Island Ventures

★ 4 · Dane Tanner · 2010-08-17

We visited Key Largo in July 2010 to do some diving and lobster hunting. There is a dive shop every 100yards along the overseas Highway, so finding a shop is no problem. I searched PADI shops and then went by price and how many they said they put on a boat. This shop said a max 8 on a boat. My wife and I are advanced divers and my daughter is OW certified. We had another family traveling with us that is all OW certified and their yougest turned 10 while on the trip and wanted to do a resort course. Our first day of diving was an easy one to get my daughter and the other OW divers back into it and the resort course done. Next day was just wife and I hunting lobster during mini season. They took us to great locations and gave us some pointers, which turned out to be great advice. Only 4 on the boat that day. Lobster for dinner! The next day we wanted to dive the Speigal Grove wreck. They only had us sign up and they still took us! The wreck was great; wish we could have gone back a couple more times and probably will some time. We also wanted to see Christ of the Abyss statue and since we were the only divers on the boat, they took us there as our second tank. The other family traveling with us went the next day for another easy dive and also had a great experience. The only downside, which seems to be the norm in the US is that they did not send a guide with us which we like to show the good fish areas and point out the local flair. The divemasters on all of the trips were knowledgable and safe and concerned about the reefs staying healthy.