scarolinagirl
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My husband and I have taken the SSI Open Water course and will be vacationing in Key West in June. Can anyone recommend a dive shop to certify? TIA
Where to certify in Key West?
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kabluton
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scarolinagirl:
I have heard the diving isn't that great in Key West. You might want to drive to Key Largo (there are a ton of good shops there). I have experience with Sea Dwellers and Quiescense (sp?) and Ocean Divers. All seemed like good operations.
StSomewhere
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Pretty much any shop will be able to do your referral dives, they all go to the same reefs. It all depends on how much you want to pay:
DiveKeyWest $225 plus equipment rental, includes the boat trips for two days.
Subtropic $299 includes equipment rental and boat trips for two days.
Captains Corner $225 includes equipment rental and boat trips for two days.
If you are going on a dive-only vacation then Key Largo might be a better choice. OTOH, if you are going on a hang-out-and-party vacation then Key West can't be beat. YMMV, but probably not.
DiveKeyWest $225 plus equipment rental, includes the boat trips for two days.
Subtropic $299 includes equipment rental and boat trips for two days.
Captains Corner $225 includes equipment rental and boat trips for two days.
If you are going on a dive-only vacation then Key Largo might be a better choice. OTOH, if you are going on a hang-out-and-party vacation then Key West can't be beat. YMMV, but probably not.
uberspeed
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I used Dive Key West, great folks. And you have to party, do the Duval crawl (bar hopping to every single one along the way).
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you may also want to check out "Abyss Dive Center" in Marathon. Its only about an hour outside of Key West. Check out dives are $210.00 and include equipment
http://www.abyssdive.com
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I have never heard anything good about diving Key West. I did snorkel there on my one time trip, and it was pretty disappointing.
21 miles up the OverSea Hiway, you have much better diving opportunities with a renown operator: Capt Jim Wyatt's Reef Divers. Click here and I think you will be very impressed.
21 miles up the OverSea Hiway, you have much better diving opportunities with a renown operator: Capt Jim Wyatt's Reef Divers. Click here and I think you will be very impressed.
GottaDive!
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My wife and I had a fantastic week of diving with Dive Key West last summer. They are top-notch in every way, especially the Captain! You simply can't go wrong with them.
StSomewhere
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Unfortunately, he sold his boat. :frown:DandyDon:
He has since moved to cave country, and is now at Cavediveflorida.com in High Springs.
Buoyant1
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I've only used Captain's Corner, you won't go wrong with them. They do a lot of training (as well as discover Scuba classes) from their shop. I've always considered them to be more training oriented than dive op oriented.
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