Dive Review of Ultra Dive/Surf Side Beach in
The Continental USA/Oil Rig: Gulf of Mexico

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Ultra Dive/Surf Side Beach, Aug, 2013, by M Murray, OK, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 7133.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	Had a good time diving oil rig in Gulf of Mexico near Freeport, TX. Dove with Ultra Dive. Fun bunch and very safety conscious. Max # of divers is 6. We dove the same rig 2 dives per day over 2 days. Visibility 40 feet first day, but wind brought it down to 25 feet the second day. Current was stronger on second day. Rig was in 80 feet of water, but our groups max depth was 50 feet. Huge amount of Atlantic Spadefish, with some schooling and others hanging around the platform. Five good size Cobia on second dive. There was another large group of schooling fish and they might have been Chub (they were higher in water column and could not tell for sure). Overall a good time and diving that type of site was interesting and fun.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-°F / 26-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	25-40 Ft/ 8-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay within the 4 main legs of the rig
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Ultra Dive/Surf Side Beach in The Continental USA/Oil Rig: Gulf of Mexico

Ultra Dive/Surf Side Beach, Aug, 2013,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Ultra Dive/Surf Side Beach in
The Continental USA/Oil Rig: Gulf of Mexico