Palm Beach Deep Reef
Reef · West Palm Beach also known as 70-90
Advanced Open Water Max 100 ft Avg 50 ft Hot Drop
Today PMGood
Details
Advanced Open Water
Minimum recommended certification
- Max depth
- 100 ft
- Average depth
- 50 ft
- Access
- Hot Drop
- Sea state today
- AMPerfect PMGood
Video
🎥 Oleg Kaplun
Pictures 2
Where it is
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Best Gas
Gas prices
| Diluent tank | $35.50 |
| O2 tank | $10.00 |
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Gas prices
| Aluminum 80 | $10 |
| Steel HP 100 | $10 |
| Steel LP 85 | $10 |
NDL at is
24 hr min surface interval
Always use a dive computer
Site description
Palm Beach county offers spectacular reef dives. There are several sites that operators visit as "deep reef" where depth ranges from 60 to 130 feet deep. In most cases, these sites have a west facing ledge where most of the action is.
Operators may visit sites like Lopadas, South and North Double Ledges, Jolly Jacks and Juno Ledge to mention a few.
Marine life is very abundant in all these sites. Divers should expect to see turtles, Caribbean reef sharks and Goliath groupers, together with a variety of tropical fish such as parrot fish, hogfish, surgeon fish and trigger fish.
The relief on these ledges varies, but it's common to see "mini" walls of 10 feet before the reef plateaus.
Route & typical conditions
Route
Given the strong currents in Palm Beach county, all these dives are always conducted as drift dives. Divers are put in the water up current for then descend. A dive flag must be carried at all times.
Typical conditions
Visibility tends to be really good - at the expense of moderate to strong currents (1 knot is the norm, but can be much more than this). Divers should consider the right thermal protection - specially if visiting these sites in the winter times.
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