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Dive Op / Resort	Live Aboard?	Area	Title / Review	Rating Advanced / Beginner	Diving Date	Reporter/ # Dives	Photos/ Helpful Votes
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*Abyss Dive Center/ Holiday Inn Marathon Key*		Florida Keys - Marathon	Tremendous operation. This is a family owned and operated shop and it is very well done. The boat is in great condition and is f... Full report		8/2005	Joe Sindorf <100 Dives
*Amoray/ Amy Slade's Amoray Resort*		Florida Keys	This is not a cheap dive vacation, but it is worth it! This was a family dive vacation. We flew into Miami, rented an SUV an... Full report		8/2005	Joe Sindorf <100 Dives
*South Florida Dive Headquarters/ Canada House*		Ft Lauderdale, Florida	Crew was very accomadating and fun. Boat was comfortable and never over crowded. Water, drinks, snacks were provided and there w... Full report		9/2006	Karen Green 100+ Dives
*Rainbow Reef/ Holiday Inn*		Key Largo, Florida	2 Dive sites 1 good for Advanced and Wreck (Spiegel Grove), 1 for beginners (Shallow Wreck). The dive plan for Spiegel was 100'+. ... Full report		9/2006	Karen Green 100+ Dives
*Bonne Terre Mine*		St. Louis, MO	Abandon lead mine - water is crystal clear; there is no marine life, but the mine equipment - cart; trains; tools, drills, are jus... Full report		10/2005	Jack Gullo Jr. 250+ Dives
*Great White Adventures*		Isla de Guadelupe	Staff was amazing. they have been working together for years and really like each other so they are happy and very efficient. They ... Full report		9/2006	Lupo 1000+ Dives
*Rainbow Reef/ Ramada Inn*		Florida Keys	Rainbow Reef is a dive operation that is trying to make a name for itself but still needs some work. The dive staff is very frien... Full report		4/2006	Jeremy Ellis 250+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics*		Channel Islands, Calif	Overall conditions were great, water temp though too warm for my drysuit unless I went deep and found the thermocline. We were on... Full report		7/2006	Jerry Jensen 100+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics*		Channel Islands	Truth Aquatics owns three live- aboards that operate out of Santa Barbara. Most of their trips are booked through third party oper... Full report		8/2006	Abe Glazer 100+ Dives
*Catalina Divers Supply/ Catalina Island*		California	We went on a 2- tank boat dive to two locations. Good: LOTS of very different, interesting fish. Very 'friendly' Garibaldi, ... Full report		9/2005	Ron Kloberdanz <100 Dives
*Its A Dive/ Marriott Hotel*		Key LArgo, FL	This is a follow up report from last year same time frame after the Labor Day Hoildays - the Hotel (Resort) rates drop greatly if t... Full report		9/2006	David N Scarborough 250+ Dives
*Southern Swim & Scuba/ Atlanta Technical Divers*		North Florida Cave	Cave System tour and training, while in Mexico and diving in the Cenotes I was taken in by the sites and systems, came back to USA... Full report		7/2006	David N Scarborough 250+ Dives
*Olympus Dive Center/ America Suites*		North Carolina	I had read about diving the wrecks in North Carolina. I went in Sept as it is the off season and the water temperature and visibi... Full report		9/2006	Steven Rosenfeld 500+ Dives
*Amoray Slate Dive Resort/ same*		Key Largo, FL	My wife and I stayed at the resort on Memorial Day weekend as a package deal. - Two- two tank boat trips plus a one tank night... Full report		5/2006	Walt Suita 250+ Dives
*Capt J.T. Barker*		North Carolina	North Carolina- Hatteras Village at end of Outer Banks. We dove for the first time with [. . . ] during the 4th of July 20... Full report		8/2006	garry gough 250+ Dives
*Blue Water Divers/ N/A*		Key Largo	We stayed at a family owned house, so have no comments on accommodations. The diving in Key Largo is great - clear, mostly calm, w... Full report		7/2006	Tricia Coyle <100 Dives
*Straits Scuba/ Driftwood Motel*		Straits of Mackinac	The best part of the trip was the wrecks. I was blown away by the wrecks states of preservation, and conditions. Each wreck we d... Full report		9/2006	Michael Bosveld 100+ Dives
*Quiescence/ [Ocean point condo*		[Key largo	I dove with Quiescence(Q) Dive (mm103. 5)in April of 2006 for a two week. Q runs three 6 packs out of Key Largo. They have been aro... Full report		4/2006	CHED MILLER 1000+ Dives
*Key Dives*		Islamorado, Fla. Keys	Key Dives in Islamorado was awesome! I'm a beginner diver, They claimed it was Carbbean style Diving! They set up our equipment, h... Full report		2/2006	Marjorie <100 Dives
*American Dream II/ N/A*		Fort Lauderdale, FL	American Dream II is a 43 foot custom dive boat that ports out of the Pier 66 pier in Fort Lauderdale. Todd is the boat captain, ... Full report		6/2006	Melissa Good 100+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics*		Santa Barbara, Channel Islands	It really was all good. The crew was very accomodating. The showers were hot. The other divers were great to hang out with after... Full report		8/2006	Randy Linscheid <100 Dives
*Scuba Luv*		Santa Catalina Island, CA	We dove for two days around Santa Catalina Island. On the first day, we did three dives at Italian Gardens, Gibralter Pinnacle, a... Full report		8/2006	Mort Rolleston 100+ Dives
*Our own boat/ our own RV*		Keys	My wife (100+ dives) and I (1, 000+) dives arrived in Key Largo in May 06 for a four month stay to dive the Pennekamp and Florida M... Full report		5/2006	Bruce Wallace 1000+ Dives
*Outer Banks Diving/ Marlin*		Hatteras, NC	Outer Banks Diving has upgraded their boat this year. . . the Flying Fish is bigger, faster, drier, and just overall nicer than the ... Full report		7/2006	Rick Tuss 500+ Dives
*None used*		Lake Okoboji Northwest, Iowa	West Lake Okoboji is a "blue water" in northwest Iowa. It is a far cry from diving in the Caribbean, but for land locked Iowa, it ... Full report		8/2006	Larry Sensenig 100+ Dives
*It's a Dive/ Marriott Key Largo Bay Resort*		Key Largo	Five divers and a 2 and 4 year old were on this trip. We had 3 new divers looking for a long weekend trip from Chicago as well as... Full report		8/2006	Allan Baldwin 100+ Dives
*Island Dive & Water Sports/ Discovery Inn*		San Juan Islands, WA	Getting to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island for me involved a two hour drive north of Seattle to Anacortes, WA and then a one hour... Full report		4/2006	Larry Deweese 500+ Dives
*M/V Spree*		Flower Gardens, Texas	This is not a report about a single trip. I live in South Texas and consider the Flower Gardens my back yard. As such, I average... Full report		8/2005	Larry Deweese 500+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics/ Conception*		CA	... Full report		8/2006	Byran (Bud) Worsham 1000+ Dives
*Scuba-Do/ Marina Del Mar*		Key Largo	This was my first time diving in Pennekamp Marine Park - pretty sad since I live in Miami. We made arrangements for two afternoons... Full report		7/2006	Melissa Good 100+ Dives
*Gilboa Quarry*		Ohio	Gilboa Quarry is a local quarry privately owned and established for divers. There is a $12 fee for divers, $6 fee for non- divers, ... Full report		8/2005	Wayne Taylor 100+ Dives
*Wet Dreams/ NA*		Panama City, FL	My husband and I were in Panama City for an artificial reef seminar that included a dive on the Oriskany. The boat “Wet Dreams” w... Full report		8/2006	Carol Cox 1000+ Dives
*HMS Minnow/ Private Residence*		Key Largo	I am a repeat customer with the HMS Minnow. Capt Jeff Jarvis and his wife Betty run the nicest little six- pack you could ever hop... Full report		7/2006	David Lindaman <100 Dives
*Express Watersports - Scuba Express/ N/A*		Myrtle Beach, SC	Let me start by saying I believe they have an overall good operation. This particluar dive was called 11 mile reef. There were 3... Full report		8/2005	John Crellin 100+ Dives
*divers city*		florida keys	Didn't dive with these guys so I can't coment on there boat operations. Allong with tavenier dive center, divers city offers cust... Full report		7/2006	Scott Johnson 100+ Dives
*The Dive Shack's Wet Dream*		Pensacola, Fl	Undercurrent News Letter The USS Oriskany, Pensacola, Florida The Dive Shack’s Wet Dream: July , 29- 30 2006 Robert Cecil, ... Full report		7/2006	Robert Cecil <100 Dives
*Scuba Tech/ N/A*		Florida Panhandle	Had an invitation to spend a week with friends at their summer place in Destin, FL. I did an internet search, found that there wa... Full report		7/2006	David Reubush 500+ Dives
*Aquarius 2/ my parents house*		Monterey/Point Lobos	So I went home to see my parents for Christmas and wanted to dive. The diving is good in Northern California in December, I guess ... Full report		12/2005	Arik Olson <100 Dives
*Atlantis IV/ N/A*		Morehead City, NC	This was my first trip to dive the shipwrecks off the North Carolina coast. The Atlantis IV is a very comfortable boat and the cre... Full report		5/2006	Clay Coleman 1000+ Dives
*Atlantis Dive Center*		Key Largo, Florida	This was my second dive on the Speigel Grove with Spencer Slate and Neal Watson. On the first one several years ago the ship was o... Full report		7/2006	Gabriel I. Peñagarícano 500+ Dives
*Its a Dive/ Marriott Key Largo*		Key Largo	I had three days of diving in Key Largo at the end of June. I stayed at the Marriott in Key Largo and dove with It’s a Dive who ar... Full report		6/2006	Ian Kennedy 100+ Dives
*Subtropic Dive Shop*		Key West, FL	Q: "Please tell us the good, the bad, and what you wish you had known before you left home. . . " A: The "good news" is a referral fro... Full report		6/2006	John A. Fletcher <100 Dives
*Amoray Dive Resort*		Key Largo, FL	Q: "Please tell us the good, the bad, and what you wish you had known before you left home. . " A: It was "all good", there was no "b... Full report		7/2006	john_fletcher <100 Dives
*Out to Sea Adventures/ Port Aransas, Texas*		western Gulf of Mexico	The best Spearfishing trip I've ever gone on, with more fish, better Captain and crew, and better accomodations than I've encounte... Full report		6/2006	Rusty Hubbarth 250+ Dives
*Viking Diving*		Pensacola, FL	Viking Diving of Pensacola is set up to dive the USS Orskiany with no problem. Our crew was very helpful and help gets diver in and... Full report		6/2006	David N Scarborough 250+ Dives
*White Star Quarry*		Ohio	White Star dive site is a modest operation that is a descent training site for beginner divers. There are three platforms which i... Full report		5/2006	Wayne Taylor 100+ Dives
*Conch Republic Divers/ Ocean Pointe Suites*		Tavernier	The sixth time is the charm. The Spiegle Grove has always been my bad- luck dive. Previous attempts all came a cropper. First tr... Full report		5/2006	Richard Sziede 100+ Dives
*Horizon Divers/ Ramada*		Key Largo, FL	The main purpose of this trip to complete my 12 year old son's open water certification. We have done most of our diving off Key ... Full report		1/2006	Ron Jyring <100 Dives
*Scuba Luv/King Neptune*		Santa Catalina Island, CA	Warmer than expected- - could have used a 3mm and much less lead. Spectacular visibility for west coast. Bird rock A+, Eagle Reef A+... Full report		8/2005	Jeff Presley <100 Dives
