waynel
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My Florida diving is limited to Key Largo and Islamorada. It's only a 20 min boat ride from Islamorada and you're in the Gulf Stream. Anyone ever dive Tortuga off Key West?
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DandyDon:Florida. And don't buy a 5 mil. Buy a 3 mil and a 7 mil. When the 3 is not enough, change.
Key West is famous for a lot of things, but scuba is not one of them. There are many sites along the 80 miles of Oversea Hiway from Key Largo that direction, but as you approach Key West - diving is not the best.so, now the harder part, what do you guys think, key largo is better? or key west?
Rent a car. It's a pleasant drive - one hour from Miami or two from Ft.Lauderdale to Key Largo. Looks like Enterprise is offering a mid size for $147 USD total plus gas for March 26-29. Some cheaper companies also showed up on the search, but I didn't recognize the names.i've checked on the shuttle by greyhound, it will take about 6 hours from ft. lauderdale to west keys... gosh!
Skip the statue. If you do a wreck dive on the first tank of a trip, you'll do a reef dive on the second tank.For key largo, planning to dive in these places like spiegel grove, duane, christ, molasses, north dry rocks, french reef, what do you think? also, planning for one night trip, not sure which one to go for.
Dozens of great Ops along the Overseas Hiway. For more information on all this, I'm going to suggest a new thread in the Florida forum.for key west, not sure what are the good places, but visited captainscorner.com, places that they visit, sounds cool
any nice dive ops/center to recommend?
You'll get a boat pick buddy on the charter. This is what lead me to get a pony bottle, but you'll get a good one probly.and since i'm alone, not sure whether i can get a buddy
Depends on your personal tolerance. Might be okay by then. If you need to add something, there's a great dive store at Mile Marker 99 in Key Largo: Water Wold Sports.and if i really got for the keys, not sure whether my 1.5mm will do te job :roll: .. planning to get a vest or hooded west, is it necessary?
In March? I think they start going out in May there...??about NC, can i still use my 1.5mm? maybe with a 3mm hooded vest? or what size if suit is recommended?
To be honest, this is very little time. I've made the trip from NYC to the Keys multiple times. We arrive in Fort Lauderdale and rent a car, then drive to the final Keys destination. 90 min from FLL to Key Largo. You could save about 30 min by flying to Miami Intl. airport. If you leave Boston really early, you might be able to do an afternoon trip the day of arrival. You could do 4 tanks on the 27th, but none on the 28th, departure day. Your best bet might be to stay in the Fort Lauderdale area and dive there. I have not dived there myself, but lots of folks do and can surely tell you the best ops and locations.superkingkong:.........
well, i'm planning my trip on the Mar 26th-28th, yeah, could not get whole week off, maybe i could extend until the 29th.
and it will be a long journey for me, morning flight, afternoon shuttle to the keys. i guess my whole day will be burned.
that means my diving will start on tuesday, and back on 28th evening. my schedule are not firmed yet, just a plan.
what do you guys think? ...........