"Unreported" Key Largo Diving Accident?

[scubadon12]

Does anyone know of dive operators going to the Grove that allow divers to bring their scooters?

A couple of divers and myself are in the beginning stages of planning a trip down there next year probably between April 15 and May 15.

Check with Ocean Divers... can be a cattle boat, but they will more or less let you do what you want.

You may also consider pushing your trip back a month or so... April in the keys could be flat seas, or 4' + on any given day. The later in the summer you can go, the higher probability of calmer seas (and you would have no problem with that 20' charter boat...) Watch out for those hurricanes though!



Happy div'in!

 

[HarleyDiver]

Does anyone know of dive operators going to the Grove that allow divers to bring their scooters?

A couple of divers and myself are in the beginning stages of planning a trip down there next year probably between April 15 and May 15.

BlueWater will, just be sure to tell them what your palnning when you reserve.
They allow the first person to reserve a trip to determine the type (tech, wreck, reef).
After that they only book people qualified for the planned dive.

http://http://www.bluewaterdiver.net/

 

[Quetzal]

I dove on 'The Grove' before it was uprighted. Dive charters have certain times they hit the werck. ScubaPolly and I (for a few dollars more than a charter) rented a 20' boat from John Pennecamp State Park and dove 'The Grove' ourselves AFTER the cattle boat...er charter boat left the area. We virtually had the wreck to ourselves, and didn't run into any other divers while we were down. Plus we used the wreck itself to shield us from the ripping currents, and followed the rule of swimming INTO the current at the beginning of the dive, so we would be pushed back into our ascent line!

How much was the 20' rental?