Miami Recommendations

<derrizanile@hotmail.com> wrote

> Hi Lee. Is there any good diving further north around Cape Canaveral
> and surrounding areas that you know of?

Probably, but the furthest north I've dove is Fort Pierce, still quite a bit
south of Cape Canaveral, and that was a long time ago. Of operators I know
well enough to recommend, the furthest north is Jim Abernethy's Scuba
Adventures. He's in West Palm Beach. http://www.scuba-adventures.com/ .
Jim runs several boats. As I recall, they tend to be larger boats, taking
more divers per trip, but he generally handles divers better than most who
run large coats. The last time I went out with him, one of his boats was
out of service. He combined an open water class with a group of experienced
divers without inconvenience to either group. He dropped the experienced
divers something interesting enough for them, then moved to drop and pick up
the students before returning for the experienced divers. It sounds risky,
but it worked quite well.

Lee

<derrizanile@hotmail.com> wrote

> Hi Lee. Is there any good diving further north around Cape Canaveral
> and surrounding areas that you know of?

Probably, but the furthest north I've dove is Fort Pierce, still quite a bit
south of Cape Canaveral, and that was a long time ago. Of operators I know
well enough to recommend, the furthest north is Jim Abernethy's Scuba
Adventures. He's in West Palm Beach. http://www.scuba-adventures.com/ .
Jim runs several boats. As I recall, they tend to be larger boats, taking
more divers per trip, but he generally handles divers better than most who
run large coats. The last time I went out with him, one of his boats was
out of service. He combined an open water class with a group of experienced
divers without inconvenience to either group. He dropped the experienced
divers something interesting enough for them, then moved to drop and pick up
the students before returning for the experienced divers. It sounds risky,
but it worked quite well.

Lee

Lee Bell wrote:

> "Ken" wrote
>

>
>
>>I asked about the much-trumpeted Spiegel Grove on more than one occasion
>>and there always seemed to be a good reason for them not to go. I think
>>it's to do with rapid turnaround of masses of divers.
>
>
> I think you're probably right. Next time pick somebody else. Spencer
> Slate's Atlantis Divers go there. So does Silent World. I imagine, but can
> not confirm, that Quiesence does too.
>

Ocean Divers also goes to the Grove, and with two boats operating all
the time, they can send one to the Grove or the Duane for advanced
divers and the other to the shallow reefs for the beginners.

I think OD goes to at least one of the wrecks every day. A lot of people
regard OD's boats as too big, but they're rarely full, and the crews
manage them very well. I've been on with a lot of divers and never felt
crowded.

gc

Lee Bell wrote:

> "Ken" wrote
>

>
>
>>I asked about the much-trumpeted Spiegel Grove on more than one occasion
>>and there always seemed to be a good reason for them not to go. I think
>>it's to do with rapid turnaround of masses of divers.
>
>
> I think you're probably right. Next time pick somebody else. Spencer
> Slate's Atlantis Divers go there. So does Silent World. I imagine, but can
> not confirm, that Quiesence does too.
>

Ocean Divers also goes to the Grove, and with two boats operating all
the time, they can send one to the Grove or the Duane for advanced
divers and the other to the shallow reefs for the beginners.

I think OD goes to at least one of the wrecks every day. A lot of people
regard OD's boats as too big, but they're rarely full, and the crews
manage them very well. I've been on with a lot of divers and never felt
crowded.

gc

Lee Bell wrote:

> "Ken" wrote
>

>
>
>>I asked about the much-trumpeted Spiegel Grove on more than one occasion
>>and there always seemed to be a good reason for them not to go. I think
>>it's to do with rapid turnaround of masses of divers.
>
>
> I think you're probably right. Next time pick somebody else. Spencer
> Slate's Atlantis Divers go there. So does Silent World. I imagine, but can
> not confirm, that Quiesence does too.
>

Ocean Divers also goes to the Grove, and with two boats operating all
the time, they can send one to the Grove or the Duane for advanced
divers and the other to the shallow reefs for the beginners.

