Gulf Diving LLC


Trip Date: 10/23 - 10/24/2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 82
Visibility: 75ft
Sighting: Mantas, Eagle Rays, Bull Sharks, Lobster, Eels
Current: no current and seas 2ft to 3ft

Trip Date: 10/23 - 10/24/2004
Location: HI-376A
Water Temp: 83
Visibility: 100ft
Sighting: Turtles, Silkys
Current: Mild current and seas 2ft to 3 ft

Trip Date: 10/23 - 10/24/2004
Location: West Bank and East Bank
Water Temp: 82
Visibility: 75 feet
Sighting: Reef Sharks
Current: West Bank mild current and East no current seas 2ft to 3 ft

Trip Date: 10/16 - 10/17/2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 82
Visibility: 75ft
Sighting: Bullshark and Mantas
Current: mild currents and seas 4ft - 6th

Trip Date: 10/16 - 10/17/2004
Location: HI A389A
Water Temp: 83
Visibility: 75ft
Sighting: Turtles
Current: Mild current and seas 2ft - 3ft

Trip Date: 10/16 - 10/17/2004
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 83
Visibility: 75 feet
Sighting: West Bank Manta and East Bank Turtle
Current: mild current and seas 2ft - 3ft West and 3ft -4th East

Trip Date: 10/2 -10/3/04
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 79
Visibility: 60ft to 70 ft
Sighting: Silky sharks, turtles
Current: mild current and seas 1ft to 2ft

Trip Date: 10/2 -10/3/04
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 79
Visibility: 60ft to 70 ft
Sighting: Silky sharks, turtles
Current: mild current and seas 1ft to 2ft

Trip Date: 10/2 - 10/3/04
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 81
Visibility: West 75 feet and East Bank 80 to 85 feet
Sighting: West & East Bank large Manta Rays, turtles and Black Tip Sharks
Current: Mild current and seas 2ft to 3 ft


Trip Date: 6/19 - 6/20/04
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 79
Visibility: 80 feet
Sighting: Eagle Rays, Hammerheads, Sandbar sharks, Sting Rays, and a lots of fish
Current: Seas flat and no current

Trip Date: 6/19 - 6/20/04
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 82
Visibility: 60 ft to 70 ft
Sighting: Turtles, sharks
Current: seas flat and no current

Trip Date: 6/13 - 6/14/2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 78
Visibility: 100 feet
Sighting: Eagle Rays, Sting Ray, Moray Eels, Southern Rays
Current: mild

Trip Date: 6/13 - 6/14/2004
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 80
Visibility: 100 feet on West Bank - 80 feet on East Bank
Sighting: West Bank Silky Shark - East Bank Turtles, Bull Shark, Nurse Shark
Current: mild

Trip Date: June 6, 2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 82 surface and 76 reef
Visibility: 60 feet to 70 feet
Sighting: Manta Rays, Eagle Rays, Sting Rays, Hammerhead Sharks, and Bull Sharks
Current: mild

Trip Date: June 6, 2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 82 surface and 76 reef
Visibility: 60 feet to 70 feet
Sighting: Eagle Rays, Manta Rays, Sting Rays, Hammerhead Sharks, and Bull Sharks
Current: mild

Trip Date: June 5, 2004
Location: West and East Banks
Water Temp: 82 surface 78 reef
Visibility: 60 feet to 70 feet
Sighting: Large Amberjacks, Large groupers on West Bank - Manta Rays, sharks, turtles on East Bank
Current: mild currents on West and East Banks

Trip Date: 4/3 - 4/4/04
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 68
Visibility: 100 +
Sighting: Hammerheads, Eagle Rays, Turtle
Current: None

Trip Date: 4/3 - 4/04/04
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 70
Visibility: 65 ft to 75 ft
Sighting: Nothing special on the West Bank - East Bank Mantas, Grouper, Hammerheads, and Tigers. No Night Dive due to Tiger Shark in area
Current: mild

Trip Date: March 20th - 21st, 2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 66
Visibility: 60 feet
Sighting: Large school of Barracudas
Current: mild - seas starting out at 1ft to 2ft building to 3ft to 4ft

Trip Date: March 20th - 21st, 2004
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 68
Visibility: 60 feet to 75 feet
Sighting: Hammerheads, Turles, A.J.'s, Groupers,
Current: Mild - seas 3 feet to 4 feet

Trip Date: March 18 - 19, 2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 66
Visibility: 40 feet
Sighting: Hammerheads, Spinner Sharks, Mantas, Eels, Lobster
Current: Mild

Trip Date: March 18th - 19th, 2004
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 68
Visibility: 65 feet to 70 feet
Sighting: Hammerheads, Turtles, Eagle Rays
Current: Mild - seas 3ft to 4th chop

