoftware DOT com for an update ]
Geat Dive - 30 ft vis, flat seas, 73 deg, 6 ft Nurse Shark. See Pics , 15 ft for 49 min, , Dive Trip Report , my dive #552
May 28

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Dive Trip to Boynton Beach on Starfish Enterprise , June 3rd, Saturday, 1:00 PM, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jun 3
Dive Trip to Ft. Lauderdale on American Dream , June 4th, Sunday, 8:00am, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jun 4
Dive Trip to Jupiter on Jupiter Dive Center , June 10th, Saturday, 1:00pm, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jun 10
Dive ClubLess Dive , Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , June 11th, Sunday, 8:00am, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
The Irishman went - Dive Trip Report my dive #553 and 554 and New Digital Camera Pics . We had a 3 Knot Current!!
Jun 11
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , June 17th, Saturday, 1:00pm, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jun 17
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , June 17th, Saturday, 6:30pm - NIGHT DIVE, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jun 17
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , June 18th, Sunday, 1:00pm, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jun 18
Dive ClubLess Dive - West Palm Beach - on Narcosis Dive Charters We dove the ledges of Jupiter and Shark Canyon, Dive Trip Report , my dive #555 and 556 Underwater PIcs
June 24
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , June 24th, Saturday, 6:30pm - NIGHT DIVE, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jun 24

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Dive ClubLess Dive - West Palm Beach - on Narcosis Dive Charters We dove the Paul's Reef and Breaker's Reef
Dive Trip Report , my dive #557 and 558 and some of Not The Best Underwater PIcs
July 03
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , July 8th, Saturday, 1:00pm, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jul 8
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , July 9th, Sunday, 8:00am, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jul 9
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Bahamas, Nekton Pilot, , $2116, July 8 - 15
Jul 8
Dive ClubLess Dive , Beach Dive / Rescue Certification We dove Sebastian Inlet Park South, Beach Area:
Dive Trip Report , my dive #559 and some Beach PIcs
July 9

invade The Keys Time
Annual Dive the Wrecks of Key Largo - Wrecks of Key Largo
Bibb , Eagle , Duane and the Speigle Grove!

3 Wrecks (each at 110 - 145 feet) - YOU NEED TO BE AOW, 6 GREAT Dives in Key Largo with Conch Republic . Friday and Saturday nights at Ocean Point

This is an a ScubaBoard and Conch Repbulic Trip. See the Conch Republic Link for resrvations. This is the current boat load

Previous Years Trip Report , Previous Years Pictures: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10
Bibb: 1 , 2
Sponge , - Parrot Fish , - Diver , - Spade Fish , - ?? Fish , - The Irishman Swimthrough Eagle , - Trumpet Fish , - The Eagle! , - The Eagle! , - Diver Hanging , - Diver on a Beam , - Cuda on the Eagle , - The Irishman on the Eagle

Past dives were Bibb [ 134 ft for 31min], Duane [ 109 ft for 29 min], Eagle [ 99 ft for 40 min], Eagle [84 ft for 36 min], Duane [100 ft for 37 min], and the Duane [106 ft for 24 min].

Dive Trip Report , and a first cut at the Pics pics (550 Pics, 7.15 Meg, each pic is 5 - 26 k bytes], These are Thumbs and will be edited this week.

Jul 14-16
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , July 14th, Friday, 6:30pm - NIGHT DIVE, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jul 14
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , July 15th, Saturday, 1:00pm, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jul 15
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , July 16th, Sunday, 8:00am, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jul 16
Looe Key Underwater Music Fest , Tis the 20th++ Annual Music Fest. Chamber info at 800-872-3722. I've Been-There-Done-That and it really doesn't turn me on for the 7 hour car ride! 9-July-2006
July ??
Year 2006 - FLORIDA LOBSTER spiny lobster Mini-Season
The Bicardi Limon Beach Dive Team should be doing a Mini-Season Beach Dive for BUGS!!
NEW LAWS : 6 Bugs per person, NO MORE 24 per boat . Biscayne Bay Park from 12 to 6 bugs per day for mini-season. http://floridaconservation.org
1st Day of Mini-Season, Dive Trip Report and Pics
July 26-27
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , July 26th, Wednesday, 8:00am - MINI SEASON, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jul 26
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , July 27th, Thursday, 8:00am - MINI SEASON, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Jul 27

