Spiegal Grove Diving Tax

[Turtle Diver]

Are there any dive operators in the Key Largo area who aren't charging the $10 "Spiegal Grove Diving Tax"?

 

[blawler1]

We dove with Paradise Charters over Labor Day and did 2 dives on the SP with no "wreck tag fee". I dove with Ocean Divers on one day and overheard them telling customers wanting to dive the SP that they had to buy the tags at $10 a pop.

 

[raxafarian]

it helps support the entire artificial reef program in Florida.


Just fork over the 10bucks.... it's a good cause.

 

[GP]

Yeah, doesn't sound too unreasonable. Heck, there are quarries that charge that much to dive.

 

[mrwinc]

It is a donation. The SG prep wasn't free. Sinking it (twice) wasn't free. The two types of membership are annually($10) and lifetime($250). It is to support the Northern Keys Artificial Reef Program.

http://spiegelgrove.com/

Withouth it the SG wouldn't be there to dive at and you'd be forced to just dive the duanne or bibb if you want a intact wreck.

SG is the most memoriable divesite I've had so far.

 

[WreckWriter]

with your whine?

Absolutley amazing. You would choose a boat based on that? You know who is NOT charging it? Can you say "fly by night"?

Any shop/boat who is a member of KADO will charge you this fee, ten lousy bucks for a whole year. Its not just the SG either, Bibb and Duane also.

I bet you don't tip the boat crew either, huh?

Pay it or go somewhere else.

Tom

 

[metridium]

mrwinc wrote...
It is a donation.

Oh, so it's a voluntary contribution, then?

Think I'll pass....

 

[WreckWriter]

metridium once bubbled...

Oh, so it's a voluntary contribution, then?

Think I'll pass....

Voluntary for the shops, not the divers.

 

[metridium]

WreckWriter wrote...


Voluntary for the shops, not the divers.

Meaning it's not a donation after all, but rather a surcharge or tax.

BTW, are you saying it's voluntary for the shops to pass on the "donations" they've collected, but not mandatory?

As for divers...aren't divers from private boats exempted?

 

[SPEEDSTER]

I see you're from Carlsbad, CALIFORNIA. So you're going to travel all the way to S. Florida to dive, and base the boat you use on a $10 charge?!! If it were me, I'd be sure I had a good experience and use a reputable boat that follows the rules.

mike