Dive Review of Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures/Hyatt West Palm in
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Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures/Hyatt West Palm, Jul, 2013, by Joseph Gallagher, MD, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 7271.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$
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Comments	I spent a week of diving in West Palm Beach. The first four days were spent on reefs south of the West Palm inlet (there was a purging of local canals into the inlet and the currents carried those muddied waters north and dive boats during this week were operating in the clearer reefs south of the inlet). Along the reefs were abundant turtles, nurse sharks, Giant Groupers, Rays, and lobster. The currents were manageable, except around the wrecks just west of the inlet. At these wrecks you had to tie off or find shelter from the currents in order to take pictures. The highlight of the week was a day trip shark dive on Friday to take pictures of sharks in open water several miles from shore. This was a dive for experienced divers and Jim Abernathy's handling of the event ensured great opportunities to take photos of groups of sharks.
Websites	Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Great barrier reef, andaman sea, Grand caymans, Bahamas, Hawaii, Red Sea, Gloucester,
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits were enforced in open ocean drift dive, all other dives were drift dives on reefs and time was set for surfacing and collection by the dive boat.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Boat Crew sensitive to handling of cameras and wiling to assist. Shark Dive was set up for photographers. Once the crew assessed dive capability they were willing to let photographers swim the reef at their pace to take pictures.

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Dive Review of Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures/Hyatt West Palm in The Continental USA/West Palm Beach

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Dive Review of Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures/Hyatt West Palm in
The Continental USA/West Palm Beach