Just back from Key Largo

bobby-in-mass · May 17, 2008

Just came back from some great diving in the keys:
great deal awesome diving=
Silent World Dive Charters in Key Largo
5 half-day trips (10 Dives) $250 includes tanks and weights only $50per day
clean boats,,great people
dove the Duane & Spiegel Grove

ScubaSarus · May 17, 2008

Yea!! I like that first pic. Gosh what a contrast and feeling of depth and clarity, and proportions. Thats a framer IMO.

Scubasteve1982 · May 17, 2008

Cool pix. I've been to Key Largo once. I need to get back there soon!

RIOceanographer · May 18, 2008

Excellent!

Fuel prices being what they are I am surprised they can get away with a $50 charter fee. That's close to what I used to pay for charters in FL back when I was in college down there in the mid-90's....

deeper thoughts · May 18, 2008

RIOceanographer:
Excellent!

Fuel prices being what they are I am surprised they can get away with a $50 charter fee. That's close to what I used to pay for charters in FL back when I was in college down there in the mid-90's....

You are 100pct right, they are way overdue for a rate increase

yak · May 19, 2008

Nice pix!

Last time I was on the SG, she was on her side

dbg40 · May 19, 2008

For me,, as long as this place is in business, It's the only boat I'll use. Key Largo Brent! FTW!!

Contact: Contact BlueWater Divers in Key Florida, Dive Capital of the World!

LobstaMan · May 19, 2008

yak:
Nice pix!

Last time I was on the SG, she was on her side

What did you do? Flip her upright while you were hanging on the mooring line? Jack, up for a BR dive yet?

LobstaMan

yak · May 20, 2008

LobstaMan:
What did you do? Flip her upright while you were hanging on the mooring line? Jack, up for a BR dive yet?

LobstaMan

Don't have time to dive yet, doing too much bike training for a couple of June events.

I'm surprised you hadn't already heard the SG story:

The former USS Spiegel Grove, now serving as artificial reef on the bottom in 130 feet of water off Key Largo, flipped upright as the core of the storm (Dennis) passed well over 200 miles to the west.

It's a position project organizers wanted since the retired 510-foot Landing Ship Dock prematurely sank and rolled over May 17, 2002, leaving its upside-down bow protruding from the water.

Three weeks later, a salvage team managed to fully sink the vessel, but on its right side instead of its keel. Three years later, the Spiegel Grove is the most popular artificial wreck in the Florida Keys, home at least 166 different fish species, said Lad Akins of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation.

"I'm flabbergasted," Rob Bleser, volunteer project director, said Monday afternoon after a dive on the newly oriented Spiegel Grove. "Nature took its course and put it where it belongs."

The only bummer is that now the screws are buried at depth. Before it flipped, you used to come down the line and there they were in about 80 feet of water, quite a sight.

paulthenurse · May 21, 2008

I can't say enough good things about the folks at Silent World. We've gone with them for the past three years and have had great experiences and great dives.

Paul

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