Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fort Pierce - Boat Ramp

["Alan James" <alanjames@xtra.co.nz>]

Hi Jon,
Just to throw another "curve ball" in there; if you're in an inlet you're
going to have more current running than on the coast. I guess this needs to 
be
looked at also.
Alan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Wallace" <jonw@psubs.org>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fort Pierce - Boat Ramp


> Regrettably, I have removed dive operation planning from the 2010 
> convention.  Any diving will have to be planned contemporaneously in Ft. 
> Pierce since I am unable to ascertain whether, and where, diving may be 
> allowed in/around the Ft. Pierce inlet and Indian River area.  The USCG in 
> Ft. Pierce and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Department are both 
> incompetent and inept, unable to answer questions about their own 
> jurisdiction or point me to people that can.  I suspect that if both 
> entities were dismantled tomorrow nobody would notice.
>
> Yesterday I spent four hours and 45 minutes "air-time" on the phone with a 
> multitude of agencies including the Coast Guard, FBI, Florida Fish and 
> Wildlife Conservation, County Administrator, Ft. Pierce City Marina, US 
> Customs Port Lucie, Homeland Security Miami, Code Enforcement, Dept 
> Environmental Protection, St. Lucie Sheriff's Office, Ft. Pierce Police 
> Dept, and a local dive shop.  As you can see, I was bumped from one place 
> to another by well intentioned but horribly misinformed people.  What I 
> did ascertain through this process is that there is no state or local law 
> prohibiting diving in the Ft. Pierce inlet area.  The code enforcement 
> office told me straight out that even if it were illegal, they had no 
> intention of spending time sending officers to the area, or into the 
> water, to kick out any divers.  The CG *thought* diving was not permitted 
> but could not provide a reference to any federal, state, or local law that 
> actually prohibits it.  The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office has a marine 
> division that patrols the waters, but getting through to the marine 
> division has proven impossible and twice now my call has been forwarded to 
> the Aviation division who rightly have answered my questions with "Why are 
> you calling us???"
>
> There's only so much research and planning I can do from 1500 miles away 
> over the phone, and I have no reason to believe that more phone calls are 
> going to get me any closer to a definitive answer about where we can dive. 
> With too many other things to plan, I cannot afford to spend any more time 
> on this.  If somebody local to the area wants to take the lead, then they 
> are welcome to continue the research and plan the dive activities. 
> Otherwise, we'll have to do some legwork locally when we get down there 
> and take the chance that we can actually walk in to talk to someone face 
> to face.
>
> Jon
>
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