Scuba Diving · Palm Beach

Scuba Diving in Blue Heron Bridge

One of the most famous shore dives in the US: a shallow macro paradise at Phil Foster Park, best in the window around slack high tide when clean ocean water pushes in through the inlet. Seahorses, frogfish, octopus, and rays over a 6 to 20 ft sand and rubble bottom.

Live conditions, water-clarity forecast, and water temperature for scuba diving in Blue Heron Bridge, FL. Open the app for a live verdict and a tappable factor breakdown, free, no signup. Pro extends the forecast to 8 days.

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Conditions snapshot: Oct 5, 2026

Visibility

33 ft

21–52 ft range

Water

85°F

Wind

6 kts

Wave

1.6 ft

Swell

1.2 ft

Period

6.5s

Snapshot from Oct 5, 2026. Live values, factor breakdowns, and 8-day forecast in the app.

Notable species

Blue Heron Bridge is known for:

SeahorseFrogfishOctopusSpotted Eagle RayFlying Gurnard

Typical water visibility

Summer visibility around Blue Heron Bridge is commonly reported in the 10–30 ft range, a community-guidance estimate, not a measurement. Rain, river discharge, swell mixing, and seasonality can shift real conditions dramatically day to day.

That's exactly why Submarius exists. The in-app clarity forecast starts from this coast's typical clarity for the time of year, built from in water measurements and satellite ocean color, then subtracts wave stirring, river and runoff plumes, and tide movement to estimate how far you'll actually see, shown as a low to high range, not a seasonal average.

How the clarity forecast works →

Last 7 days of model reads

One model estimate recorded each morning (UTC) for Blue Heron Bridge. These are model estimates, not measurements; the low and high columns are the p10 to p90 range around the middle estimate.

Day	Low ft	Estimate ft	High ft
Oct 5	20	33	52
Oct 4	21	33	52
Oct 3	21	33	52
Oct 2	21	33	52
Oct 1	21	33	52
Sep 30	28	42	64
Sep 29	14	42	67

Table baked Oct 5, 2026; days the recorder missed are simply absent.

Clearest months at Blue Heron Bridge

Model climatology from the baked clarity ceiling: the typical day and the best case (90th percentile) visibility for each month, with a seasonal algae bloom proneness flag. These are labelled model estimates, not measurements.

Month	Typical ft	Best case ft	Bloom risk
Jan	39	66	low
Feb	39	66	low
Mar	39	66	low
Apr	34	66	low
May	43	73	low
Jun	39	62	low
Jul	49	69	low
Aug	43	66	low
Sep	41	66	low
Oct	33	52	low
Nov	28	56	low
Dec	34	66	low

Ceiling artifact global-reef-v10-obis-world; table baked Oct 5, 2026.

What Submarius shows for Blue Heron Bridge

Verdict score (0–10). Aggregates wind, swell, tide, moon, and water clarity into one decisive number.
Best window. The 2–3 hour stretch each day when conditions peak.
8-day forecast. Auto-scaled line graph showing which day this week is trending good.
Water clarity forecast. Secchi-depth estimate with uncertainty bounds and the next best vis window.
Free, anonymous. Check conditions with location on, no signup until you want to save spots or post reports.

Safety in the water

Submarius ships OCEARCH tagged-shark alerts, community shark sightings, SOS, and buddy GPS sharing, permanently free, regardless of subscription tier. For Blue Heron Bridge specifically, the app shows any recent tagged sharks within range and lets you enable push notifications for sightings on your active tiles.