'cuba diving in the keys

saltn00b

saltn00b

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went with my brother (Isistius) down to marathon (1 hour from KW) for the weekend and got in 5 dives.
great weather, water was a little chilly without a wetsuit but it was still a great time.
a little sad to see the decimation as alot has changed since we had last been to some of these reefs 10 years ago.
we took two cameras, the following pics are from a 5 mp sony cybershot in an u/w casing , and cleaned up in photoshop. we also took a 35mm u/w camera and that film is being processed, to be posted later.
things seen and not pictured for various reasons:
fat adult morray eel, approximately 6-7' in length.
adult sea turtle
school of dolphin
9' spotted eagle ray (old woman killer), i swam right next to.
the first day was at Looe Key national state park marine sanctuary.
3 dives at Looe, pics are from the last 2.









 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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Sunday we were on 2 dives at different locations, both of which are near the large lighthouse tower you can see from the 7 mile bridge.
the first location here is called ivory shoals, after a 300+ y/o slave and ivory trading ship from africa that wrecked here. you can see a lot of the wreckage in the photos.









 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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and the last dive was sombrero reef, another marine sanctuary / state park.
this one was our favorite.









 
rbrockm1

rbrockm1

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that was a lot of pictures. They were sweet. I might be diving in the keys this summer. I can't wait.
 
brewski4u1

brewski4u1

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i'll be there in 2 weeks!!
i wont be diving b/c its a buddy b-day so that means lots of drinking! lol damn no drinking and diving! o well were still bringing the boat and will be doing alot of snokeling! sticking to the shallow reefs and there are plenty! lol so hopefulyy i'll have pic to post when i return!!
o a side not i am down there 3 4 times a year and in the last 4 years the Reefs have totaly been going down hill ! dam gov dumping all that water from the lake and w/e w/ all the crap in it killin everything!
 
isistius

isistius

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that's most of em. i have a few more i need to load from another camera. all of those were taken with a sony cybershot 5mp camera. not too bad considering that and there was some serious wave surge going on at depth.
 
zeroc

zeroc

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wish i had a camera i could use under water, i'm going to be in the caribbean in six weeks.
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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they have a couple of disposable options nowadays. if you have a regular digi, check online for u/w cases for it.
 
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