Blue Heron Bridge
Diving in Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA is well-known with divers from across the globe. PADI’s Sport Diver magazine has nominated this dive site as the best one in the world in 2013 and now it attracts even more divers. While scuba diving in Blue Heron Bridge divers can admire various marine species in one place, which is easy accessible. Scuba diving in Blue Heron Bridge is possible in the protected area of Lake Worth Lagoon, where currents can be quite strong, and the whole dive site consists of two parts - the small bridge and the large one. In this area divers can explore sunken shopping carts and rowboats, where it is also possible to see fish and lobsters. However, divers should remember that diving in Blue Heron Bridge is obligatory with a diving flag and not in the area of boat channel and fishing.
When To Go Diving
Climate is tropical in West Palm Beach. Divers should visit the area from May to September. Air and water temperatures during this time reach 28-31C/82-87F. The cold season runs from December to February with air and water averages of 14-16C/57-60F.
What to see
Numerous species of all the sizes can be spotted while diving under the bridge pillars. Among the local creatures divers can encounter seahorses, pipefish, octopi, batfish, frogfish, nudibranchs and groupers.