4-21-12TISIRI and Divetalking.com spent the last two weeks with the young gentlemen of Safe Harbor Maritime Academy helping prepare them for open water scuba certification. This past weekend the students executed their open water diving requirements and became certified scuba divers. See pictures and...
Read MoreFishing gear supply auction (rods, reels, lures)
4-23-12Below are offshore fishing equipment supplies TISIRI is auctioning off to benefit TISIRI's efforts. Please take a look at the items in the pictures and make your bid in the comments section below. You do not need to provide your actual name if you would like...
Read More5 Reefs Added to Reefs Revealed Map
4-19-12Today TISIRI added five additional North East Florida offshore destinations to our Reefs Revealed map. See our map on the TISIRI Homepage and tell us below which five sites are the newest additions to the map. There are eighteen total anchors on the map...
Read MoreNews Stations Report the Gulf America Wreck
Broadcast networks WTEV and WJXT report the current condition of the S.S. Gulf America Wreck with TISIRI's Joe Kistel. The news stations reference video and pictures of the wreckage captured by Kistel only two weeks ago. TISIRI and the JRRT investigated the Gulf America Reef to observe its current condition and collect visual media of the site.
Read MoreS.S. Gulf America Wreck, 70 years later
JRRT and TISIRI divers investigate the S.S. Gulf America wreck 70 years after her sinking. See pictures and video captured of the wreckage by TISIRI's Joe Kistel below.
Read MoreFirst Coast News Lionfish Story
Mike Prangley of Jacksonville's First Coast News discusses recent lionfish sightings with TISIRI's Joe Kistel. Lionfish are not new to the waters of north east Florida but this is the first reported TISIRI sighting in the area since 2009. Lionfish sightings are a concern because lionfish are not known to have natural predators in non-native Atlantic waters,they are aggressive eaters, and reproduce at early ages. The fear is these animals will severally deplete populations of other native fish and invertebrate species.
Read MoreAction News Jacksonville Lionfish Invasion Story
TISIRI's Joe Kistel discusses lionfish encountered offshore St. Augustine Florida with Action News Jacksonville.
Read MoreLionfish encountered offshore St. Augustine Florida
On each dive divers reported encounters with lionfish. This is somewhat of a surprise as TISIRI divers have not encountered lionfish offshore North East Florida for the past few years. The pictures above are proof of the encounters.
Read MoreCalling Jacksonville Scuba Divers, Fishermen, and the curious
Join us March 29th at 7pm for a look into the underwater world of Jacksonville Florida. TISIRI will introduce offshore scuba diving and fishing destinations of North East Florida, the wild animals living there, and how some of these reefs systems came to be. Furthermore we...
Read MoreTISIRI's New Dive Boat
TISIRI's New Dive Boat
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