John Strunk holds up his lobster catch. He recommends getting your gear checked and taking a practice dive in advance of the July 30-31 miniseason. Photo by Steve Waters/The Coastal Star
By Steve Waters
Just about everyone who dives for lobsters l
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Engineer Jonathan Pugh, of Ocean Ridge, worked with Triton Submarines on the dive team that sent Sullivan more than 35,000 feet below the surface. Photos provided by Enrique Alvarez/Caladan Oceanic
By Willie Howard
Ocean Ridge native Jonathan Pugh g
Scuba divers and dive charter operators turned out in force at the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission’s April 26 meeting in Fort Lauderdale to oppose a proposal that would have allowed a limited harvest of goliath groupers. FWC commissio
Underwater photographer Sandra Edwards shows a photo of a goliath grouper nicknamed Wilbur that stays around the M/V Castor wreck off Boynton Beach. She was one of many divers who came to a July 31 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission meet
Diving student Seth Butcher, foreground, practices buoyancy control during a scuba diving class held on the bottom of the pool at Pompey Park Recreation Center in Delray Beach. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
Even if you live near the ocean in South
A snorkeler explores the remains of the Lofthus, located in 15 to 20 feet of water
off Manalapan. The ship, which wrecked 117 years ago, is a state-designated underwater archaeological preserve.
Photo by Dan Volker/South Florida Dive Journal
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