New Florida resident, help!

[StingrayKurt]

Hello everyone im new to this forum and in June i will be new to Florida. IM moving to the Tampa area and I was wondering if there are any cool sea life around that area. Like if i were to go snorkleing in the tide pools around there what would i find?? When i move to tampa ill be going to school at Hillsborough Community College to study aquaculture. Any information on any of this would be much helpful. thanks everyone. by the way im from Michigan . thanks again
Kurt

[cwegescheide]

Hi Kurt,

Let me be the first to welcome you to Tampa. I've lived in Tampa for a few years. To be honest I don't really know of any places to snorkel near Tampa but I've heard of people going snorkeling off a key in Fort Desoto, cant remember the name of it but if you go to Desoto then look for the Ferry and it takes you to where you can snorkel. Most of the water around Tampa is too murky to see 2 ft in front of your face. That makes me NERVOUS!!! lol If I were you I'd drive down to the keys, Largo especially to snorkel.

[Loverotties]

Welcome to TRT! also.

[afbengochea]

Welcome to trt Yeah if u head down this way theres a bunch of places to snorkel. Of course theres a great national park to snorkel in as well as a reef off of fort lauderdale beach

[beechbouy]

The Gulf of Mexico is pretty silty which makes it nearly impossible to see more than a couple of feet down. Still, you can usually find some cool invertebrates in tide pools and shallow waters. Over the years I've manged to catch (in my hand) both a very small puffer and a seahorse during my frequent dips in the Gulf. No one is going to confuse the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean, but it has its moments.

[Geoff]

Welcome to TRT!!!



not to sure about the tidal pools in the gulf. we usually just went to the PCB area. i do know there are plenty of large sharks off shore though. ohh, i was not suppose to mention that. i usually take my Nacra out and routinely pass over a good 8-10' shark of some kind when sailing around the area. i have been told i need to tell people that they are dolphins.

G~

[StingrayKurt]

wow thanks for that last comment...kinda got me shaken haha but yea thanks for all the welcomes and i really look forward to be down there. In june ill be arriving and before then ill be taken a trip to get all my stuff situated. does anyone know anything about the hillsborough community college brandon campus and how good theyre aquaculture programs are? so even clearwater and st petes beach has murkey waters or is it just in tampa?

[dobejazz]

Welcome to TRT !!