Hello and First dive site recommendations for my kids?
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ScubaBunga
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@Grant Carruthers hey fellow st louisian!
After my boy was certified @10 we dove the jetties (shore dive) at St Andrews state park (Panama City, fl). Can get down to 70' if you go far enough - but easy dive to 30-40'. Vis can be good but was not great - but lots of little stuff (fish, crabs, even tiny corals and anemones) to look at and some fish schools. We also dove off of Tampa area (tarpon springs) @12 - long way out to go 30' on bridge rubble - again vis was not great but decent enough (compared to quarry) - saw Goliath groupers and lots of other fish. My boy liked both. We will be going back and diving the jetties again in july (with both boys - 11 and 13 this summer). The inside of the jetties is < 10' and is good for snorkeling looking at small/baby fish/crabs, etc. It sometimes has stinging jellyfish that took 20 minutes to convince my boy to get back in the water.
I haven't been to the keys, but if you can make it, it should be (as others have said) better than the above locations.
After my boy was certified @10 we dove the jetties (shore dive) at St Andrews state park (Panama City, fl). Can get down to 70' if you go far enough - but easy dive to 30-40'. Vis can be good but was not great - but lots of little stuff (fish, crabs, even tiny corals and anemones) to look at and some fish schools. We also dove off of Tampa area (tarpon springs) @12 - long way out to go 30' on bridge rubble - again vis was not great but decent enough (compared to quarry) - saw Goliath groupers and lots of other fish. My boy liked both. We will be going back and diving the jetties again in july (with both boys - 11 and 13 this summer). The inside of the jetties is < 10' and is good for snorkeling looking at small/baby fish/crabs, etc. It sometimes has stinging jellyfish that took 20 minutes to convince my boy to get back in the water.
I haven't been to the keys, but if you can make it, it should be (as others have said) better than the above locations.
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Grant Carruthers
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Thanks so much for all the recommendations! Greatly appreciated
gr8jab
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Please post again, and tell us how it went!
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