December 2013 Diving Weather Reports

Tropical Adventure: ChristmasTree Cave Tuesday December 31st 2013, 08:54 AM
N
10kts
Wind Conditions
1-2 feet
Wave Height
50
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Last dives of 2013! And it's looking even better for 2014! Happy New Year!
Tropical Adventure: Eagle Ray Alley Monday December 30th 2013, 09:13 AM
N
2kts
Wind Conditions
< 1 foot
Wave Height
60
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Absolutely perfect day for diving! Great viz, no current and flat calm seas. It can stay like this all winter!
Tropical Adventure: French Reef Sunday December 29th 2013, 09:31 AM
SE
18kts
Wind Conditions
4-5 feet
Wave Height
40
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Sporty Sunday morning. Overcast with a Southeast breeze. No current and the viz will be nice once the sun comes out.
Tropical Adventure: Molasses Reef Friday December 27th 2013, 02:55 PM
E
15kts
Wind Conditions
2-3 feet
Wave Height
80
feet
Visibility
NE
Slight
Current
From Captain Dean:
A little overcast this afternoon. No rain though and the diving is excellent! Divers saw turtles, a reef shark and a lot of moray eels.
Tropical Adventure: Snapper Ledge Friday December 27th 2013, 08:59 AM
E
15kts
Wind Conditions
3 feet
Wave Height
60
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Visibility is great and NO current is a bonus! Looking forward to the wind and seas to drop a little bit more to make it perfect.
Tropical Adventure: Winch Hole Thursday December 26th 2013, 09:09 AM
E
12kts
Wind Conditions
2-3 feet
Wave Height
70
feet
Visibility
NE
Moderate
Current
From Captain Dean:
Amazing viz today. A little current but manageable. Looking forward to the wind dying down for this afternoon.
Tropical Adventure: ChristmasTree Cave Tuesday December 24th 2013, 09:24 AM
N
4kts
Wind Conditions
1-2 feet
Wave Height
50
feet
Visibility
NE
Slight
Current
From Captain Dean:
Christmas Tree Cave on Christmas Eve. Conditions couldn't be better. Happy Holidays from the Rainbow Reef Crew!
Tropical Adventure: Eagle Ray Alley Monday December 23rd 2013, 01:30 PM
SE
15kts
Wind Conditions
3-4 feet
Wave Height
35
feet
Visibility
NE
Slight
Current
From Captain Dean:
Wind and sea are starting to come down. Still a little sporty topside but the waves are manageable and conditions below are pretty nice.
Tropical Voyager: Hole in the Wall Wednesday December 18th 2013, 09:03 AM
N
16kts
Wind Conditions
1-2 feet
Wave Height
60
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Great visibility today and no real current. Air temps a little.cool but we have hot water showers on board. We even have a little turtle necking out the boat.
Tropical Adventure: City of Washington Tuesday December 17th 2013, 01:42 PM
NE
18kts
Wind Conditions
3 feet
Wave Height
80
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Amazing visibility on the City this afternoon.
Tropical Adventure: French Reef Tuesday December 17th 2013, 09:12 AM
N
16kts
Wind Conditions
1-2 feet
Wave Height
45
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Wow! Pretty nice out here for mid-December. Visibility good and the water's still warm.
Tropical Adventure: Eagle Ray Alley Monday December 16th 2013, 08:53 AM
N
20kts
Wind Conditions
1-2 feet
Wave Height
60
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
A blast of frigid weather from the North has dropped air temperature down to 72!! Brrrrrr. Water temperature is still near 89 though so the divers are nice & warm down below.
Tropical Adventure: Snapper Ledge Sunday December 15th 2013, 01:39 PM
SW
10kts
Wind Conditions
2 feet
Wave Height
40
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Wind and seas have come down quite a bit. Turned into a beautiful afternoon.
Tropical Adventure: Benwood Wreck Sunday December 15th 2013, 09:19 AM
S
16kts
Wind Conditions
3 feet
Wave Height
30
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
The Benwood is really pretty nice today. No current and decent visibility. A little choppy on the surface.
Tropical Adventure: Eagle Ray Alley Saturday December 14th 2013, 01:20 PM
SE
18kts
Wind Conditions
4 feet
Wave Height
50
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Southeast breezes are bringing in some larger swells with smaller chop. No current on Molasses today but a little surge down below.
Tropical Adventure: Molasses Reef Friday December 13th 2013, 10:10 AM
NE
24kts
Wind Conditions
4-5 feet
Wave Height
60
feet
Visibility
NE
Slight
Current
From Captain Dean:
Visibility is fantastic on Molasses this morning. Just a trickle of current.
Tropical Adventure: Snapper Ledge Friday December 13th 2013, 08:57 AM
NE
20kts
Wind Conditions
3-4 feet
Wave Height
30
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
A breezy day. Conditions are a little "Sporty" but the divers are doing a great job.
