help finding a diving charter in St. Augustine/Jacksonville, FL

[kyscubarn]

I will be vacationing in St. Augustine this summer. My husband and I would like to dive one day, but I am having the hardest time finding day trips out of this area. All the dive shop web pages I have found only have 'vacation trips' listed where they go to the keys or out of state/country for a few days. All we want is to dive a day or two... any guidance would be greatly appreciated. it sounds like there are great spots off of Jacksonville... we just need to know how to get to them

 

[sportxlh]

If you follow the conversion regarding Jacksonville on SB over time, you'll find there are not a lot of regular dive charters in the area: lots of divers, but most own their own boats and spearfish. I'm not from the area but that is the gist of comments from N. Florida divers. I dive in Jupiter regularly (3 hours south) and there are a lot of Jacksonville recreational divers that drive down here on a regular basis to dive since options are so limited in their own neighborhoods or head over to the springs in N. and Central Florida. If you come down this way, Jupiter Dive Center is a nice operator. For more info on Jacksonville, see these threads:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/florida-diving/453578-nth-florida-dive-shops.html

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/fl...ightdive-march-24-25-around-jacksonville.html

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/snorkeling-freediving/449432-jacksonville-fla.html

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/florida-diving/449435-jacksonville-fl.html

 

[kyscubarn]

thank you!

 

[Stray_Turtle]

I will be vacationing in St. Augustine this summer. My husband and I would like to dive one day, but I am having the hardest time finding day trips out of this area. All the dive shop web pages I have found only have 'vacation trips' listed where they go to the keys or out of state/country for a few days. All we want is to dive a day or two... any guidance would be greatly appreciated. it sounds like there are great spots off of Jacksonville... we just need to know how to get to them

The Dive Source now has two dive charter boats. One leaves out of Jacksonville and the other St. Augustine. (904)829-DIVE