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As far as salt water diving, you have limited yourself to areas that may be difficult to find daily charters during the dates you mentioned - If you are looking at Tampa or Daytona, you have fewer operators, and longer boat rides, more limited schedules, and perhaps more rigorous diving. I...

Good advice all - As mentioned, most shops will not rent to you unless you are diving w/ them, especially tanks (exception posted recently by Conch Republic re tanks @ $14/per tank per day) - and given the cost, its better to rent on a daily basis from whoever you are diving with as you will...

Great Job!! Glad it worked out so well, b/c scoring a good deal in the Keys is difficult, especially during peak times! OTOH....... Note to self - when you travel in season, expect to pay more - like bitching about hotel rates at Disney between Christmas and New Years, or having higher...

You certainly could be right; would not be the first time a mistake was made - OTOH, it would not be the first time one shop/mechanic etc said another one was wrong, or screwed up a repair. It happens - and Tom's suggestion is a good one. Since this is a public forum, maybe the shop wants to...

And by the time you do so, is it really worth it? Just seems like a bad idea to me. Kayak, sure....canoe, not so much!

If you are driving, and have the space available, it might be easier - and certainly cheaper - to bring down your own - $14/per tank/per day is not a bargan, no offense to Conch Republic. OTOH, rental boats are not cheap either - so if you can afford that....... Honestly, it looks like you...

Its a good time to go; weather generally good and seas calm (but it is Hurricane Season, so monitor weather - but for me, late August and September are peak times). Good advice re avoiding mini season but the official open is a week later and much calmer - less expensive for just about...

Probably more artifical wreck sites off Dade county than anywhere else in the country. There are many good ones - sunken ships for the most part - off of Miami Beach, as well as Key Biscayne - but none that you could swim to - and unless you have some experience, a boat, and a GPS as well as...

Kim, most of the springs have an entrance fee - but its less expensive than a boat charter. The springs seem to be what you are looking for - I would not even consider Melborne area diving because its bad - if you really want some salt water diving @ a fairly reasonable price, check Jupiter -...

Actually, from the Keys to northern Palm Beach county, there is not much water temp variation - in late March, you can expect water temps in the 72 - 75 range - for me that means a 5m - 7m - be aware that we can also get cold fronts, which really mess up the diving w/ strong winds and rough seas...

Unless your group includes some true beginners, I would advise you look into 2 places I think have some of the best sites in FL - Jupiter and Boynton Beach. The diving in Boynton includes some of the best reefs in FL; Jupiter has the most consistant large animal encounters anywhere, plus my...

Great post, Bilsant - very good points

We are going to have to agree to disagree on this one, Howard - if, as I posted, they are doing this on their own w/out an experienced local. BHB is just easier - even when you factor the hour before high tide dive "restriction" than turning complete newbi's w/ zero experience loose in the...

Howard - please read the guys post again - 1st ocean dive; less than 24 dives total - 100% newbi's - zero experience w/ wind, tide, sea conditions, beach diving in general, no local knowledge - at best, a potential problem in the works, at worst an accident waiting to happen. If YOU took them...

I dunno - when I read your post, my 1st thought was bag the shore dive @LBTS - candidly, with the (lack of) experience you describe, I would not do it - too much to go wrong; too much to consider. If you were doing the dive w/ members of Gold Coast, or DebbyDiver, I might feel different. Its...

Yes - Force E is on the right side (south side) of the road in a small strip center just east of US1/Federal Hway You can't miss it

Best is "HMS Minnow" behind the Holiday Inn in Key Largo - now keep reading for others "best" recommendations. Best thing I could do is "recommend you a search function" Possibly the most asked question on this board - but you almost cannot go wrong as they would not be in business with all...

Also - check the tide table (On the BHB thread) - you should dive 1 hour BEFORE the listed high tide.

Idiots who bring guns to school.....

The best shore dive in PB county is Blue Heron Bridge - hands down - tons of info on this board about it; even its own thread "The continuing saga of the Blue Heron Bridge" in this forum. The shore diving, bridge excepted, in PB county, Miami, and the Keys - is poor - (Bonaire its not) Good...