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Offline h2obuzz

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ms coast dive 8/4/07
« on: August 05, 2007, 05:10:19 PM »
left pascagoula 8am, ran 22 miles @ dove tao phong wreck- vis 40' ,murcky from bottom(80') up 20' with 12' vis,sighted  2 cobia 35#, 2 grouper 20#, several snapper 15", alot of sheephead, spade, cigar minnows blue runners. ran 2 mi. east and dove st john wreck, this dive repeat of first. ran 3 mi. east to corcoran wreck, murck on bottom limited vis to 4', but vis 40' from surface down 60'. ran 5 mil. south to rig(100' depth),vis 45-50', murck on bottom 15'-vis10', sighted large loggerhead turtle, mumerous pelagics and tropicals. ran 10 mi. south @ dove rig(110'), vis 50' down to 70', murck at bottom 40' with 10' vis, sighted sand shark , 2 cobia, several barracuda, numerous other pelagics and tropicals, these rigs have realy nice colorful growth attached. ran 3 mi. west and dove rig, repeat of last dive. ran north to triple rig, vis 40' from surface to 40' deep, murck on bottom at places allowed 10'vis, while at other plqaces murck allowed 3' vis, sighted 6 cobia, schools of spanish mackeral, schools of king mackeral, numerous other pelagics and tropicals. no current all day, encountered waves as tall as 6 inches, retuned to pascagoula dock at 5:30 pm.

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Re: ms coast dive 8/4/07
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2007, 08:30:02 PM »
Wow, sounds like a very nice day of diving!

Hope to catch up with you soon!  Keep up the wonderful reports!
Frank Collette, IV
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