Dive Review of Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures in
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Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures: "Worth a dive", Jan, 2015, by Allan Baldwin, IL, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 8493 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We (my wife and I) went on the Blue Heron Bridge dive with Jim Abernethy as a very small part of a drive to Florida from Chicago. It was easy to set up and turned out to be a great dive. The diving occurs at specific times related to the tides. You go in as high tide is reaching its high, stay an hour and a half, and head back as the tide heads back out. At least when we went, it was not very crowded. We saw a great variety of critters with good visibility. We saw pipefish, crabs, starfish, scorpion fish, lobster, filefish, puffers, a seahorse, angelfish, shrimp, rays, flounder, and probably others things that I don't remember. The dive is shallow, maybe 25 feet. The tide current keeps the viz good. Overall a much better dive than we expected. Since we had not done this dive, we went with a guide from Abernethy's. That made it a better dive an was worth it. We would have had more issues finding the best way in and the limits of the dive area without the guide. In addition, she pointed out some of the creatures we missed.
Websites	Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Many places in Caribbean, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Mexico
Closest Airport	NA	Getting There	We drove as part of a larger non-diving vacation
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	currents, no currents
Water Temp	75-77°F / 24-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	35-50 Ft/ 11-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	The restriction is the tide. You need to be under the bridge at slack tide. Since the dive is shallow, depth and profile are not an issue.
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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There were lots of small critters that are pretty easy to photograph. This is a good place for macro

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Dive Review of Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures in The Continental USA/West Palm Beach, FL

Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures: "Worth a dive", Jan, 2015,

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Dive Review of Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures in
The Continental USA/West Palm Beach, FL