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FLORIDA LOBSTER SEASON OPENS
The Florida Lobster Season is now open!!
Aug 6
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , August 5th, Saturday, 1:00pm, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Aug 5
Year 2006 - FLORIDA LOBSTER Is Open
Aug 6
Dive Trip to West Palm Beach on Narcosis Dive Charters , August 6th, Sunday, 8:00a - LOBSTER SEASON OPENS, sponsored by SeaDragons Dive Shop , 265 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, 321-639-9233, Titusville 264-2961
Aug 6
Dive ClubLess Dive at Beach Dive Pepper Park: Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team will attempt a Beach Dive on the 1715 Wreck of the 1715 Wreck of the Urca de Lima near Pepper Park in Ft. Pierce. on Saturday, meeting at 9:00 am for a Beach dive / Snorkel / Rum Party on the Beach - CONDITIONS PERMITTING. I haven't dove this wreck since before the Hurricane.
Talking with the State of Florida, they no longer have a valid GPS location of the wreck. Let's see if my GPS co-oridinates are good?
Geat Dive - 15 ft vis, flat seas, 71 deg on the bottom. I found one Cannon and Dave saw the anchor. Pics , 17ft for 50 min, Dive Trip Report , my dive #569
Aug 12
Hurricane Charlie Hits Punta Gorda Florida HC Charlie 13-Aug-2004.pdf, 338k
Aug 13
Sea Level Scuba on Wickham Rd., Melbourne, 321-255-1825 , South Beach - Maimi - Lobster Dive Weekend. 2 Afternon an 2 morning dives, Hotel overnight, air, taxes - $169.99
Aug 26-27

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Hurricane Frances Hits The Stuart Florida HC Frances 05-Sept-2004.pdf, 690 k
Sept 5
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Islamorada , $275, Sept 9 - 10
Sept 9
Hurricane Ivan Hits The West Coast And The Panhandle Of Florida HC Ivan 16-Sept-2004.pdf, 1173k
Sept 16
Sea Level Scuba on Wickham Rd., Melbourne, 321-255-1825. Dive the Mighty USS Oriskany Air Craft Carrier. 2 nights, 2 dives.
Please note: It takes about 9 hours to get to Pensacola Florida with the Oriskany dives being an all day event.
Advanced Diver rated (over 60 ft)
All divers must have a minimum of 20 dives with the last 2 being within the last 12 months Log books required
All divers will be required to have an Alternate Air Source, Surface Marker Bouy (Safety Sausage), Whistle and gloves
If you have any questions, please email info@sealevelscuba.com or call 321-255-1825
The Mighty-O is sitting upright and facing south (confirmed). The depths are pretty nicely laid out, The island sits around 70 feet , f light deck is 130, hangar deck is 150 with alot of nice overhead stuff, and the SAND is 212 (confirmed). We would most likely extend our dives right to our air/no-deco limits and beyond if you so like with a second dive done elsewhere possibly to just spending time enjoying the ocean, spear-fishing, photography or whatever else you like to do beneath the sea.
This dive does not have to be a technical dive, there is plenty to see above 100 feet.
Note corrected date of Sept 16-17
Sept 16-17
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Bonaire I , $2300, Sept 23 - Oct 7
Sept 23
KSC Barracudas Dive Club , Bonaire I , $1650, Sept 30 - Oct 7
Sept 30
Hurricane Jeanne Hits Stuart Florida HC Jeanne 25-Sept-2004.pdf, 2221 k
Sept 25

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***** ***** November 2006 ***** *****

Sea Level Scuba on Wickham Rd., Melbourne, 321-255-1825 , Bahama Weekend 4 days, 3 nights, Friday - 2 morning, 2 afternoon dives, Saturday - 2 morning dives, tanks, weights taxes, Island View.
$523 + est $217 Airfare from Orlando. Optional $100 add on Shark 2 tank dive.
Nov 16-19
Single Divers , Sea of Cortez, Socorro and Revillagigedo Island Nautilus Explorer Liveaboard , $3959 + plane, Nov 20 - Dec 01, 12 days
Nov 20

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Bicycling in Brevard

You Local Off-Road and On-Road Bicycle Groups!

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Tennis in Brevard

Beginner's to Advanced Tennis

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Space Coast Paddlers

You Local Kayak and Canoe Club

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Dive Naked

A New Way To Dive - Group Diving - Naked!!

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