Spectacular Oakland Park Reef Dive 2024-03-09

We live in beach diving paradise here in South Florida. And while Lauderdale by the Sea gets the claim as the dive capital of Florida, I would put Oakland Park Reef right up there with it. Join the South Florida Beach Divers as we venture out and explore this reef to the south. It was a strong northern current, so we got a workout in.
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[@freedomwanderer91]

Peaceful. Beautiful dive.

[@shangjackie5666]

Like your video, like the music

[@sgbbco3981]

What type of angelfish are the large ones? Beautiful and sad at same time... lots of old dead coral but also plenty of life fighting on and trying to persevere in these quickly changing times.
Thanks for sharing.

[@OceansBlue333]

The dark gray ones with splashes of yellow stripes are French Angels. The lighter gray ones with dark gray spots are Gray Angels.

[@Ilmmic]

Short questions here from Germany, Is the permanent surface buoy mandatory for dives in the US? And how much drag does it cause? I could imagine that you could possible need significant more air?

[@OceansBlue333]

Here in Florida it’s mandatory to have the red ‘diver down’ flag, either with the diver or displayed from a dive boat. With larger groups, it’s best to have more than one flag as the group will likely separate based on experience. The flag creates a little bit of drag, but nothing significant where you need more air. Actually it a good indicator of how strong the current is

[@Ilmmic]

@@OceansBlue333 thank you for the quick response and good know in case we will dive in Florida. Great channel and looking forward to more with you an your guys... Happy Eastern