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Leaving wednesday November 2nd for the Florida Keys. This is the first time in years we will not be taking our own boat. Can anyone recommend a good operator for Key Largo and Key West? I want to take my newly certified girlfriend for a dive on French and Mollasses reef. Prefer a smaller boat and not the cattle type I dove on years ago. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also does anyone know the diving conditions after the recent Hurricane?
www.amoray.com in Key Largo. I love their boat, it's very stable. They will take you to Molassas Reef, and other dive sites including Christ in the Abyss.
The people there are wonderful and friendly. I will definitely go back!
We were also referred to Quiesence when staying at Azul del Mar over Labor Day period 2004, but Hurricane Frances beat us to it - we were part of the "mandatory evacuation" from MM 100 up. One thing to note is I don't believe there is a marine head on any of the Quiesence boats, in case that's a consideration.
We evacuated to Key West - Subtropic and Captains Corner are two dive ops we'd definitely recommend highly. I didn't consider either operation a 'cattle boat' although Captain's Corner runs the biggest boat in the area - we got in dives when the other operators weren't running before Frances came ashore around Ft. Lauderdale. Subtropic ran a separate boat for just my wife & I to get to the Cayman Salvager - all the other divers went on their pontoon boat to go lobstering, and they were gracious to run a second boat for those of us who weren't there for lobstering - which was solely my wife and I that morning. Exceptional customer service.
We dove with Conch Republic the first week of Nov. last year. They have a nice shop, a great captain and wnderful DM's. We never had more than 4 others on the boat with us. http://www.conchrepublicdivers.com/
I'll second Quiessence. I like the small boats. I also like Divers City in Tavernier. If you are interested in wreck diving at all, these are the folks to go with!
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