I think OD goes to at least one of the wrecks every day. A lot of people
regard OD's boats as too big, but they're rarely full, and the crews
manage them very well. I've been on with a lot of divers and never felt
crowded.

gc

Lee Bell wrote:

> "Ken" wrote
>

>
>
>>I asked about the much-trumpeted Spiegel Grove on more than one occasion
>>and there always seemed to be a good reason for them not to go. I think
>>it's to do with rapid turnaround of masses of divers.
>
>
> I think you're probably right. Next time pick somebody else. Spencer
> Slate's Atlantis Divers go there. So does Silent World. I imagine, but can
> not confirm, that Quiesence does too.
>

Ocean Divers also goes to the Grove, and with two boats operating all
the time, they can send one to the Grove or the Duane for advanced
divers and the other to the shallow reefs for the beginners.

I think OD goes to at least one of the wrecks every day. A lot of people
regard OD's boats as too big, but they're rarely full, and the crews
manage them very well. I've been on with a lot of divers and never felt
crowded.

gc

Lee Bell wrote:

> "Ken" wrote
>

>
>
>>I asked about the much-trumpeted Spiegel Grove on more than one occasion
>>and there always seemed to be a good reason for them not to go. I think
>>it's to do with rapid turnaround of masses of divers.
>
>
> I think you're probably right. Next time pick somebody else. Spencer
> Slate's Atlantis Divers go there. So does Silent World. I imagine, but can
> not confirm, that Quiesence does too.
>

Ocean Divers also goes to the Grove, and with two boats operating all
the time, they can send one to the Grove or the Duane for advanced
divers and the other to the shallow reefs for the beginners.

I think OD goes to at least one of the wrecks every day. A lot of people
regard OD's boats as too big, but they're rarely full, and the crews
manage them very well. I've been on with a lot of divers and never felt
crowded.

gc

Lee Bell wrote:

> "Ken" wrote
>

>
>
>>I asked about the much-trumpeted Spiegel Grove on more than one occasion
>>and there always seemed to be a good reason for them not to go. I think
>>it's to do with rapid turnaround of masses of divers.
>
>
> I think you're probably right. Next time pick somebody else. Spencer
> Slate's Atlantis Divers go there. So does Silent World. I imagine, but can
> not confirm, that Quiesence does too.
>

Ocean Divers also goes to the Grove, and with two boats operating all
the time, they can send one to the Grove or the Duane for advanced
divers and the other to the shallow reefs for the beginners.

I think OD goes to at least one of the wrecks every day. A lot of people
regard OD's boats as too big, but they're rarely full, and the crews
manage them very well. I've been on with a lot of divers and never felt
crowded.

gc

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:04:23 GMT, "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com>
wrote on the topic of "Re: Miami Recommendations":

>Try Google for an operator in Boca Raton or consider one in Boynton Beach.
>I use Splashdown Divers our of the Sea Mist Marina in Boynton. The owner
>operator is Lynn Simmons. Splashdown's web site is
>http://www.splashdowndivers.com . Leo Sand is also a good owner/operator
>leaving from the same marina. His website is http://www.deeper-dci.com/ .
>Both are friends. If you use one of them, please tell them I recommended
>them to you.

Hello Lee,

Just a quick note to let you know I did an afternoon dive with Splashdown on
Saturday (2nd July) and had a really enjoyable dive with Kevin (Lynn piloted
the boat).

Highly recommended.

Darren

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:04:23 GMT, "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com>
wrote on the topic of "Re: Miami Recommendations":

>Try Google for an operator in Boca Raton or consider one in Boynton Beach.
>I use Splashdown Divers our of the Sea Mist Marina in Boynton. The owner
>operator is Lynn Simmons. Splashdown's web site is
>http://www.splashdowndivers.com . Leo Sand is also a good owner/operator
>leaving from the same marina. His website is http://www.deeper-dci.com/ .
>Both are friends. If you use one of them, please tell them I recommended
>them to you.

Hello Lee,

Just a quick note to let you know I did an afternoon dive with Splashdown on
Saturday (2nd July) and had a really enjoyable dive with Kevin (Lynn piloted
the boat).

Highly recommended.

Darren