Dive Review of Southpoint Divers in
The Continental USA/Key West, FL

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Southpoint Divers, Sep, 2011, by Jeff and Nicole Robertson, GA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 6230.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Spent long weekend in Key West and decided to dive the Vandenburg. Southpoint Divers were very easy to book, nice boat with plenty of room. Since we were advanced SSI - we had option wether to have guide or not. We elected to hire guide since we had never dove this wreck. They were very strict on profile since this wreck has put many a diver in the chamber in it's brief history. There was a drag line, traverse and descent line s you didn't have to expend hardly any energy descending on the wreck. We descended right beside the cool radar dish on the big V and swam all over and through midships up to the bow. The guide - Billy - was extremely attentive and even stopped to take our picture at the dish. We turned around at the bow, made our way leisurely back to the ascent line. Our total max depth was 92' and we got to spend about 22-min on the wreck during the dive. The second dive was a shallow 25' dive on a reef known as "the 9 Stakes". Saw lobster, large Nurse Shark, one huge Barracuda, but not much else. Easy dive for 1-hour, no guide, natural navigation throughout reef. Southpoint is a great dive operator - thorough dive briefs, let you dive your own profile within limits, large comfortable boat, De-Fib/O2 on board.
Websites	Southpoint Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Utila, Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Zihuatenejo
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-86°F / 27-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	20-Min Bottom Time, Turn around at 1500PSI, on line with 1,000 PSI for ascent.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Camera rinse on boat - separate mask rinse station.

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Dive Review of Southpoint Divers in The Continental USA/Key West, FL

Southpoint Divers, Sep, 2011,

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Dive Review of Southpoint Divers in
The Continental USA/Key West, FL