Jax recommendations?

vetdiver

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• Dec 28, 2005

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Hi, all - I'm a relocated Jacksonvillian currently diving the frigging cold waters of Massachusetts - thought I'd come home and visit the family this summer for a very long July 4 weekend, and I figured it might be a nice idea to ditch the drysuit for a weekend and pick up a charter. Any recommendations? What's the water temp like in July? Thanks!

 

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• Dec 29, 2005

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Check out this thread - http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=112672&highlight=jacksonville

If you do a search youll find many others with the info you seek.

 

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• Dec 29, 2005

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There are of course the Springs, and Atlantic Pro Divers runs a pretty decent charter, I've heard... I don't know much about the others, and you're in driving distance (allll day trip) to some of the southern sites (WPB, Ft Lauderdale), or take a couple days and see the keys.

 

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• Dec 29, 2005

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Thanks!

Think we'll skip the springs - have done some of them with my husband, but he's not cavern/cave certified, so there's nothing exciting to add on. It would be a long drive to WPB/Ft.L for a few dives!! Maybe we'll try to book 2 days of charters with Atlantic Pro...

 

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• Dec 31, 2005

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I dove with Atlantic Pro in July of '04. Water temp around 80 with 30-40' viz. Not a bad operation. Probably dive on a barge and see a lot of game fish. We had guys spearfishing on the same boat. Got a good pic of my son with a big cobia one of them shot.

 

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• Jan 1, 2006

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Think about going with jax scuba center, they have a nice charter also and saw them today when I was diving. Saw some wild stuff today including a right whale, sand tiger shark, two turtles, and other usual critters. Thats whats great about jax diving, never know what youre gonna see...

 

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• Jan 2, 2006

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Expect to see those sand tigers on just about every culvert pile from now till the end of March.Whales are a bonus.We had one buzz a guy decoing last winter.He was very shook up then but it was very cool in retrospect.

 

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• Jan 3, 2006

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Thanks for the info - we've spoken to Atlantic Pro, will look into Jax Scuba as well. Must say, I'm excited to dive so close to "home".

80 degrees....aaahhh....