scuba spark
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I won't bore everyone with the details, but my girlfriend and I had planned on going on a vacation down in florida and the bahamas June 8-18th this summer. Things didn't quite work out the way we were told, so now we've got two tickets to ft. lauderdale and a whole bunch of time to burn (a few of the days we'll be staying with my brother up in port st. lucy).
I've been thinking about heading down to the keys for most of the time, and just trying to find a place to stay there and dive. I've also thought about hanging around the ft. lauderdale area and just diving from there for 4 or 5 days. Neither of us have much experience diving in the open ocean, most of our diving has been in quarries around the midwest. I think we'd both be ok with reefs or wrecks, it's all pretty new to us. I don't think either of us have been deeper than 90 ft so far, so I don't know about going much deeper on this trip, especially if it's under challenging conditions.
So I guess it boils down to which place is more economical, I don't want to blow too much money finding a place to stay (unless we get refunded quicker than I anticipate). A hotel with a beach would be nice though. Nightlife isn't too important, we definately don't need to go club hopping to have a good time. Just a nice restaurant or two so I can treat my gf to some good meals, and lots of excellent diving.
ps. I've read lots of reports of various dive ops in the areas I'm looking at, so I think I've got that part covered. I just can't decide which part of florida to stay in.
Anyone have some helpful advice?
I've been thinking about heading down to the keys for most of the time, and just trying to find a place to stay there and dive. I've also thought about hanging around the ft. lauderdale area and just diving from there for 4 or 5 days. Neither of us have much experience diving in the open ocean, most of our diving has been in quarries around the midwest. I think we'd both be ok with reefs or wrecks, it's all pretty new to us. I don't think either of us have been deeper than 90 ft so far, so I don't know about going much deeper on this trip, especially if it's under challenging conditions.
So I guess it boils down to which place is more economical, I don't want to blow too much money finding a place to stay (unless we get refunded quicker than I anticipate). A hotel with a beach would be nice though. Nightlife isn't too important, we definately don't need to go club hopping to have a good time. Just a nice restaurant or two so I can treat my gf to some good meals, and lots of excellent diving.
ps. I've read lots of reports of various dive ops in the areas I'm looking at, so I think I've got that part covered. I just can't decide which part of florida to stay in.
Anyone have some helpful advice?
