West Palm Beach Area, May 2013

Ron's Rock, south of Breakers Reef. Diver Tom seen here, at the beginning of a great weekend.

This first dive was about spotted moray eels. They were everywhere.

Jen has an incredible ability to notice things that other people don't see. She spotted much of the wildlife on this page.

Bugs were out of season, so they were of course everywhere. Taunting us.

Swimming in the deep blue sea.

Teeming with tropicals, abounding with abundant sponges.

Another spotted moray eel

Splendid rock formations on this beautiful reef.

Jen found a sea snake.

Towards the end of a fantastic dive.

Van wanted a photo of the Goliath Grouper at Ron's Rock. Never could get him to look at me.

Another angle.

Finch, one of the boat crew, is The Man.

Chillin' on the safety stop.

What a great first dive of the trip!

Heading to the surface.

Green moray on Paul's Reef.

A toothy grin.

Another sponge, with a porthole.

This dive was about green moray eels.

This was a really big shark. That's Danny in the background, as other Neptune divers come in for a closer look. We believe this is a female lemon shark.

Jess, super-awesome dive guide.

Here's Junior again.

A twilight dive on Bath and Tennis. The night dive was on Breakers Reef (not the Trench). I didn't take the camera on the night dive.

Beautiful in the dark.

A angelfish couple on Bath and Tennis.

Eagle-eye Jen found a scorpion (stone) fish...

...and also a crab...

...and also a shovel-nose lobster.

A face that only a mother could love. These are always in season.

Not always in season, unfortunately.

Incredible scenery. No flash photos of divers on this dive.

A barracuda at Juno Ledge. In the years of diving here, I've never seen it so clear. Current was easy.

Thousands of fish. I was going to take another shot, but we got distracted by a shark (that I didn't have a chance to photograph).

Danny Posey looking for critters.

Johnny, excellent dive guide, leading Group 1.

A closeup of a lionfish, moments before his demise.

Finch, guiding Group 2.

Whoa. I started in Group 1...

Oh, well. I've got bottom time, and a big tank full of nitrox. Let's switch groups and take some pictures of Group 2.

Here's Janet.

Jon on his certification trip.

Shark bait.

Ronnie, watching over the new divers, and showing off his athletic power stroke.

David say hi, from Juno Ledge.

Spencer in Group 2.

Splendid rock formations, with essentially unlimited vis.

Janet on the safety stop.

Here's ol' Shark Bait, again. He saw 4 sharks, but only one got close. How do you prepare for a shark encounter? "Depends"

His name is either Trey, or Tripp, or Troy, or something like that. I just call him Shark Bait.

David, perhaps checking on air.

On the safety stop, Finch (high exalted, most excellent, super-awesome dive guide) got my camera and took a picture. In all the years that I've been diving, NOBODY ELSE has ever offered to do this. Thanks, Finch.

This was another deep reef north of the inlet, that the boat crew called Mike-o's Reef, or Mike's O's. Or, Mike's Hose. We're not sure. I've never been on it. This was a series of little patch reefs.

Jenn found this lionfish, with her super-human powers. I took a couple of pictures, and looked around for the group. Such is the life of a photographer.