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Its a Dive/Marriott Key Largo, Jun, 2006, by Ian Kennedy, California, USA ( Contributor 13 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 2560.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	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 are located at the Marriott. Although the name doesn’t send too promising, the operation was reasonable. Generally, there were about 12 to 14 people on board, although the third day when we went to the Spiegel Grove there were only six people. On the first day, a Sunday, some fairly severe thunderstorms rolled in while we were under the water. I was looking around to see who had the giant strobe on their camera – it was actually lightning. Fortunately, nobody was electrocuted. The first day, we went diving on the wreck of the Benbow and then on Elbow reef. Those were shallow dives to a maximum of about 35 feet. I had plenty of air left by the time our allotted time of 60 minutes was up. The second day, we went to the wreck of the City of Washington and to French Reef. The City of Washington was probably the nicest site that we visited. There was a large grouper under the boat, weighing a couple of hundred pounds, and a few nurse sharks at the bottom. On the third day we went to wreck of the Spiegel Grove. I have been diving on the wreck twice before, on both occasions the wreck was on its side. On this occasion, it was upright, thanks to the intervention of Hurricane Dennis a year ago. It was interesting to see the ship in the upright position with the superstructure where it should be. We explored the bow of the ship down to about 100 feet, working our way out over the superstructure to gain a little extra bottom time. There was a bit of current at depth, as can be seen in the photo of the flag flying on top of the ship. As usual, this was nice easy Florida diving. Pictures are at [web.mac.com link]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Fiji, Australia, N. Z., California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minute dive time
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Rinse tank on boat

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Dive Review of Its a Dive/Marriott Key Largo in The Continental USA/Key Largo

Its a Dive/Marriott Key Largo, Jun, 2006,

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Dive Review of Its a Dive/Marriott Key Largo in
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