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Smith Shoal

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Reviewed By: lifegrdmike		May 19, 2008
Worth a gander; not a bad snorkel/free diving site. If the atlantic is too rough, this is not a bad alternative. We had some trouble anchoring; we dragged for about 5 min, I ultimately dove down and wedged the anchor under a rock :) On the way to the shoal, I was a little uneasy with the abundance of barracuda, but they hardly paid us any mind. With a depth of only 20' at the tower and 30' surround, I recommend this as a snorkel as much of what you'll see is at the tower and easily seen even without free diving. For the free diver, you can swim around and through the base of the tower which was teeming with sea life. Climbing the tower is not all together rewarding as it is completely covered in bird poo and there is no land in site from the limited height- you can only go up about 30'. Vis here is hit or miss, but we had about 25' which was more than sufficient for a second snorkel after visiting the nearby Alexander.

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