Trip Date: March 13th - 14th, 2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 66
Visibility: 50 ft top and 40 ft bottom
Sighting: hammerheads, eagle rays
Current: mild and seas 2ft building to 3ft to 4ft by noon

Trip Date: March 13th - 14th, 2004
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 68
Visibility: 70 ft to 80 ft
Sighting: Hammerheads, Eagle Rays, Mantas, Turtles
Current: mild and 3ft to 5ft chop

Trip Date: March 11 - 12, 2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 66
Visibility: 60 feet
Sighting: Hammerheads, Angels, Spinner Shark, Octopus
Current: mild and seas 2ft chop

Trip Date: March 11 - 12, 2004
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 68
Visibility: 80ft
Sighting: Hammerhead, Mantas, Turtles, & Eagle Rays
Current: Mild and 2 ft to 3 ft chop seas

Trip Date: March 6th - 7th, 2004
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 65
Visibility: 70feet
Sighting: Hammerheads, King Mackrel, French Angels, Sand Bar Sharks
Current: mild and 1ft to 2ft swells

Trip Date: March 6 - 7, 2004
Location: West Bank and East Bank
Water Temp: 68
Visibility: 60 feet
Sighting: Hammerheads, Eagle Rays, Tiger Sharks, Silky Sharks, Mantas
Current: Currents, 4ft - 5ft swells

Trip Date: 9/13 - 9/14/2003
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: 84
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Goldentail eel and the big resident loggerhead on the night dive, octopus on HI-A-389A
Current: zippy

Trip Date: 9/13 - 9/14/2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 84
Visibility: 150+
Sighting: Whale Shark! Eagle Rays, Manta Ray, Swimmy the hawksbill,and one very mobile frog fish
Current: surface only

Trip Date: 9/6 - 9/7 2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: mid 80's
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Manta Rays, Eagles Rays
Current: no current and calm seas

Trip Date: 9/6 - 9/7/2003
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: mid 80's
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Black tips, Silky, and Nurse sharks
Current: no current seas 3 -4 feet

Trip Date: 9/2-9/4/03
Location: Stetson Monitoring Cruise
Water Temp: 84
Visibility: 150 feet!
Sighting: turtles, sharks, rays, eels, crabs, spiny lobsters, the usual suspects, and one lonely frog fish
Current: nominal to smoking, depending on the size of your camera

Trip Date: 8/9 - 8/10/03
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 84
Visibility: 50 feet
Sighting: Turtles
Current: Seas 1 feet - 2 feet Strong Current

Trip Date: 8/9 - 8/10/03
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: 85
Visibility: 100 feet
Sighting: Eels, Manta
Current: Seas 1 feet to 2 feet

Trip Date: 8/9 - 8/10/03
Location: HIA 376A
Water Temp: 86
Visibility: 100 feet
Sighting: sharks
Current: seas 2 feet - 3 feet

Trip Date: 8/9 - 8/1/2003
Location: West Bank
Water Temp: 85
Visibility: 75 feet to 100 feet
Sighting: nothing unusually
Current: very little

Trip Date: 7/28 - 7/30/2003
Location: Stetson Banks
Water Temp: 83
Visibility: 50 feet
Sighting: Sting Rays, Mantas
Current: Seas 1 - 2 feet strong NE currents

Trip Date: 7/28 - 7/30/2003
Location: HI 389A
Water Temp: 86
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Amberjacks
Current: seas 1 - 2 feet mild east currents

Trip Date: 77/28 - 7/30/2003
Location: West Bank and East Bank
Water Temp: 85 and 84 degrees
Visibility: 100 feet on both banks
Sighting: Mantas, Reef Sharks,
Current: Seas 1 - 2 feet mild currents

Trip Date: 7/26 - 7/27/03
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 84
Visibility: 50 feet to 60 feet
Sighting: Turtles, Eagle Ray, Frog Fish
Current: strong surface current; mild current on bottom seas 1' to 2'

Trip Date: 7/26 - 7/27/03
Location: HI- 376A
Water Temp: 85
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: silky sharks
Current: strong currents a 50feet mild current on surface seas 2 to 3 feet

Trip Date: 7/26 - 7/27/03
Location: West Bank & East Bank
Water Temp: West Bk 84 and East Bank 85
Visibility: West Bank 100+ and East Bank 100+
Sighting: East Bank sharks
Current: West Bank strong surface current light current on bottom and East Bank mild current

Trip Date: 7/24 - 7/25/2003
Location: Stetson Banks
Water Temp: 84
Visibility: 40 feet to 60 feet
Sighting: turtles
Current: light N. Current seas 2feet to 3feet

Trip Date: 7/24 - 7/25/03
Location: West and East Banks
Water Temp: 85 West and 86 East
Visibility: 75 - 100 feet West and 100 feet East
Sighting: Manta Rays on the East Bank
Current: Light N. current and seas 2ft - 3ft on both banks

