Boynton area dive boat recommendations

[Jake 10]

Saw there was a thread for boats between WPB and Jupiter which is great, but I didn't find one on boats around Boynton Bch
When I was diving 10 years ago I had good dives with Starfish Enterprise, Underwater Explorers and Splashdown Divers.
Sadly, Underwater Explorers is apparently closed.
Starfish is under new ownership but their ratings are great.
Splashdown is still there with decent reviews.

Any other boats in the area I should know about?

Thanks in advance

if you are still looking for info, you can check out Boynton Inlet also called South Lake Worth Inlet. There are few LDS that were recommended to me: Palm Beach Scuba, Force-E Dive Center, Starfish.

 

[scubadada]

if you are still looking for info, you can check out Boynton Inlet also called South Lake Worth Inlet. There are few LDS that were recommended to me: Palm Beach Scuba, Force-E Dive Center, Starfish.

I believe Palm Beach Scuba is in Palm Beach , Force-E has no boats, they contract, Starfish has been mentioned above. There are 4 boats out of Boynton Harbor Marina that go out of the Boynton Inlet.

Boynton area dive boat recommendations

I think all of the current operators in Boynton have been mentioned: Scubatyme Starfish Splashdown By Scubatyme I take you mean South Florida Diving HQ? Are they using the Scubatyme boat up in Boynton?

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I did dive Scubatyme once since I wrote the above

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[hammet]

The best part of NOT diving solo is not having to carry the flag for at least one of the dives that day.

 

[Jake 10]

I believe Palm Beach Scuba is in Palm Beach , Force-E has no boats, they contract, Starfish has been mentioned above. There are 4 boats out of Boynton Harbor Marina that go out of the Boynton Inlet.

Boynton area dive boat recommendations

I think all of the current operators in Boynton have been mentioned: Scubatyme Starfish Splashdown By Scubatyme I take you mean South Florida Diving HQ? Are they using the Scubatyme boat up in Boynton?

scubaboard.com

thank you for the update and clarification.

 

[MannyDib2]

Thanks for all the replies.

I've actually been diving Boynton a lot lately with Starfish and Splashdown, both great operations.
Splashdown typically has trips departing at 8:30am and 1:30am and Starfish does one at 10am, so its great to have a choice.
They both tend to fill up fast, though.

The reefs there are glorious with 10'+ high ledges with healthy growth and plenty of fish.
They don't seem to do wrecks which I imagine are harder to do up that way with the stronger current.
Scubatyme does have wrecks on their schedule sometimes, but I haven't dove with them yet.

 

[Jake 10]

Thanks for all the replies.

I've actually been diving Boynton a lot lately with Starfish and Splashdown, both great operations.
Splashdown typically has trips departing at 8:30am and 1:30am and Starfish does one at 10am, so its great to have a choice.
They both tend to fill up fast, though.

The reefs there are glorious with 10'+ high ledges with healthy growth and plenty of fish.
They don't seem to do wrecks which I imagine are harder to do up that way with the stronger current.
Scubatyme does have wrecks on their schedule sometimes, but I haven't dove with them yet.

Any of the local operators mentioned provide guides in the water?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Any of the local operators mentioned provide guides in the water?

No. None of the Boynton boats put in a guide like is done in Palm Beach and Jupiter.

 

[FreqFlier]

They don't seem to do wrecks which I imagine are harder to do up that way with the stronger current

Boynton Beach has just a few wrecks, MV Castor being the most notable. Awesome Goliath Grouper aggregation there about to begin in a week or two

 

[MannyDib2]

Boynton Beach has just a few wrecks, MV Castor being the most notable. Awesome Goliath Grouper aggregation there about to begin in a week or two

Always seems to be ripping current on the Castor. 3 of my 4 attempts to dive it got cancelled because of current. The one time I was able to dive it, the current was ripping. I had to use my hands to get around. Cool to see all those Goliaths though.

 

[NothingClever]

You can chose to stay with that group or go do your own thing. That choice is yours, not the boats.

Concur this is the case. But with that liberty to do my own thing, I recognize that too much of 'doing my own thing' can complicate life for the Captain and that can come right back at me. Unless I coordinate in advance with the Captain that I'm going to kick with the current or scooter around, then I generally (very generally) stay near the group, most often ahead to get the best views of sealife. But I also shoot a DSMB in case the DM hooks in behind me and I keep going. Easier to deploy a DSMB and not need it than it is to not deploy it and not know that the Captain needs it.

@CosbySweater - I know you know all this so please pardon me if I was preaching to the choir. I just used your note as a springboard to write for others who may be wondering about Florida drift dive practices.