As a follow up my son finished his certification with gold coast today. He did the first check out dives at the lake by bass pro shops yesterday and knocked out the last two today with south florida diving. We couldn't be more impressed with steve, dave and the crew at gold coast. Fanatastic service and instruction. The guys at south florida diving gave us the best day they could today as well, weather wasn't great but they ran a tight ship and made it as enjoyable as you could expect.
Thanks again for the recomendations. Fingers crossed we get a little better weather, we may hit the wednesday morning wreck / reef dive with south florida diving, and then dive lbts thur morning.