*Conch Republic Divers/ The Ragged Edge*		Tavernier Key	I booked two and a half days of diving over MLK Jr. weekend with Conch Republic. The first day, a cold front moved in. With winds ... Full report		1/2006	Matthew Nathan <100 Dives
*American Pro Divers/ Seagrass Inn Resort*		Crystal River, NW Florida	No, folks, I was not diving in salt water, but instead in the freshwater springs and caverns of northwestern Florida. I also snor... Full report		1/2006	Mary Wicksten 1000+ Dives
*Catalina Divers*		Catalina Island, Avalon	Catalina Divers has their main dive shop on the town pier with another tank fill and rental at the casino area. We went out on th... Full report		2/2006	Jerry Jensen 100+ Dives
*Island Dive and Watersports*		Washington state	First time diving the San Juan Islands Washington and booked onto Island Dive and Watersports charter for two days of three tank d... Full report		10/2005	Jerry Jensen 100+ Dives
*HMS Minnow/ Key Largo Holiday Inn*		Key Largo	Best dive operation in the upper keys. The boat is small, but the sites are close, and the boat is on the ocean side, minutes fro... Full report		10/2005	Dean Knudson 250+ Dives
*Conch Republic Divers*		Florida Keys	My wife Kathy and I dove with Conch Republic Divers in Tavernier. This is a great dive operation and the folks are great to ... Full report		12/2005	Dave Bridenbaugh <100 Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures*		Pompano Beach, Florida	Parrot Island Scuba Adventures ( [. . . ] ) is a great dive charter. Reasonably priced, safety conscious, and accom... Full report		11/2005	Joni & Bobby Lamb 250+ Dives
*Divers City/ Island Bay Resort*		Tavernier, FL	IF you are going to do wreck diving in Key Largo, look up Divers City. Very knowledgable about wreck and technical diving. Good ... Full report		9/2005	Clare Petosa 100+ Dives
*It's a Dive/ Marriott*		Key Largo, FL	It's a Dive is a 5- star PADI resort. They are located in the Marriott Hotel complex on the bay side of Key Largo, FL. They are a... Full report		11/2005	John W. Griffis III 500+ Dives
*BlueWater Divers of Key Largo*		Key Largo, FL	Blue Water Divers (BWD) is a two man operation which runs out of its berthing area at the Key Largo Marina next to the Holiday Inn... Full report		11/2005	Chuck Donaldson 100+ Dives
*Dive Connections*		San Diego, CA	I found this operation on the net ( [. . . ] ), and did a Saturday afternoon two tank dive and a Sunday morning two tank di... Full report		11/2005	Rich Orman 100+ Dives
*island dive and watersports*		San Juan Islands, WA	We live in Southern Oregon and there's not alot of ocean diving available unless you are extremly desperate. I picked up a copy o... Full report		10/2005	jerry 100+ Dives
*M/V Fling*		Gulf of Mexico	The M/ V Fling holds approximately 30 divers + crew. This trip was a 3 day adventure with the first events beginning with boarding... Full report		8/2005	Clay Briscoe <100 Dives
*jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures/ n/a*		West Palm Beach Florida	Reefs were in very poor condition. Lots of brown algae. We seen several large and one huge loggerhead turtles which kept us intere... Full report		6/2005	Dave Jackson <100 Dives
*Amoray*		Key Largo	We arrived the day after hurricane Rita went through, so probably alters opinion of diving. We missed one day of diving due to wa... Full report		9/2005	Lisa Strickland <100 Dives
*Tropic Vista Dive Resort*		Tavernier	The Tropic Vista Motel is not the top choice of many for a vacation; however, it is ideally set up for someone who wants to comple... Full report		5/2005	Jeremy Ellis 250+ Dives
*Captain Morgan's Dive Tours*		Marathon, FL	This is the third time my wife and I have been diving with Captain Morgan and it is always a pleasure. Captain Doug Morgan knows t... Full report		9/2005	Kirk Adams <100 Dives
