We have 2 spots open for Oyster Diving, next Saturday, Oct. 22nd with Capt. Charlie Bryan on the Julie Marie dive boat, out of Kent Narrow, MD. The Julie Marie is a six pack and the cost of diving is $85/pp, which includes 2 dives. The depth is no more than 20' and usually closer to 10-12', which leads to very long bottom times. Diving is pretty easy and straightforward. You just bring a catch bag and start collection as many oysters as you can find. As your bag fills, you can bring it back to the boat to be emptied and continue diving for more. Capt. Charlie sorts through them, tossing back any empties/dead ones. At the end of the day, all the oysters collected (including the plentiful supply the one mate usually gets) are divided among the six divers. We've come back each year with several dozen. This will be our third consectutive year doing this dive. We are driving down on Friday, Oct. 21st and I have rooms reserved at the Sleep Inn in Kent Narrows, which is only 10 minutes from the boat. The room rate is $120/night. There are other accomodations in the area (Best Western, Holiday Inn Express) that were closer to $200/night if you are so inclined. It's about a 3 hour drive from Central Jersey. We don't leave the dock on Sat. until about 9AM and are usually back from the dives in the early afternoon. We're planning on grabbing dinner at any area restaurant and then driving back on Sat. evening. If you are interested or need more information, please reply to Melissa at 908-672-4489 or at mapalfy@optonline.net Thanks.
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