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The Continental USA/Key West

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Southpoint Divers: "Southpoint Divers- super conservative limits", Jul, 2016, by Marie Dugan, FL, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 8987 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Our goal was to dive the Vandenberg wreck off of Key West. Southpoint Divers were recommended by a local family, so we gave them a try. Nice folks on the phone and in the store, all very helpful. 46 ft. Newton dive vessel, so it should be plenty comfortable. Showed up at the shop on time, 8 am. Were sent across the way to the docks at the Hyatt, and were told the boat would begin loading around 8:15. No boat until 8:40 am. Loading went smoothly, and off we went. On the briefing out to the site, we were informed of the time limits for both air and nitrox divers. As my husband and I were diving nitrox, we did not feel that the time restraint, of 23 minutes was reflective of our diving style. I cajoled a bit with one of the crew and he extended it to being back on the hang line at 28 minutes. We followed the directions for the first dive, and indeed were on the line at 27 minutes. Our deepest depth was at 104, and I personally had 1400 psi left over. After getting back on the boat, we were asked our deepest depth and what air pressure we had remaining. Shortly after, I was informed that I only needed a 35 minute surface interval to get back into the water for our second dive. This was rather disconcerting, as both my husband and I dive Suunto computers, which are very conservative in their calculations. Again we were told to be on the hang line at 28 minutes. We completed our second dive with 32 minutes prior to getting on the hang line, simply because there were folks waiting to ascend. The boat was well laid out, the staff were friendly, but not overly helpful, but the time constraints were, to us, over the top. It was more important for them to get us out and back, even though they were late, than to be late for their afternoon trip. As divers who are responsible, and who wish to get a complete dive with each tank, the boats attitude did not sit well with us. Next time I wish to dive the Vandenberg, I will go elsewhere for two full dives.
Websites	Southpoint Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Florida, Hawaii, Bahamas, Bonaire, Curacao, Mexico, Galapagos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-55 Ft/ 12-17 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Time limit of 28 minutes per dive, on nitrox.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Only a single rubbermaid container was available for cameras.

Report currently has 2 Helpful votes

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By Craig A Wood in PA, US at Jul 18, 2016 13:18 EST

Disappointingly short dives. My son and I did a triple off the Spree liveaboard last summer 96 feet/53 minutes, 102 feet/48 minutes and 121 feet/41 minutes. We had steel 100s with nitrox, dives were limited by deco. Unfortunately, the Spree has been sold. It would be very frustrating to take the time and make the effort to dive the Vandenberg and end up with such short dives

By robert h Neff in FL, US at Feb 06, 2019 12:15 EST

very useful comments

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

Southpoint Divers: "Southpoint Divers- super conservative limits", Jul, 2016,

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