Dive Review of Rainbow Reef Dive Center/N/A in
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Rainbow Reef Dive Center/N/A, May, 2010, by craig grube, VA, US ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 5524.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Rainbow Reef is a very efficient operation out of Key Largo, we were on two approx. 40-42’ Newtons. We did 3 days of 2-tank morning dives and generally left the dock about 9AM and were back about 12:30. Rainbow Reef offers dive guides at no charge which lets you relax a bit and focus on marine life or photography. Our dives were on various sites on Molasses Reef and were in waters ranging from 20-40’. Given the shallow depths, we were given dives that ran about an hour each. The dive trips were generally crowded but the crew was very organized and things ran smoothly. Based on the day we either had 4, 6 or 8 divers in the group with the dive guide. The crew did head counts after each dive, had separate rinse tank for camera gear and plenty of cold water bottles. The marine life was fairly abundant with several nurse sharks, turtles, morays, lobsters, crabs, and scorpion fish. We also saw large schools of midnight parrotfish, the usual snapper and angels, many barracuda, and several stingrays. Coral was not the healthiest, but that seems to be the trend these days. The water was warm and pretty calm. Rainbow Reef provided us a very good experience.
Websites	Rainbow Reef Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Tahiti, Little Cayman, Glovers Atoll, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-60 Ft/ 15-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Return with 700 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Seperate rinse tank and the crew was vocal on keeping masks and other gear out of the fresh water camera tank.

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Dive Review of Rainbow Reef Dive Center/N/A in The Continental USA/Key Largo

Rainbow Reef Dive Center/N/A, May, 2010,

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Dive Review of Rainbow Reef Dive Center/N/A in
The Continental USA/Key Largo