Tomorrow's the big day. We're going to finally blow some
bubbles. By the way, have you guys ever wondered what these
yellow poles mean when you're visiting the beach?
Specifically here in the Panhandle Gulf Coast of
Florida. I thought it was a decoration. It's not. What is
it exactly? These yellow poles are basically a guidance if you
want to be able to get out to the reefs. They have a ton of
artificial reefs here on the Gulf Coast of Florida. So, when
we first walked up to the beach here for Great Beach State
Park, we saw something that said turtle reef and we were
like, oh my gosh, it's a reefer turtles. Not exactly. They're
the reason they call it turtle reef is it's an artificial reef
in the shape of a turtle. Well, that's handy dandy really cool.
Basically, in order to find the reef, these poles serve as like
a guideway and what you do is as you're paddling out to where
the reef is, you want to look back at shore and these two
yellow poles need to be completely lined up so that you
only see one yellow pole and that way you know that you're
on course to go to this reef How cool is that? Hold on. Let
me try this out. I want to see if this is really. You're, are
you messing with me being real? This is really happening, isn't
it? So, if they're lined up, we're good and if they're off,
we're not good. This looks really good. So, it must be out
there somewhere. But if we were like this, this is bad? Is that
what you're saying? Yeah, if the poles are, if you see two
poles, you're off course. Man, the more you know, where did
you learn this? Where does this information lie in your head?
The internet. What is that? Well, the YouTube or just going
to like the websites for these beaches. You'll see other reefs
not just turtle reef but there's a seahorse reef.
There's a dolphin reef. Wow, it's really sunny out. I could
barely see you guys. Speaking of sunny, look me in my eyes
and tell me how you expect us to carry all the scuba gear
from the truck out there and survive all the heat because
it's going to be heat index tomorrow. Yeah, it's going to
be hot. It's going to be even more toasty than it is today.
Not only do we have to find this reef tomorrow but we also
have to carry heavy in the hot sand. We also are thinking will
we find parking during the day tomorrow because we are not
walking all of our gear from the campsite. I don't know.
There's a lot of concerns. I worry about these things. I
don't know how we're actually going to make this happen
because if there is no parking, there's no way we're going to
count like be able to carry all that gear from our campsite
here, survive the heat, we're getting dehydrated. Carl's
going to get extremely sunburned and we're may not
even find this reef. How far off is this the shore is this
reef? Well, that's another concern said if it's not hard
to paddle out there and then snorkel but if you are like
shore diving which is what we're doing it's a bit of a
swim it's like almost. 15 miles or that might be what it is is
there any pluses for this the pluses is that we might see
some cool marine life like I heard there's sharks out there
no way so yeah like what kind of sharks like big ones I don't
know like 56foot sharks or what I don't know they just said
there could be sharks so great let's let's just go find out.
Oh and jellyfish. Oh. Because as you can see, they are flying
the purple flag. It's yellow and purple which means there's
stinging marine life and then yellow means like mild
currents. I feel like the story just keeps getting more and
more intense as we go along and we always set ourselves up for
that. There's a lot we gotta worry about tomorrow. Great. I
hope we make it. Yeah. Can we at least look forward to normal
fish? Maybe. Alright, I'll take it. I guess we'll just stress
about this tonight. Well, the sand is squeaky.
Alright. So, I just got my handy-dandy dive flag and so I
went to a dive shop that I just found through like Google. It's
called Dive 30 A and 30 A doesn't mean 30 amp. That's
just the highway but either way, if you guys are looking at
like where you should come and get gear or if you want some
information about where you can snorkel and some cool stuff.
Just head to your local dive shop. It's not just information
for scuba divers. It's also like gear and information you
need for actual snorkeling. Uh we're really excited because
it's been a while since we went diving but it sounds like we're
just going to go do a shore dive from Beach State Park and
just go all the way out to the turtle reef. How cool is it
that we finally have our own dive flag? Uh. Good morning and
happy Friday to you all.
Bye.
Perfect. So what's the game plan? Dive shop then the beach.
Yeah. We're just going to go right to the beach. I'm hope
that we get a parking spot because I don't think we will.
I think it's already full. Babe it's only 9 o'clock. Summer. Oh
it's summer. I always forget about that. Come on Carl. Oh
Dexter's going with two. What do you got there? What is that
thing? This is the real so we can hold on to the flag you
know for real. I was just going to say that. You knew I
was going to say that. I was waiting to like have you stop
talking so I could be like for real. I'm done. You go dime by
yourself. Oh my god. Have a good night. No, I'm done. Gotta
go get our gear and then we are headed right to the parking lot
which is where we are. So, we're basically going to a dive
shop coming back and really hoping that we're going to get
a parking spot. I'll know if we'll get a parking spot when
we pull out of this thing if they have the sign up that says
daily admission parking is full. I don't know what we're
going to do if that happens. We'll have to walk all of our
gear like half a mile to the beach. Is there anyone we know
who has a golf cart? You know what? No we don't.
Alright, let's do this.
We can take it slow you're willing I'mma let you be the
boss because I know where you go
go where you go. Alright, moment of truth. Well, I mean,
I already know the truth. We just passed the sign getting in
that says, the day area is full. And it's only 955 in the
morning. So, it's so quick. Plan B is we'll drop you off.
