If you are looking to get some bottom time (Key West Scuba Diving) in when you visit. You will find most the dive sites that you are likely to scuba dive on here plus some of the general information about that location. Most all the dive charters go to these locations so you may want to surf a little bit to see what options you have. Then compare your list of what you want to see and do to that each dive shop goes to. Most of these scuba diving charters have been here as long as I have some 14 years. All have great safety records and a great love of the sport. This you will see in how they really take care of you and your friends.
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Going Scuba Diving In The Florida Keys Key West moreinclusiveresorts.com October 1, 2011 One of the most appropriate areas to scuba dive inside of North America is in the Florida Keys, a long fibre of islands only south of Miami. For any scuba diver traveling to southern Florida, even a rapid day outing to the Florida Keys is worthwhile
Snookin ‘N Cookin: Enjoy the best ingredients Florida has to offer with some lobster tails
Key West naplesnews.com bySeth Hayes September 14, 2011 A couple hours of driving, and before you know it you’re in prime lobster waters from just a couple feet deep to out just about as far as you want to go. We all need to pinch ourselves every once in a while just to make sure we really live in such a diverse amazing area.
Scuba Diving the Vandenberg
KeyWest by Floyd Devine 8/25/11 Florida. That is rapidly changing however, thanks to extensive artificial reefs in the Panhandle, off the South Florida Atlantic coast and in the Keys.
Sea turtle, shot by spear gun in Keys, recovering nicely
Scuba Diving MiamiHerald.com By Cammy Clark 8/15/11 MARATHON -- As a 125-pound endangered loggerhead turtle miraculously recovers after being shot in the head with a high-powered spear gun, the Florida Keys community has vowed to find and punish whoever did it.
Scuba diving attracts seekers of adventure
Key West Poughkeepsie Journal by Amy Winn Aug. 13, 2011 Hyde Park resident James Curran was introduced to scuba diving through an invitation to join a planned diving trip to the Maldives, near India.
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Most people who come to the Florida Keys for the first time are surprised to find that there is very little offshore scuba diving. you can snorkel just about any where. For the most part the first mile or so off shore shallow flats. The edge of the islands are lined with mangroves. These trees with there finger like root system are what help make the islands. Taking root on what used to be patch reefs from previous times when the ocean level was higher. The grasses
shallow flats and mangroves roots are breeding grounds for many species of sea life. Hiding in the grass and roots till they are large enough to venture into the open waters.
Your first encounter with coral reefs are about 1/2 to 1 mile offshore. Here you start to find patch reefs. These are made up of soft corals, and sea fans. Surrounded by sea grass they resemble little underwater islands.
The Outer Reef are beyond the flats in water 15 to 35 feet in depth. These are the ones most commonly drove on.
Here you are overwhelmed by the colors. Dancing among
the reefs are the brightly colored fish. Here you will lose time and wish you never had any reason to go back to the surface. Key West Scuba Diving Directory
Key West Reef Information Links Sand Key Diver Skill Level All Levels Depth 30 - 65 Feet Current (Light to Moderate) Scuba Diving
Outside Reefs Diver Skill Level Intermediate to Advanced Depth 40 - 210 Feet Current (Moderate to strong)