Hi there, going to Spiegel Grove tomorrow, Saturday, 11/30 with Quiescense and wondering if anyone wants to join to reduce the pp cost? We have up to four spots available. Should be a great time! Need an advanced diver cert.
Catch ya out there!
Ship Type: U.S. Navy Landing Ship Dock
Date Commissioned: 1956
Date Decommissioned: 1989
Date Sunk: June 10, 2002 (Hurricane Dennis turned ship upright in July 2005)
Location: 25° 04.00' N; 80° 18.65' W (6 Miles off Key Largo)
Maximum Depth: 130 feet
Minimum Depth: 45 feet (approximately)
Ship Lengt
Went to Key Largo for the weekend with a couple of buddies to dive the Spiegel Grove wreck. We're all technical divers, but they have decades of experience more than me. Either way, I'm no stranger to wreck penetrations and I've been to this wreck once before, so it was exciting to go back and...
The weather was beautiful and the visibility was excellent!
Current was almost non-existent!
We were down for the memorial day weekend where I got my AOW certification and then a few fun dives including a night dive after AOW.
We went with Rainbow reef - which for our group was good, but billing...
Hello guys,
I made this video from a roadtrip I made through 4 US states, with some stops for diving the South Florida Wrecks and with the Manatees at Crystal River. Hope you guys enjoy, please consider subscribbing to my channel, there is a lot of travel / scuba content there!
Cheers!!
I hope this accounting of our experience will help others who are vacationing and diving down in the Florida Keys for the first time.
Six of us (myself, wife, 9 mo daughter, sister, brother in law, and 13 mo nephew) flew into Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International, rented a van, and hauled down...
I shot this video inside the Spiegel Groves' forward machinery space. This space is four decks down from the main deck in about 140 fsw. Divers on single Aluminum 80's have died in this space.
This is a technical dive..divers must be trained as advanced wreck divers to do this dive safely.
Here is the second dive on The Wreck of The Spiegel Grove Part 2. The first dive we did some some exploring of the inside of the top deck and the bow. This video is a nice dive over the midships cranes and a brief visit to her aft section. Feel like exploring more wrecks, reefs and other...
Here is the second dive on The Wreck of The Spiegel Grove Part 2. The first dive we did some some exploring of the inside of the top deck and the bow. This video is a nice dive over the midship cranes and a brief visit to her aft section. Feel like exploring more wrecks, reefs and other...
Here is the 3rd installment of Florida dive expedition. The first dive of our double dip on The Spiegel Grove. We did a short dive through some of the hallways inside the top deck. A little exploration of the midship area. More external exploring in our second dive. Check back soon for the next...
Here is the 3rd installment of Florida dive expedition. The first dive of our double dip on The Spiegel Grove. We did a short dive through some of the hallways inside the top deck. A little exploration of the midship area. More external exploring in our second dive. Check back soon for the next...
Join Ocean Divers and Add Helium on our first adventure together! On Saturday April 23rd and Sunday April 24th we will be Double Dipping the historic Spiegel Grove in Key Largo! Rebreather divers are strongly encouraged to attend, but scuba divers with Advanced and higher certifications are also...
Beautiful Spring Break conditions on Spiegel Grove today:
Wind: 4mph East
Visibility: 70+ feet
Current: Light
Wave Height: 1 foot seas (Calm)
Water Temperature: 78 degrees F
We are looking forward to our afternoon reef dive at Molasses Reef!
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