Re: Anything left to see in Key Largo?

smoke <kwortley@nospamearthlinkdotnet> writes:

> I've done a fair amount of diving and I've got an upcoming family trip to Key
> Largo. I'm concerned that the Pennecamp area is over dived, so to speak.
>
> I've seen enough parrot fish. What's left?

I certainly wouldn't write it off....

Of the dives I've done in in the Atlantic, in St Lucia, Grenada, one
in Grand Cayman, and one in Cozumel, I saw more stuff in the keys in
one dive than I did in many others combined. I wasn't expecting that
to be the case, but it was. I'd dive the keys again in a
heartbeat. That Mariott resort in Key Largo is first rate too.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

"Todd H." wrote

in message news:m0ekubdavx.fsf@rcn.com...
> smoke <kwortley@nospamearthlinkdotnet> writes:
>
> > I've done a fair amount of diving and I've got an upcoming family trip
to Key
> > Largo. I'm concerned that the Pennecamp area is over dived, so to speak.
> >
> > I've seen enough parrot fish. What's left?
>
> I certainly wouldn't write it off....
>
> Of the dives I've done in in the Atlantic, in St Lucia, Grenada, one
> in Grand Cayman, and one in Cozumel, I saw more stuff in the keys in
> one dive than I did in many others combined. I wasn't expecting that
> to be the case, but it was. I'd dive the keys again in a
> heartbeat. That Mariott resort in Key Largo is first rate too.

The trick is to find an operator that will take you to sites others don't
visit. If there's a buoy on it, you can bet it's been heavily impacted by
people who can't find a reef without on in an area with so many reefs that
they are a navigation hazard. Personally, the only positive thing I can say
about the effects of mooring buoys is that those that trashed the reefs in
the first place will continue to congregate in the areas they've already
ruined.

I dive the Bahamas, Caymans, Cozumel and all over S. Florida. The Keys
consistently have greater concentrations of small to midsized fish than
anyplace else I've been.

Lee