Dive Review of Sea Experience in
The Continental USA/Florida

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Sea Experience: "Surprisingly good experience", Jul, 2014, by Gary D Simms, MD, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 7808.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Since we were getting ready to go to Australia and the GBR, and hadn't been diving in about 18 months, we took a shot at a two tank dive in Fort Lauderdale while visiting family. Sea Experience was PADI recvommended. It turned out to be a nice, easy dive experience, and a good way to get us back in the groove. Nice, clean, well equipped dive boat with about 15 divers. We rented BCDs and regs (fine) using our own personal gear. After a short motor from the dock, we dove a site called Tracy, a nice encrusted wreck with lots of fish. We swam into various holds and the motor room, as well as the wheelhouse. Lots of small aquarium style fish, and a couple of very big black angels. Water temp was about 80 degrees, and the max depth was about 75 feet. The second dive was at a site called The Caves. This was a drift dive, and the pick up was a bit tough because of 2-3 surface swells. Spotted a large nurse shark, and decided we'd had enough when a bull shark started circling us. A nice operation, although there was little to no guidance from the crew under water (although the on board bruiefings were good).
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Palau, Mexico, Australia, Turks, Roatan
Closest Airport	Ft Lauderdale	Getting There	multiple flights
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	75-90 Ft/ 23-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	none
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
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 Sea Experience in The Continental USA/Florida

Sea Experience: "Surprisingly good experience", Jul, 2014,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sea Experience in
The Continental USA/Florida