Dive Review of American Diving in
The Continental USA/Texas

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American Diving: "Texas Clipper, American Diving", Jul, 2015, by Mary K Wicksten, TX, US ( Contributor 17 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 8304.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	Pre-dive briefing on day before trip and just before each of 2 days of diving. Takes about an hour to get to sunken ship, can be choppy. Seats in cabin or outside at bow--can be splashed! Boat ties off to buoy, divemaster attaches side line. Crew puts your tank on you at stern, you follow side line to buoy line and go down to ship. Shallowest point is 70 feet because ship lies on its side. Day 1 visibility barely 10 feet but calm seas and 50 foot visibility on day 2--great views of this big former training ship. Maps available to show you where to find commemorative plaques and ship's wheel. Wicked thermocline at 40-60 feet: 75 degrees above, 70 below--don't wear a shorty! Huge schools of red snapper, "baitfish" and spadefish. No big stuff except for southern stingrays and a few barracuda, butterflyfish, blue angels, sharpnose puffers, gray trigger, purple reeffish and very shy octopus among cold-water coral clusters. Divemaster found one lionfish. Very efficient crew, great opportunity for wide-angle photography.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Galapagos, western Mexico, California, Hawaii, Fiji, Palau, Yap, Australia, New Guinea, Florida springs
Closest Airport	Harlingen Texas	Getting There	Most people drive
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	74-70°F / 23-21°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10-50 Ft/ 3-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	No wreck penetration, no free descents
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Great opportunities for wide-angle shots. Light can be dim--be prepared.

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Dive Review of American Diving in The Continental USA/Texas

American Diving: "Texas Clipper, American Diving", Jul, 2015,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of American Diving in
The Continental USA/Texas