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wordizbon
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I definitely will. Thanks
One other thing for diving and working on skills look at west palm area rather than they keys. Hotels in the keys are outrageous right now.
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I figured the keys would be more comfortable due to the visibility and water tends to be more forgiving. I could be wrong on the forgiving part. I have snorkeled in the keys since a kid but never been out in the water anywhere north of that. Correct me if I'm wrong.
amado_sarhan
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Hello Deshawn,
Let me know if you're ever travelling around Spain, Red Sea, Kenya, Zanzibar, or Mozambique. We can go on a few dives.
On the other hand, now that you have the fever, pick up as many dives as you can
Charters out of west palm is drift. BHB is one of easiest sites in existence. As for water temp and VIS. They are both the same to this NE diver.
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Will do. Went to Spain back in '09 but wasn't diving then but I have a cousin that lives there and I will probably be going there early next year. I'll let you know.Hello Deshawn,
Let me know if you're ever travelling around Spain, Red Sea, Kenya, Zanzibar, or Mozambique. We can go on a few dives.
On the other hand, now that you have the fever, pick up as much dives as you can
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I'm intrigued but nervous about drift diving at the same time. Don't want to get lost at sea. Is it a mild current or rather heavy? I'm waiting to get Advanced OW but then I'm willing to do it.
When I was there it was moving pretty good, but they were doing OW classes off the boat. BHB had none
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Hi Deshawn. I understand that fever!!, LoL, had it for decades. My parents ran a scuba school in north AL for 17 years. I began diving at age-7 & graduated Instructor college at age 16. Now at 63 it's still one of my favorites! I'd like to do some easier dives with you first, gradually increasing difficulty until we do one of the greatest dives EVER - the Oriskany!! - before I'm too old to handle it,
. Currently I'm still strong but in another decade, who knows? NEXT WEEK I'm coming thru your area headed to a baseball tourney in Ft Myers, then driving back to Huntsville, AL on Nov 13/14. So if you're avail for an easier spring dive on Nov 1st or 2nd next week and/or on Nov 13/14 2 weeks later?, please let me know. I'm thinking fairly near Jacksonville, like Ginnie Springs, Alexander Sprgs or Itchetucknee maybe (I did the latter at about 10 yrs old, half a CENTURY ago!!). If you have other preferences, I'm quite flexible where. I will need to rent a tank down there, have all other gear. Then we can plan further ahead for a more difficult fun dive (but still not TOO hard), such as the Spiegel Grove in Key Largo, one I've wanted to do for quite a while (you mentioned the Keys... there are several wrecks & reefs I'd like to see there). Eventually we can do a more technical dive on the giant "Big-O". Would be terrific. Call or text me about the next 3 weeks? Dave McClure 256-975-1598Similar threads