*olympus dive center/ midnight express*		Morehead city,North Carolina	The diving here seems excellent, the dive shop seems to balance betwween being a hardcore wrek diving place and dealing with photo... Full report		8/2005	al marvelli 500+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics*		California	Good operation. Middle boat, Conception, stolen in March returned to fleet September 1. Refit to new condition, max divers 36. ... Full report		9/2005	Byran (Bud) Worsham 250+ Dives
*HMS Minnow*		Key Largo, Fl	I have taken 7, 1- week dive trips to Key Largo from 2000- 2005, and I dove from the HMS Minnow on every occasion. Jeff Jarvis... Full report		6/2005	Gary Cowden 100+ Dives
*Discovery Diving*		Beaufort, North Carolina	... Full report		5/2005	Joe Dormer <100 Dives
*Discovery Diving*		Beaufort, NC	The boat crews were excellent - great service and very friendly. Would definitely request Jerry as our boat captain again. The ... Full report		9/2005	Angela Lockhart 250+ Dives
*Innerspace/ Lime Tree Bay Resort, Long Key*		Looe Key	Third time out with Innerspace located on Big Pine Key. What was impressive was the lack of hype when registering for the ... Full report		9/2004	Paul Lima <100 Dives
*Quiescence/ Lime Tree Bay Resort, Long Key*		Key Largo	A return trip to Quiescence after a long hiatus due to heart surgery. As a result Donna dove Nitrox as an added precaution... Full report		9/2004	Paul and Donna Lima <100 Dives
*HMS Minnow/ N/A*		Key Largo, Florida	This is the sixth year in a row that I have dove with the HMS Minnow. Owners/ Operators Capt. Jeff Jarvis and his wife Betty run t... Full report		6/2005	David Lindaman <100 Dives
*Scuba-Do Dive Charters/ Best Western Suites*		Key Largo	We are quite surprised that we haven’t seen more reviews for Scuba- Do Dive Charters in the Chap Book. Perhaps those that ha... Full report		10/2004	Curt & Kathy Hofer <100 Dives
*Discovery Diving*		North Carolina	This was our 3rd trip to NC graveyard in last 5 years. Each time has been with Discovery Diving on the Captain's Lady. Captain Ler... Full report		8/2005	Steve Woerner 1000+ Dives
*SeaDwellers/ Key Largo*		Florida Keys	SeaDwellers was a great dive outfit. Nice boat and equipment. The crew were great. We had Jim as a dive quide the first day and... Full report		7/2005	Gwin & Holly <100 Dives
*see below*		California	I dived with Catalina Scuba Luv on the King Neptune. I tacked on a few days at the end of a business trip, and arrived with my own... Full report		8/2004	Fiona Rattay 100+ Dives
*Quiescence/ drove down*		Key Largo	I had the same experience with Quiescence that Marj did. When I showed up for my prepaid dive the clerk said, "It's pretty nasty ... Full report		8/2004	Allen A. Smith 250+ Dives
*Nautilus Explorer*		Alaska	We did a 7 day Juneau Alaska- Prince Rupert, British Columbia trip aboard the Nautilus Explorer in July 2005. All the diving took ... Full report		7/2005	Rich Orman <100 Dives
*Olympus*		North Carolina (Atlantic)	Ah, Mighty Olympus: What's happened to you? I've been with this dive operation many times in the past, have even taken courses wit... Full report		7/2005	Ed Noga 500+ Dives
*Outer Banks Diving*		North Carolina	We have been diving out of Hatteras every July 4 for the last 8 years. Due to the weather, it's rare to squeeze in 3 staight days ... Full report		7/2005	Rick Tuss 500+ Dives
*olympus dive center*		north carolina	We flew into Railegh- Durham airport, rented a car for the drive to Morehead City, North Carolina. The boat was excellant for the ty... Full report		7/2005	guy johnson 500+ Dives	1
