Pompano Beach Ft Lauderdale area

Is there any chance at diving in the Lauderdal area ?

"Rod" wrote

> Is there any chance at diving in the Lauderdal area ?

It's been done a time or two . . . million.

Since this area is pretty well known for its diving, I assume there's more
to your question than meets the eye. Care to expand on your question?

There's some nice shore diving, primarily around Lauderdale by the Sea, some
decent deeper reefs, and lots of wrecks. There's a dive operator or shop
every few blocks. Much of the diving us locals do tends to be a bit further
north, up around Boynton, where the reefs have not been as heavily, or on
some of the newer wrecks in the Keys. There's only so many times you can
dive on local wrecks before you begin to wonder what it's like other places.

Lee

On Sat, 12 May 2007 23:40:05 -0400, "Lee Bell"
<pleebell@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>"Rod" wrote
>
>> Is there any chance at diving in the Lauderdal area ?
>
>It's been done a time or two . . . million.
>
>Since this area is pretty well known for its diving, I assume there's more
>to your question than meets the eye. Care to expand on your question?
>
>There's some nice shore diving, primarily around Lauderdale by the Sea, some
>decent deeper reefs, and lots of wrecks. There's a dive operator or shop
>every few blocks. Much of the diving us locals do tends to be a bit further
>north, up around Boynton, where the reefs have not been as heavily, or on
>some of the newer wrecks in the Keys. There's only so many times you can
>dive on local wrecks before you begin to wonder what it's like other places.
>
>Lee
>
>

The wife, a non diver, just informed me that her company has canceled
all vacations in Sept and Oct, so our plans for North Carolina in Oct
went down the dumper. She found some places in late August in the
lauderdale area and checked to see if we could use free air tickets to
get there, hence my questin about diving the area. How far a drive
would it be to get up to Boynton if I were based in Lauderdale ? I
have been to Florida a number of times, but have never dived there.

Rod wrote:

>
> The wife, a non diver, just informed me that her company has canceled
> all vacations in Sept and Oct, so our plans for North Carolina in Oct
> went down the dumper. She found some places in late August in the
> lauderdale area and checked to see if we could use free air tickets to
> get there, hence my questin about diving the area. How far a drive
> would it be to get up to Boynton if I were based in Lauderdale ? I
> have been to Florida a number of times, but have never dived there.

Depends on where you are in Ft. L. Once on I-95 it's about 25 minutes to
Boynton. If yer staying at the beach, it's prolly about the same just to
get out to I-95.

m

Rod wrote

> The wife, a non diver, just informed me that her company has canceled
> all vacations in Sept and Oct, so our plans for North Carolina in Oct
> went down the dumper. She found some places in late August in the
> lauderdale area and checked to see if we could use free air tickets to
> get there, hence my questin about diving the area. How far a drive
> would it be to get up to Boynton if I were based in Lauderdale ? I
> have been to Florida a number of times, but have never dived there.

Ahhh, makes sense now.

South Florida diving, everything from West Palm Beach (north of Boynton), to
Key West, is about as good at it gets without leaving the continental US.

Boynton's about an hour up the road. Check with El Stroko Guapo to see who
the current favorite operator is.

The diving in the Ft. Lauderdale area is pretty nice for those that haven't
been diving here forever, particularly those that don't get to see reefs or
wrecks in salt water very often. You can pretty much pick your sight by
calling around to the local shops. As many shops as there are, somebody's
bound to be going somewhere you'll like.

Most boats in both areas do two, two tank trips a day, one leaving around
8:00 AM, the other leaving sometime between noon and 1:00 PM. Prices run
somewhere around $50 a trip, give or take a bit, if you have your own
equipment. These days, most are probably a bit higher.

Lee

On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:31:23 -0400, "Lee Bell"
<pleebell@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Boynton's about an hour up the road. Check with El Stroko Guapo to see who
> the current favorite operator is.

I kind of like Dixie Divers... Nothing really special about them, but
I figure that a company that is politically incorrect enough to use
the Confederate flag in their ads is my kind of shop...

Grumman-581 wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:31:23 -0400, "Lee Bell"
> <pleebell@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Boynton's about an hour up the road. Check with El Stroko Guapo to see who
>>the current favorite operator is.
>
>
> I kind of like Dixie Divers... Nothing really special about them, but
> I figure that a company that is politically incorrect enough to use
> the Confederate flag in their ads is my kind of shop...
>
Dixie Divers (the chain) went bankrupt a couple years ago. There is
still one shop, I think, using the name.

Pretty much all the operators up here are good. My favorites are:

Underwater Explorer, 6-pack, just sold by Richard to Kevin, former DM on
SplashDown, 561-577-3326 and operating from the same old slip at SeaMist
marina;

Starfish Enterprize, just a few miles north in Lantana behind the Old
Key Lime House on Ocean Blvd, 561-212-2954.

esg

Al Wells wrote

> I like Conrad Nix on Miss Conduct http://missconduct.tripod.com/# Call him
> on the phone; he isn't the best
> at emails.

Conrad is an urban legend. I tried to book with him three times and the
trip was called off each time. I've never laid eyes on the man and, when I
checked on Snopes, they didn't have any information on him. He must not be
real.

> In Boynton, I go with ESG's recommendations

In Boynton, I dive with ESG, making it important for me to accept his
choice. I don't think I've ever had a bad trip out of Boynton. Leo Sand is
as good a captain as I know. Lynn always treated me well, even when she was
at her grumpiest, and Loggerhead did just fine the one time I went out with
them. 3 for 3 out of the Sea Mist Marina.

Lee

"Lee Bell" <pleebell@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Al Wells wrote
>
>> I like Conrad Nix on Miss Conduct http://missconduct.tripod.com/# Call
>> him on the phone; he isn't the best
>> at emails.
>
> Conrad is an urban legend. I tried to book with him three times and the
> trip was called off each time. I've never laid eyes on the man and, when
> I checked on Snopes, they didn't have any information on him. He must not
> be real.
>
>> In Boynton, I go with ESG's recommendations
>
> In Boynton, I dive with ESG, making it important for me to accept his
> choice. I don't think I've ever had a bad trip out of Boynton. Leo Sand
> is as good a captain as I know. Lynn always treated me well, even when
> she was at her grumpiest, and Loggerhead did just fine the one time I went
> out with them. 3 for 3 out of the Sea Mist Marina.
>
>
Conrad is a good call for anyone who wants a *fun* six-pack in that area.
I have lived in Pompano for over 12 years and there's no-one I can recommend
above him.

Limey.

"JOF" <jofrancis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 13, 6:57 pm, "Lee Bell" <pleeb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Al Wells wrote
>>
>> > I like Conrad Nix on Miss Conducthttp://missconduct.tripod.com/#Call
>> > him
>> > on the phone; he isn't the best
>> > at emails.
>>
>> Conrad is an urban legend. I tried to book with him three times and the
>> trip was called off each time. I've never laid eyes on the man and, when
>> I
>> checked on Snopes, they didn't have any information on him. He must not
>> be
>> real.
>
> Then you've missed his Petafile dives.
>
>
Prevert!

Answer yer damn emails willya? Or at least, tell yer wife to.

LD.