Dive Review of HMS Minnow Dive Charters/Key West Inn in
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HMS Minnow Dive Charters/Key West Inn, Feb, 2010, by Richard Visser, MI, US ( 2 reports). Report 5366.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Second time diving with Captain Jeff....first time was in 2003. Friendly retired cop. He runs a nice, small operation. Nice, fast, 6 pack covered boat. For our 3 days of diving, my wife and I were the only two divers on the boat. We left for the dive sites by 8AM, before the cattle boats had departed. Jeff gives a briefing on the geography of each dive site, and then turns you loose for as long as you want the dive to last. We arrived at Snappers Ledge by 8:15 and saw massive schools of fish to the extent that in places the reef was actually obscured. On this one dive we saw several lobsters, a large green Moray, 3 different types of filefish, as well as the vast variety of Caribbean reef fish. After 55 minutes underwater, we were heading back to the boat when my wife beckoned me to her, and pointed out a 6-7 foot nurse shark sleeping peacefully under a coral ledge. We got as close as 3-4 feet away before it casually swam away, revealing not one, but two Highhats that were also lounging under this ledge. Sheesh! We've traveled all over the world, but I had forgotten how good Pennekamp diving can be....especially when you are the first ones to the dive site. Jeff has an arrangement with the Key West Inn where rooms are available for $99/night. It's a renovated, older hotel. Rooms are clean, and staff is friendly. All rooms are townhouses with 2 stories...ideal for families. Mom and dad get the upstairs bedroom, up to 3 kids can sleep down. 2 bathrooms, 2 tv's, kitchen. They are on the same channel that Jeff has his boat. Doc's Diner is a must. Huge sandwich platters for only $7.50. The cuban sandwich had meat piled almost an inch high, with a humongous batch of fries and some coleslaw. I had enough left over to take home for supper.
Websites	HMS Minnow Dive Charters
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Fiji, Caymans, Bonaire, Curacao, Belize, Guanaja, San Salvador, Provo, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-50 Ft/ 12-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of HMS Minnow Dive Charters/Key West Inn in The Continental USA/Key Largo

HMS Minnow Dive Charters/Key West Inn, Feb, 2010,

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Dive Review of HMS Minnow Dive Charters/Key West Inn in
The Continental USA/Key Largo