Trip Date: 7/19 - 7/20/2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 78
Visibility: very little
Sighting: nothing
Current: zero current flat seas

Trip Date: 7/19 - 7/20, 2003
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: 79
Visibility: 80 to 100
Sighting: mantas
Current: mild current flat seas

Trip Date: 7/19- 7/20, 2003
Location: West Bank
Water Temp: 80
Visibility: 100
Sighting: usual suspects
Current: zero current and flat seas

Trip Date: 7/19 - 7/20/2003
Location: 389 Rig
Water Temp: 80
Visibility: 100 +
Sighting: Whale Shark
Current: None

Trip Date: 7/19 - 7/20/2003
Location: 389 Rig
Water Temp: 80
Visibility: 100 +
Sighting: Whale Shark
Current: None

Trip Date: 7/17 - 7/18/2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 79
Visibility: 50+
Sighting: Bull Shark, loggerhead
Current: None

Trip Date: 7/17 - 7/18/2003
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: 78
Visibility: 100 +
Sighting: 2 Manta Rays
Current: None

Trip Date: July 10-11,2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 84 surface, 79 bottom
Visibility: pretty good
Sighting: frog fish (was black,now pink), Roughtail rays, Eagle rays, hawksbill turtles, and a Manta!
Current: not much

Trip Date: July 10-11,2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 84 surface, 79 bottom
Visibility: pretty good
Sighting: frog fish (was black,now pink), Roughtail rays, Eagle rays, hawksbill turtles, and a Manta!
Current: not much

Trip Date: July 10-11,2003
Location: West Bank
Water Temp: 84
Visibility: 100
Sighting: Whale shark flyby--with Basically Kenny C
Current: zero

Trip Date: July 7-9,2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 84 surface, 79 bottom
Visibility: 40-60ft
Sighting: Eagle rays, Southern stingrays
Current: usual Stetson

Trip Date: July 7-9, 2003
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: 84--no thermocline
Visibility: 80-100 ft
Sighting: Manta!
Current: somewhat arduous

Trip Date: 7/5 - 7/6/2003
Location: Stetson Seas 4ft - 6th
Water Temp: Surface 80 - Bottom 78
Visibility: 75feet
Sighting: Mantas, Eagle Rays, Stone Fish & a FROG FISH a large Atlantic Sting Ray
Current: strong

Trip Date: 7/5 - 7/6/2003
Location: West & East Banks
Water Temp: Surface WB 82 EB 81 & Bottom WB 80 EB 79
Visibility: West Bk 75 ft & East Bank 100 feet
Sighting: East Bank Manta Rays
Current: WB Mild East & EB Mild East Seas 4ft - 5th

Trip Date: 6/28 & 6/29/2003
Location: Stetson
Water Temp: high 70's
Visibility: 90+
Sighting: A VERY BIG WHALE SHARK
Current: Very little

Trip Date: 6/28 & 6/29/2003
Location: West and East Bank
Water Temp: 80
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Manta Rays & Turtles
Current: Very Little

Trip Date: June 21 - June 22, 2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: Surface 76 Bottom
Visibility: 75 feet
Sighting: small loggerhead turtle
Current: Strong East current

Trip Date: June 21 - June 22, 2003
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: Surface 77 Bottom 75
Visibility: 75
Sighting: Nurse shark
Current: mild North East current

Trip Date: June 21 - June 22, 2003
Location: West Bank
Water Temp: Surface 78 Bottom 74
Visibility: 75 feet
Sighting: usual small fish
Current: mild

Trip Date: May 3 -4, 2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: Dives Cancelled to Rough waters
Visibility: and high winds
Sighting: N/A
Current: N/A

Trip Date: May 3 - 4 , 2003
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: 75
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Black Tip Sharks
Current: Little current Seas 2feet

Trip Date: May 3 - 4, 2003
Location: Rig
Water Temp: 73
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Lots of fish, sharks, groupers
Current: Little Current Seas 2 feet

Trip Date: May 3 - 4, 2003
Location: West Bank
Water Temp: 73
Visibility: 100 +
Sighting: Eagle Rays, Turtles
Current: Little Current Seas 2 feet

Trip Date: 4/26 - 4/27/2003
Location: Stetson Bank
Water Temp: 69
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Eagle Rays, Bull shark
Current: No current Seas - 1 - 2 feet

Trip Date: 4/26 - 4/27/2003
Location: Rig - 376A
Water Temp: 71
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Sharks, Dolphins
Current: No Current Seas - calm

Trip Date: 4/26 - 4/27/03
Location: East Bank
Water Temp: 71
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: scattered hammerheads
Current: No current Seas - 1 - 2 feet

Trip Date: 4/26 - 4/27/2003
Location: West Bank
Water Temp: 71
Visibility: 100+
Sighting: Turtles, Eagle Rays
Current: No current Seas 1 - 2 feet