*Quiescence/ Bayside Resort*		Key Largo, Florida	The Keys represent a good option for a diver looking for reef diving within easy traveling distance from the continental US. Few ... Full report		5/2005	Eric Frick 100+ Dives
*Ultimate Getaway*		Florida, Dry Tortugas	Took a group of 9 divers on a 3 night live aboard to the Dry Tortugas (Gulf of Mexico). Total of 16 divers on board and 7 crew. ... Full report		4/2005	John Hardison <100 Dives
*coastal scuba*		myrtl beach Sc	Coastal scuba has only one agenda, taking your money. This was a decompression dive trip and coastal had no clue what to do. 3 cre... Full report		3/2005	mark malin 500+ Dives
*Seaseacher II*		Flower Gardens	Since Flower Gardens is about 100 miles south of Freeport (Houston), TX, only way to check for sea conditions is bouy. Dive opera... Full report		3/2005	Greg Swager <100 Dives
*MV Ocean Explorer/ Sands Harbor Marina*		Pompano Beach Florida	This is the second time i have dove with this operator. the goal of this trip was to dive deeper extended range wrecks in the Pomp... Full report		2/2005	al 500+ Dives
*Amy Slate's Amoray Inn*			Our group stayed several days at this resort, then, after an abrupt cancellation by a Bahamas liveaboard berthed in Ft. Lauderdale... Full report		11/2004	Dean Knudson 100+ Dives
*HMS MINNOW*		Florida Keys	THE HMS MINNOW is a six pack that leaves from the 100 mile marker in back of the Holiday Inn at Key Largo. I dove with a friend t... Full report		2/2005	Gregg Gaylord 500+ Dives
*Key Biscayne Park, John Pennekamp Park/ none*		South Florida	Wish we hadn't gone with either park's staff and had chosen independent dive shops over park operations! (Typical government incom... Full report		2/2005	Betty & John Nevelus 1000+ Dives
*Olympus*		North Carolina wrecks	My coworker Rich and I dove 30 miles off of Morehead City, NC (about two hour boat ride out). We did two dives a day for two days... Full report		10/2004	Mort Rolleston <100 Dives
*Horizon Divers*		Key Largo, FL	KEY LARGO Overall, I was very pleasantly surprised at the diving at Key Largo and would have to probably rate it my most enjoya... Full report		2/2004	Mort Rolleston <100 Dives
*Divers City/ Ocean Pointe Suites*		Tavernier, Florida	We brought a new diver down to the Keys to do check- out dives someplace other than a quarry. We were very pleased with both Diver... Full report		11/2004	Colleen Duke 250+ Dives
*Island Ventures/ Rock Reef Resort*		Key Largo, Florida	Rock Reef Resort was a laid- back and comfortable place to stay, a good alternative to standard hotel fare. No food on site, but n... Full report		11/2004	Andrew Levin <100 Dives
*Paradise Charters/Island Reef Diver*		Key L argo, Florida	I signed up for a half day with Paradise Charters based on earlier reviews on Undercurrent. My first inkling of trouble was when, ... Full report		11/2004	Andrew Levin <100 Dives
*Force-E, Diversity/ N/A*		Boca Raton, FL	Force- E will schedule you with one of several dive boats according to the type of dive you want to do (wreck, reef, depth, night d... Full report		10/2004	Marsha Stout <100 Dives
*Cape Ann Divers*			Cape Ann has great shore diving. Cape Ann Divers was friendly and helpful in getting fills, suggesting locations, pointing out we... Full report		10/2004	Jack A. Gullo Jr. 100+ Dives
*Amy Slate's Amoray Divers/ Amy Slate's Dive Resort*		Key Largo	Winds out of the east opposing the flow of the Gulf Stream stirred up a pretty good chop and contributed to low visibility the fir... Full report		2/2004	Curt & Kathy Hofer <100 Dives
*Coral Island Charters*		Palm Beach	A couple of us decided to try Coral Island Charters in Palm Beach after phoning them and asking them we could dive a specific dive... Full report		7/2004	Steven Kovacs 250+ Dives
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