Dive Review of Seaseacher II in
The Continental USA/Flower Gardens

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Seaseacher II, Mar, 2005, by Greg Swager, NM, USA . Report 1632.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Since Flower Gardens is about 100 miles south of Freeport (Houston), TX, only way to check for sea conditions is bouy. Dive operation called dive shop at noon on the day of departure and gave us a "Go" even though we were already on the road, 10 1/2 hours drive. Bad weather was forecasted on the day of arrival. Currents is strong on top. Rope is lead from the stern to the moor about 20' underwater in front of boat. Dive down where the moor is anchored. Currents is weak on the bottom. Advanced divers is strongly recommended due to depth and currents. Saw a part of hammerhead shark, plenty of fishes such as parrotfish, grunts, a moray eel, remains of shells, numerous brain corals. Most of corals are huge! Did dive under oil rig. Lots of "young" fishes. Night dive is offerred but was cancelled due to bad weather. Winds picked up speed an afternoon before the last day of dive, earlier than we expected. Since seas were too rough, we had to head back to port 12 hours earlier. Did 3 out of 7 dives (1 1/2 days) due to bad weather. Website is [seasearcherii.com link]. Planning to do it again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Channel Islands, TX- Missle silo & Balmorrhea Springs, and Santa Rosa in NM.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	69-70°F / 21-21°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	130' max depth. 2 hours minimum surface time. Dive in at approx. same time due to 2 hours minimum surface time. Divemaster keeps track of everyone on max depth of dive and time.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Live aboard boat provides two fresh water tanks for underwater cameras. Has bench with flat carpet to lay camera. I have compact camera with a roll of film. Forgot to turn it on for oil rig dive. Only way is to take waterproof case apart and turn the camera on. Learned a lesson and plan to buy a camera that can be controlled everything by buttons outside while underwater, even if you forget to turn it on. Recommend to have a flasher from side to avoid backscatters by water particles. You'll also need macro for corals and anemones.

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Dive Review of Seaseacher II in The Continental USA/Flower Gardens

Seaseacher II, Mar, 2005,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Seaseacher II in
The Continental USA/Flower Gardens