Islamorada Dives

Going to Bahia Honda in May with friends. Plan to dive Loo Key one day. Want
to do something up on largo one day and something around Islamorada one day.

Any recommendations for Islamorada?

> Any recommendations for Islamorada?

Spiegel Grove

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:51:49 -0400, "ImDave" <norfolkguyd@yahoo.com>
wrote in rec.scuba:

>Going to Bahia Honda in May with friends. Plan to dive Loo Key one day. Want
>to do something up on largo one day and something around Islamorada one day.
>
>Any recommendations for Islamorada?
>
Although I've never dove it, I've heard the Eagle is a nice dive site
but you can get some nasty current there on occasion.

"John Hanson" <jhanson@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:51:49 -0400, "ImDave" <norfolkguyd@yahoo.com>
> wrote in rec.scuba:
>
>>Going to Bahia Honda in May with friends. Plan to dive Loo Key one day.
>>Want
>>to do something up on largo one day and something around Islamorada one
>>day.
>>
>>Any recommendations for Islamorada?
>>
> Although I've never dove it, I've heard the Eagle is a nice dive site
> but you can get some nasty current there on occasion.

True on any of the deeper wrecks. It's a price you pay for diving close to
the Gulf Stream.

Lee

On Mar 23, 9:12 am, John Hanson <jhan...@northernlinks.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:51:49 -0400, "ImDave" <norfolkg...@yahoo.com>
> wrote in rec.scuba:
>
> >Going to Bahia Honda in May with friends. Plan to dive Loo Key one day. Want
> >to do something up on largo one day and something around Islamorada one day.
>
> >Any recommendations for Islamorada?
>
> Although I've never dove it, I've heard the Eagle is a nice dive site
> but you can get some nasty current there on occasion.

The SG, of course. The Eagle is cool dive. I also love the Duane -
I've maybe only a few dozen dives on either as we don't get to the
Keys all that often. Honestly, some of the small shallow reefs are
cool too, especially if you're into critters. I can poke around ome
of those reefs for days and not be bored. Seems we always see the
most sharks on the shallow reefs and more turtles on the shallow walls
while drifting - is this usual, Lee?

*

Star wrote

> The SG, of course. The Eagle is cool dive. I also love the Duane -
> I've maybe only a few dozen dives on either as we don't get to the
> Keys all that often. Honestly, some of the small shallow reefs are
> cool too, especially if you're into critters. I can poke around ome
> of those reefs for days and not be bored. Seems we always see the
> most sharks on the shallow reefs and more turtles on the shallow walls
> while drifting - is this usual, Lee?

It seems to be pretty normal. All the turtles, and most of the sharks, I've
seen while diving have been on shallow reefs. It's hard to tell, though,
whether it's because that's where most of them are or because when I'm
diving deeper, I'm usually focused on something else, a wreck, for example.
The only thing I can say with conviction is that the surest way I know of to
see sharks, is to be away from my buddy while spearfishing.

Lee

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:06:42 -0700 (PDT), Star <lclee1@gmail.com>
wrote in rec.scuba:

>On Mar 23, 9:12 am, John Hanson <jhan...@northernlinks.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:51:49 -0400, "ImDave" <norfolkg...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote in rec.scuba:
>>
>> >Going to Bahia Honda in May with friends. Plan to dive Loo Key one day. Want
>> >to do something up on largo one day and something around Islamorada one day.
>>
>> >Any recommendations for Islamorada?
>>
>> Although I've never dove it, I've heard the Eagle is a nice dive site
>> but you can get some nasty current there on occasion.
>
>The SG, of course. The Eagle is cool dive. I also love the Duane -
>I've maybe only a few dozen dives on either as we don't get to the
>Keys all that often. Honestly, some of the small shallow reefs are
>cool too, especially if you're into critters. I can poke around ome
>of those reefs for days and not be bored. Seems we always see the
>most sharks on the shallow reefs and more turtles on the shallow walls
>while drifting - is this usual, Lee?
>
>*
The SG is off of Key Largo, not Islamorada.

John Hanson wrote

> The SG is off of Key Largo, not Islamorada.

It's visited by dive operators from both islands.

Lee

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:56:58 -0400, "Lee Bell"
<pleebell@bellsouth.net> wrote in rec.scuba:

>John Hanson wrote
>
>> The SG is off of Key Largo, not Islamorada.
>
>It's visited by dive operators from both islands.
>
He specifically asked about Islamorada. He already mentioned he had
plans for Key Largo.

"Star" <lclee1@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 23, 9:12 am, John Hanson <jhan...@northernlinks.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:51:49 -0400, "ImDave" <norfolkg...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote in rec.scuba:
>>
>> >Going to Bahia Honda in May with friends. Plan to dive Loo Key one day.
>> >Want
>> >to do something up on largo one day and something around Islamorada one
>> >day.
>>
>> >Any recommendations for Islamorada?
>>
>> Although I've never dove it, I've heard the Eagle is a nice dive site
>> but you can get some nasty current there on occasion.
>
> The SG, of course. The Eagle is cool dive. I also love the Duane -
> I've maybe only a few dozen dives on either as we don't get to the
> Keys all that often. Honestly, some of the small shallow reefs are
> cool too, especially if you're into critters. I can poke around ome
> of those reefs for days and not be bored. Seems we always see the
> most sharks on the shallow reefs and more turtles on the shallow walls
> while drifting - is this usual, Lee?

Turtles are of course air breathing but they don't, I remember reading
somewhere, have the physiological adaptations that some water habituating
mammals do to dive deep for long periods. IMHO opinion you see more sharks
on shallow reefs is that the food density in general is higher so it allows
for more top level predators thus you have a better chance of seeing them