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Palm Beach, Florida
Drift dives, wreck treks, and a world-famous tide-timed shore dive in South Florida
Updated Dec 13, 2025 • 15 sources
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Destination Guide Sources For Palm Beach, Florida
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15 sources • Updated Dec 13, 2025
Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Dec 13, 2025.
- Palm Beach County Parks: Phil Foster Park (Blue Heron Bridge) rules and snorkel trail - Park hours, snorkel trail depth, divers-down flag and no-harvest rules, and night dive permit guidance.
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Diver-down flag regulations - Official Florida diver-down flag distances and boater behavior requirements.
- Palm Beach County ERM: Palm Beach County Reefs (natural reefs, mooring buoys, and artificial reefs) - Background on Palm Beach County reef resources, mooring buoy locations, and artificial reef program context.
- Palm Beach County Parks: Peanut Island Park - Peanut Island access details, water taxi information, and park rules.
- NOAA Tides and Currents: Tide predictions for Lake Worth / Port of Palm Beach area - Use NOAA tide predictions to plan slack-tide sessions at Blue Heron Bridge.
- National Hurricane Center: Atlantic hurricane season dates - Official hurricane season context used for the season planner (June 1 through November 30).
- Palm Beach County ERM: Sea Turtles (nesting season guidance and beach rules) - Palm Beach County sea turtle nesting season window (March 1 to October 31) and responsible beach behavior tips.
- Peanut Island Shuttle Boat: Ticket pricing - Round-trip ticket prices used for fee planning.
- Palm Beach County Parks: Peanut Island camping information - Camping fees and stay limits for Peanut Island.
- Jupiter Dive Center: Goliath grouper and seasonal wildlife notes - Local operator guidance on goliath grouper aggregation season used for encounter windows.
- Jupiter Dive Center: Seasonal diving overview (including shark season notes) - Local operator calendar used for seasonal shark and water-condition context.
- Florida State Parks: John D. MacArthur Beach State Park fees - Entrance fee used in fees and permits section.
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Wildlife Alert Hotline - Wildlife Alert Hotline number used for reporting injured marine wildlife.
- Divers Alert Network (DAN): Emergency hotline reference - DAN emergency hotline reference used in safety and medical support sections.
- Photo credit: Tessa Edmiston