Dive Review of Conch Republic Divers in
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Conch Republic Divers: "Great Weekend Dive Trip to the Keys", Nov, 2018, by Nancy Boore, MD, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 10674 has 3 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Took a weekend dive trip to the Keys with Brass Anchor Scuba Center out of Frederick, MD, and dove with Conch Republic. Mark was our Captain and Jasen was our Divemaster for our two morning dives. We were supposed to dive the Spiegel Grove, but conditions didn't allow us to, so Mark took us to the Duane where we double-dipped. Met up with a big Hawksbill turtle on the top deck of the wreck munching on some of the coral encrusting the wreck, and he let us hang out with him for a while before he decided to take off in search of more to eat. Plenty of fish on the wreck, and even one small octopus that a grouper had its eyes on for breakfast. Current was a little brisk, but not bad. Afternoon dive was on Davis Reef, lots of surge impacted vis, but otherwise a really nice dive where we saw morays, nurse sharks, spiny lobsters. Weather turned bad and we weren't able to get any more dives in for the weekend, but Conch Republic did a fantastic job taking great care of us, will definitely dive with them again.
Websites	Conch Republic Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Florida Keys, Pompano, Bahamas, Cozumel.
Closest Airport	Miami	Getting There	I flew with Southwest into Fort Lauderdale, and rented a car to drive to Key Largo.
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	72-79°F / 22-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No restrictions other than diving within your training limits and come up w/500 psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	We were on the small 30' boat, so no big setup for camera rigs and hence the 3 stars for the small boat. Bigger boat had a camera table for big rigs.

Report currently has 3 Helpful votes

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By robert h Neff in FL, US at Feb 06, 2019 11:24 EST

planning a couple wreck dives in early march 2019. so this was useful as far as selecting a dive operation to go with. I had heard good reports on Conch republic before.

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Dive Review of Conch Republic Divers in The Continental USA/Florida Keys

Conch Republic Divers: "Great Weekend Dive Trip to the Keys", Nov, 2018,

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Dive Review of Conch Republic Divers in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys