[ricki]

If you have a kayak, dive scooter and/or are a strong swimmer you can make the Third Reef off Deerfield fairly easily. The shelf is fairly narrow there bring the Third reef fairly close to shore. For years I used to do SCUBA scooter beach dives out to the 90 ft. contour there. I would hit the nearshore beach rock reef, the sugarloaf reefs in 45 ft. go a distance down the outer third reef ledge at 90 ft. and return with some excursions down the inner two reefs. If you had a new battery you could cover a lot of ground and with a single 120 cft. steel tank you had air to spare. We're talking about free diving here though. There is frequently a honking strong current there north or south running depending on the Florida Current, gyres and the tides. Also, there can be a lot of boat traffic so have a care.