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Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Key West Inn Key Largo: "CoralPalooza 2017", Jun, 2017, by Mary Adams, MD, US ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 9722 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	Coral Restoration Foundation ran this weekend event, their third CoralPalooza, June 2-3, 2017. On Friday afternoon we ~300 volunteers registered, oriented, and received our assignments. Saturday we appeared at our assigned task locations. I was assigned to Ocean Divers. On my first dive, to CRF's coral nursery, I cleaned a coral tree with an ordinary dish brush. On my second dive, out to the reef, I outplanted 2 coral fragments onto the reef using a claw hammer to clean a couple of spots and a glob of marine epoxy to attach the fragments to the reef. CRF says 70% of their outplanted corals are alive and well a year later. To a gardener, 70% is pretty good. Then there was a happy hour with some awards, short speeches, a (nasty sweet blue) special cocktail, and a band. I'll do it again next year. And some of the dive outfitters run occasional, maybe monthly, coral restoration dives. While I was on Key Largo I got a PADI AOW certification and an EAN certification, dived the Spiegel Grove, dived the CGC Duane, and visited Christ of the Abyss. Christ looks kinda lonely down there. He needs Moses and John the Baptist, and some camels and sheep.
Websites	Rainbow Reef Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Cuba, Bonaire, Cozumel.
Closest Airport	Miami	Getting There	Non-stop from D.C., rental car.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Descent to the Duane was by moorline in a ripping current, but there was no current down there on the wreck.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	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]

Report currently has 1 Helpful vote

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By Joel Hirsh in CT, US at Sep 10, 2019 17:23 EST

report didn't seem to really describe Rainbow Reef Divers operation

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Dive Review of Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Key West Inn Key Largo in The Continental USA/Florida Keys

Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Key West Inn Key Largo: "CoralPalooza 2017", Jun, 2017,

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Dive Review of Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Key West Inn Key Largo in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys