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Epinephelus once bubbled...
It's not so much drive time as time available. It is right at 12 hours driving at a leasurely pace from LA (That's "Lower Alabama," the Florida panhandle from the Chatahoochie to Perdido Bay) to Freeport, Texas, where the boats for the Flower Gardens leave, or to Key Largo. The drive is no problem; getting Friday and Monday off to get in a full weekend of diving can be.
E. itajara