Get all the gear out. You'll sit there and wait. I'll go
park the truck at the campsite and walk back. That's a lot.
It's a far walk. Look at that. Hopefully, I survive the heat.
Look at this lonely person out here walking. This is going to
be me and all the bikers are going to be passing me being
like. Loser. Well, there's also that other parking lot. Maybe
that other parking lot will have a sad spot. Maybe. You
want to go diving in the lagoon instead with the gators? With
the gators. Awesome. Gators. There does look like parking
over there. Yeah. Well, I'm not carrying all the gear that far,
babe. No, but you won't have to park at the camper. You could
just park it there. Oh. And walk here. That's why I married
you. Duh. I knew I was forgetting something. Hold on.
There's a spot. There's a spot. Oh my god. There's a spot. Nice
job Nene. Whoo. You found it, huh? Yes. I would've drove
right past it. Right next to taxi. Oh, watch watch. Oh,
don't hit that car. Yay. Look at, we got a parking spot and
it's like so close to the beach. How close could we get?
My anxieties have just disappeared. Okay, I'm going to
get close on my side. Look at this. Handy dandy parking. You
can get a little closer on this side. Okay. Well, you thirsty?
I'm already dehydrated bro. Here's the plan. We are going
to get the tanks and everything all hooked up and set up.
You're not listening. Yeah and. Listen I need you to be Kyle
not Carl right now. What's up baby? Kyle here. I don't
believe you. It's Ken and it's Carl still. Let's get all the
like the tanks set up and ready so that and then we'll lay them
down and then we'll sunscreen and suit up like get our
sunscreen and all that on. I love how you gotta state the
obvious, you know? No, but I was worried you would put
sunscreen on first. No, no, no, no, No, not at all.
Be quiet you.
I don't know about you but it is extremely hot right now. I'm
ready to get in the water. I'm going to die a heat stroke
before I actually get in the water. I heard there's
jellyfish and sharks so it should be a good time. It's
going to be fun. Keep it fresh. That's how we do it in the
Hanks family. It's stick it through here. A pocket or
something. Yeah. There's. Like usually you could just kind of
coil it and put it in the pocket there. Yeah I don't I
need it like handy. I can't have it like. Yeah that only
monitors how much air you have left. What's what's so
important about that? Yeah I know. Nate went to go just cool
off real quick in the showers. We're getting ready to go out
but man you gotta find every bit of shady can. I'm hiding in
the shadow right now and trying to hide from the sun but the
problem is with Florida there's no hiding from the heat because
it's just pure humidity. It's like you're walking in a hot
sauna all the time. But we should be all set up. Gear's
ready to go. The only pain in the butt is we have to carry
all this gear to the beach which is probably 150 yards
away from here. 800 so maybe not over exaggerating but
nonetheless strap in. We'll do all the heavy lifting. You guys
just enjoy the ride. I'm ready to go. I'm nice and cool now.
Yo, what's up bro?
Well, that was a long walk out here. Oh, the water feels so
good. It's like bath water. Kinda sucks as bath water but
it's better than nothing. I'm not complaining. Are you
complaining? Mm hmm. A little trick here. This thing controls
if we go up or down. So, if I squeeze the blue button, we go
up like the vest around me blows up with air and we go up
and then if I we press this black button on top, it lets
all the air out and we start sinking. Oh, I see. So, a cool
trick is so you don't waste your air because this air comes
from your tank to blow up. You can actually hold this black
ball. Emmanually breathe into it. That way, I'm not using all
my air on my back and I have a longer time to stay down
underwater or you know.
Hi,
It's day thirty-six. I've been out here all alone. Where's my
wife? That girl man. You think she's hard to find in the
grocery store? Take her out to see. You'll lose her just as
quick. There's those yellow poles way down beyond A. Those
are the yellow poles like you try to keep em lined up. We're
slightly off but we're almost there. Once they're lined up
and you only see one pole, you know, you're on the right
headache but we're headed that way. Dad joke. What's that?
Oh, nice. I think I'll check it out. Thanks. Thank you. Okay,
ready to go now? So, like I guess Scott does say, there
might be a shark out here. So, we're going to go check it out.
That'll be cool. You want to go see a shark? Yeah.
Turtle Reef is one of many artificial reefs located
offshore at Greyton Beach State Park.
Diving is one of the many ways to experience turtle reef with
snorkeling being the most popular.
These fiberglass pilings sit six feet below the water and
are what create the turtle design you see from above.
We spotted what we believed to be a reef shark but we're only
able to catch just a glimpse before it took off into the
abyss.
Hundreds of fish swarming around us almost made us lose
our sense of direction but in the best way.
It can be a bit of a swim to the reef so it is recommended
to have a kayak, paddle board, or even some sort of flotation
device.
Well, that was pretty awesome. We got to see lots of fish. I
saw a couple sharks. I was trying to get em on camera but
they were so quick. I think I saw about a five-foot shark
down there. There was two of them actually. Renee was able
to see em as well. So, that was really cool. This is amazing. I
love it. I'm going to come diving more.
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