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I wouldn't rule out Jupiter for new divers. You'll get 25-30 minutes with an aluminum air tank. I have found nitrox for new divers can be a waste of money. Most new divers exhaust the air in their tank before nitrox would extend their bottom time anyway. However, West Palm Beach diving will afford them more bottom time. Dive around. Try both.
I disagree with your nitrox comments. In S. Palm Beach County, an aluminium 80 with EAN 32 can provide two back to back dives up to 1 hour each. This on reefs that are second-to-none in the area. Yes Jupiter has great diving, but certainly no better than the other end of the County.
Boynton is really the beginning of the drift diving as you head north.
You tend to find a fair amount of anchored dives and wreck dives pompano and south but as you get to Boynton
and north it is mostly drift diving with some wreck diving.
I'm not sure where you come about this information, but it is incorrect. I know of only two anchored dives in S. Palm Beach and N. Broward. The first one is the Copenhagen (a 15 -20 ft. dive) on the Pompano dropoff. The other is diving the wrecks in the 60-90' corridor. Boats anchor on wreck above the divers.
The reef dives are all drift dives.... Even the shallow ones (30 ft reefs).
+1 for the United Carribean. Actually 3 wrecks (UC, Nuola, Sea Emporer) cover them all in one dive.
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