Warrior Reef Physical Data and Notes
by David Gillings.
June 16, 2007
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Dive Notes:
Team drops in on the MG-111 barge wreck and swims north to the columns of Warrior Reef. Our benchmarks from 2005 are gone. Experience small amount of surge on the bottom. Map team nails benchmarks #3 and #4 to the concrete bases. Map team also gets GPS locations for these benchmarks as well as the NW and SW corners of the debris field of columns. Map team saw 2 goliath grouper near the MG-111 wreck and a large school of legal size snook swimming among the columns. Approximately 55% of the columns remain upright with 45% laid over in the sand.
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Physical Data
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Weather |
Partly Cloudy. Air temp 83F Wind from E as 0-5 knots |
Seas |
1-2 ft.
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Current | to the North at 0.5 knots |
Visibility |
50 feet vertical, 40 feet horizontal at depth. |
Max depth | 67 feet. |
Water temp | at bottom 81F |
Time of Dive | Start: 8:55 a.m. End: 9:25 a.m. |
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