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This is a slightly old posting to rec-scuba I did a few weeks ago. I thought some of you on the BB might be interested. ---------- From: Christopher, Tom To: rec-scuba Subject: Savannah Georgia Dive Trip ---------- From: Christopher, Tom This past weekend, 1July 1995, I made a dive trip to the Georgia coast. We departed from Savannah Georgia (Coffee Bluff Landing actually) at approximately 0800 Hrs and proceeded to the "J" Buoy which marks a group of artificial reefs approximately 20 miles east south east of Savannah. The trip out took about and hour and seas were in the two to four foot range with a light chop. There was a wind from the south at approximately 5 to 10 knts which generated the before mentioned light chop, however it was of no significance other than to keep it really comfortable. When we arrived at the dive sight we located the portion of the reef we wished to dive, a Coast Guard Buoy Tender by the name of the Sage Brush. Other sections of the reef are parts of a Liberty ship, and a old tugboat or two, I think. There are also some limestone shoals in the area. We only dove the Sage Brush. The Sage Brush sits in approximately 75 feet of water, upright on its keel and is in excellent condition. I am unsure of how long it has been in place I would guess though that it has been there for at least 10 years based on the amount of marine growth present. Water visibility was from 40 to 50 feet and certainly good enough for safe diving, I should mention one point though when outside of the Sage Brush on the sand bottom it is very easy to decrease the visibility because the sand is very fine and is easily stirred up. This does not present a real problem, one should just be aware of it. Sea life, was to say the least, abundant. Schools of fish were present from bait fish to several nice grouper, the occasional Barracuda and one Nurse Shark of approximately 8 feet. Very large schools of bait fish were hovering over the reef at approximately 35 feet from the bottom and were constantly being circled by Spanish Mackerel. I was impressed with the dive and hope to soon dive other artificial and natural reefs in the area Point of interest for those of you unfamiliar with the sea and its storms. The liberty ship was broken in half by Hurricane Hugo and the two sections now rest more than a mile from each other no small feat I would say! How to get there, I can be of little help in this area, presently there are not any dive shops running dive trips out of Savannah that I am aware, of so you either must know someone with a boat suitable for a trip of this type or you may be able to make arrangements with a local charter boat captain to take you out. I feel that the trip would be well worth it, I certainly enjoyed it and plan to dive one of the other sites in the area as soon as I can. Tom Christopher e-mail: tchristo@pd*.ti*.ro*.af*.mi*
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