Wanda & Martin De Moya's Site
These are pictures taken on March 5th, 2006. My "compadre", Renzo Seravalle, and I did 2 dives that day in the Miami area. First, we did the wreck of the Orion; the second dive was at a nice unnamed reef. The Orion was used during the widening of the Panama Canal in Central America. The vessel's engines were converted from electric to diesel to be used as a floating mechanic school. However, funding decreased and the boat went unused for 5 years until the State of Florida seized it and absorbed this ship into the artificial reef program. She was placed in 125 feet of water but shifted to 95 feet with the pressure of the anchor pulling her along. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew brought destruction to this vessel, tearing off the pilot house which landed in the sand next to the ship still intact. The pilot house often contains schools of bait fish. Grouper are also a common sight at this location.
We are now mostly using the great services of Florida Frogman for diving. You can visit their website www.floridafrogman.com to learn more about them. Please ask for Pete (he's in a couple of pictures) if you call them.
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%20-%20003.jpg "The Diving Chariot....:-)")
%20-%20004.jpg "Renzo Seravalle (He took most of the pictures) and Martin")
%20-%20005.jpg "On the way down to the Orion")
%20-%20007.jpg "Renzo on the deck of the Orion")
%20-%20009.jpg "A school of grunts")
%20-%20015.jpg "Pete from Florida Frogman")
%20-%20018.jpg "A Green Moray Eel with a Cobra complex")
%20-%20019.jpg "Nice close up Renzo!")
%20-%20021.jpg "The Pilot House from the Orion")
%20-%20022.jpg "The Pilot is in the house....LOL!")
%20-%20026.jpg "Renzo behind the propellers")
%20-%20027.jpg "A couple of angel fish are trying to hide")
%20-%20033.jpg "A beautiful Queen Angel Fish (nice pic Renzo!)")
%20-%20037.jpg "On the deck of the Orion")
%20-%20038.jpg "Nice smile Renzo....")
%20-%20039.jpg "Renzo")
%20-%20041.jpg "Pete and Renzo")
%20-%20042.jpg "Peter Jr. and Pete from Florida Frogman")
%20-%20001.jpg "These next pics are from the second dive of the day on a reef")
%20-%20002.jpg "I need my hood!!!!!..it was freezing down there...")
%20-%20003.jpg "A Hamlet (I think a Butter Hamlet)")
%20-%20004.jpg "A couple of Spotfin Butterflyfish")
%20-%20014.jpg "A small nurse shark")
%20-%20017.jpg "A delicious grouper")
%20-%20019.jpg "A spotted moray eel")
%20-%20021.jpg "Nice view of the reef")
%20-%20024.jpg "A Foureye Butterflyfish")
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%20-%20003.jpg "The Diving Chariot....:-)")
The Diving Chariot....:-)
