Florida Sea Base Reef Fish Identification Edition II

So here it is boys and girls, the link to my Reef Fish Identification PDF. The work is about 50 pages long and contains my own writing, and photography. It took over six years to gather the photographs needed to complete the work. Edition III is currently being edited and added to with the photosContinue reading “Florida Sea Base Reef Fish Identification Edition II”

Back In Business

The wind died down a bit yesterday enough to let the boats venture out. It was a rough set of dives from what I heard from the other divemasters as I was in the classroom with Mike and I’s new certification crew. They attempted a dive at Alligator resulting in no viz. Reed who jumpedContinue reading “Back In Business”

High Winds

For the past two days and possibly today the Florida Sea Base diving vessels have stayed in port. At 25 knots, the wind prevents us from taking participants out on the water safely. During the past couple days we have had other activities and tried to keep the kids entertained. Before the wind got tooContinue reading “High Winds”

Tragedy

Again tragedy strikes, I have flooded yet another camera. I believe it to be my own fault, something on the housing o-ring caused the housing to leak I believe. Luckily it only flooded a little and my memory card was not affected. I ended up completely disassembling my camera in an attempt to fix it,Continue reading “Tragedy”

Summer Begins

The summer has begun at the Florida National High Adventure Seabase where I have found myself this summer. This summer I will be teaching PADI Open Water Scuba Certification classes. I have had one class so far that I co-taught with my fellow instructor Mike Roesel. The group of kids and dads was awesome. ItContinue reading “Summer Begins”

Keys Bound

So I finally received word from FSB a couple weeks ago. Looks like I will be heading back with Katie after all! It was a long awaited confirmation, but a welcome one. I sent in my application in October, a little early maybe lol… As of two days ago I have finished Edition II ofContinue reading “Keys Bound”

Missing the Keys

Today I find myself missing the Florida Keys with a passion. I called and talked to the Scuba Commissioner at the Florida Sea Base, Laura Kuras. I asked her if she had heard anything about how the hiring process was going for the summer. She said she believes Im hired, unless Capt. Steve makes anyContinue reading “Missing the Keys”