The site is called "Blue Heron Bridge". New to us but well know to the locals as one of the best shallow dives for small creatures. Sea Horses, Bat Fish, Eagle Rays, Sea Robins, Blennies of several kinds, Spade Fish, Barracudas and more abound in the area. The bridge has a "West" and an "East" side that can be dived but only between an hour before and after the high tide because of the natural currents.
To get local information and to rent our tanks we visited "Force-E" dive shop (very close to the dive site). There we met Mark Kosarin who gave us a map and verbal details as to how to do the dive. He was very informative, passionate about diving the site and passionate about photography too.
With this newly found wealth of information we drove over the bridge and entered the "Phil Foster Park". It was getting late and the tide had already turned. However upon looking at the water conditions and the fish we could see without even getting in the water, we decided to snorkel! We took our cameras and snorkeled along the beach and the west side of the bridge. We saw many creatures, fish and even Manatees. We were very excited!
We got familiar with the area and ended up scuba diving the place 3 times over different days. We took hundreds of pictures, we enjoyed diving in the current and putting our skills both as photographers and divers to test under different conditions than the ones we normally dive.
Our last dive we ended it after sunset as the tides were getting later and later every day.
I want to acknowledge and thank Mark from "FORCE-E" for all his help to make this dives so memorable for us. And I want to recommend to all divers if you happen to be visiting South Florida, take the opportunity to dive this site as you will be blown away by the abundance of marine life. Visit the guys at "FORCE-E" to rent what you need and get info (You can even hire a Dive Guide to point out more things and navigate the site with ease) and off you go to one of the most prolific sites on the planet!
Until next dive...
Sergio