Tropical Voyager: North Star Thursday December 12th 2013, 1:15 PM
NE
14kts
Wind Conditions
2-3 feet
Wave Height
50
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Graham:
A small rain storm came through but that did not deter our divers today and they were wise to brave the fresh water rinse. We were rewarded with mostly two foot seas and no current with exceptional visibility despite the cloud cover. All in all a very good day on Molasses reef and should be a good sign for tomorrow.
Tropical Adventure: Sand Island Wednesday December 11th 2013, 02:30 PM
SE
13kts
Wind Conditions
3 feet
Wave Height
30
feet
Visibility
NE
Slight
Current
From Captain Graham:
On offshore swell has the seas up a bit but that is not stopping our fearless instructor candidates. They are out preparing for their exams this weekend. Good luck to all!
Tropical Adventure: North Star Tuesday December 10th 2013, 10:30 AM
SE
12kts
Wind Conditions
3-4 feet
Wave Height
35
feet
Visibility
NE
Moderate
Current
From Captain Graham:
Winds out of the Southeast are giving us some choppy waters and a Northeast current is keeping the visibility pretty good.
Tropical Adventure: Spanish Anchor Saturday December 7th 2013, 10:35 AM
SE
15kts
Wind Conditions
4 feet
Wave Height
45
feet
Visibility
NE
Moderate
Current
From Captain Graham:
The sun has come out making the visibility brighter. A moderate current still flowing to the northeast with Turtles abundant in the area.
Tropical Adventure: North Star Saturday December 7th 2013, 9:25 AM
SE
14kts
Wind Conditions
3-4 feet
Wave Height
45
feet
Visibility
NE
Moderate
Current
From Captain Graham:
Mornimg squalls have the seas a bit confused. Visibility is good however and it looks like the sun may pay us a visit later.
Tropical Voyager: ChristmasTree Cave Saturday December 7th 2013, 09:45 AM
SE
15kts
Wind Conditions
4 feet
Wave Height
35
feet
Visibility
NE
Slight
Current
From Captain Dean:
A little breezy this morning. Decent visibility.though and not much current.
Tropical Adventure: Fire Coral Cave Thursday December 5th 2013, 10:45 AM
SE
13kts
Wind Conditions
2-3 feet
Wave Height
45
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Graham:
It's a pretty nice day out here with a little chop on the water. Nice visibility and no current are make the conditions pretty good.
Tropical Adventure: Winch Hole Thursday December 5th 2013, 09:11 AM
E
14kts
Wind Conditions
2-3 feet
Wave Height
40
feet
Visibility
None
Current
Nothing to report from Captain Graham :-(
Tropical Voyager: French Twist Wednesday December 4th 2013, 01:59 PM
SE
10kts
Wind Conditions
2-3 feet
Wave Height
40
feet
Visibility
None
Current
Nothing to report from Captain Graham :-(
Tropical Voyager: Benwood Wreck Tuesday December 3rd 2013, 02:33 PM
SE
8kts
Wind Conditions
1 foot
Wave Height
50
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
Great conditions on the Benwood this afternoon. Sun's back out and the divers are having a great time!
Tropical Adventure: ChristmasTree Cave Tuesday December 3rd 2013, 01:44 PM
S
10kts
Wind Conditions
1 foot
Wave Height
40
feet
Visibility
None
Current
Nothing to report from Captain Graham :-(
Tropical Voyager: French Reef Tuesday December 3rd 2013, 01:21 PM
SE
8kts
Wind Conditions
1-2 feet
Wave Height
50
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Dean:
A little overcast this afternoon but the water's clear and still pretty warm.
Tropical Adventure: USCGC Duane Monday December 2nd 2013, 10:19 AM
W
12kts
Wind Conditions
1 foot
Wave Height
80
feet
Visibility
NE
Slight
Current
From Captain Dean:
We are out on the Duane and we have about 80 feet of vis and cobalt blue water. Slight NE current but not a problem for the divers! Attaching some pics!
Tropical Voyager: Benwood Wreck Sunday December 1st 2013, 10:30 AM
N
9kts
Wind Conditions
1 foot
Wave Height
50
feet
Visibility
None
Current
From Captain Alecia:
Winds have died, seas have smoothed out. Nice sunday morning at the wreck of the Benwood. No current, water is blue-green as usual, and the divers are down! Come join us this afternoon!
Tropical Adventure: Spiegel Grove Sunday December 1st 2013, 10:20 AM
NE
8kts
Wind Conditions
1-2 feet
Wave Height
60
feet
Visibility
N
Slight
Current
From Captain D.J.:
Finally someone turned off the wind machine! Seas are flattening out and everything is getting back to normal. The Divemaster class is down diving and having a good time, and so are the rest of the customers.

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