Dive Review of Dive Duck Key/Hawk's Cay in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys

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Dive Duck Key/Hawk's Cay, Aug, 2010, by Timothy A Kolakowski, PA, US ( Contributor 12 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 5780 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	A spur of the moment trip caused by low cost accomodations & airfare, plus a chance to get newly certified son James into the water between June's certification in Maui and next Easter's trip sent us to Hawk's Cay on Duck Key, halfway down the Keys. We got a great summer price on a beautiful 2 story condo. It was a fun long weekend on and under water as we explored the Keys, dove, and enjoyed the resort. Hawk's Cay is a much-nicer-than-usual Keys accomodation. It's a full fledged resort. 5 pools, kids club, 5 restaurants, mini golf, spa, dock facilities, dolphin program, and a dive shop. Awesome for families, especially with pre teens - there were tons of kids. We had variable diving conditions...great one day, currents & bad vis the next. Tough for a new diver but he handled it with divemaster's help...which cost $100/day! Pretty steep for a guide but the Keys dives are unguided except for the deep wrecks. Good fish life and the Thunderbolt is a fun wreck. Beautiful ride to Key West for one day. Skip Miami, and fly to Ft. Lauderdale with AirTran or Southwest. Much easier airport to navigate.
Websites	Dive Duck Key
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Caymans, Provo, Grand Turk, Salt Cay, St. Vincent, Jost Van Dyke, Grand Bahama, Maui, Big Island, Costa Rica, Cozumel, Montserrat
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	25-75 Ft/ 8-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Back to boat in an hour
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Dive Duck Key/Hawk's Cay in The Continental USA/Florida Keys

Dive Duck Key/Hawk's Cay, Aug, 2010,

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Dive Review of Dive Duck Key/Hawk's Cay in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys