Monday, August 10, 2009

Diving in Destin

If you want to go Scuba Diving in Destin...
#1 - Rent a house somewhere closer than Sea Grove Beach, otherwise you will have to get up at 4:15AM to make it to the dock on time,
#2 - Giggle when they tell you the boat you are on was used in the filming of Jaws 2 just before you jump into 50 ft. of water wearing weights around your waist and a heavy airtank on your back,
#3 - Watch out for Jelly Fish!

"A dive is a dive" so I'm glad we made the trip to Destin to dive the jetty on our last day there, but it definitely could've gone better. The visibility was less than 20 feet. And while there were lots of cool crabs to see in the rocks, the whole dive felt like a real-life video game as we all had to dodge GIANT moon jellyfish that were everywhere! Poor little Katie, who was snorkeling above with Uncle Denny and Sam, even got stung. Considering the darn things were as big around as end tables, no wonder we heard her scream across the water from our boat. So, unlike Hawaii, there are no glorious underwater turtle photos here, but there are a few of us all relaxing on the boat post-dive.

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