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No Passport Necessary: The Best Diving You’ve Never Heard of...
Excerpt from DivingTop100.com
For a travel experience unlike any other, look no further than the Florida Keys. For a diving experience unlike any other, look just a little bit further – Just 70-90 miles west of Key West, the Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve is a much-overlooked gem of the Florida Keys. Some of the most vibrant, colorful and fishy reefs in the Caribbean can be found here. The Gulf’s best diving is in the Dry Tortugas.
Dry Tortugas diving is perfect for 80/80 divers (80 degree water, 80 feet visibility). The water is relatively warm and clear year round. Temperatures range in the high 60s even in wintertime, and are as warm as mid 80’s in the summer. Visibility ranges from 60 feet to virtually limitless.
The Tortugas offer diving opportunities that appeal to recreational divers of all tastes. Literally hundreds of dive sites cover Tortugas Bank, where you can find anything from shallow sea grass beds to deep reefs and ledges. The Dry Tortugas are home to some of the best diving in the Caribbean, according to Frank Wasson, owner of Spree expeditions, one of the three liveaboard boats that service the area.
There are countless buoyed dive sites within the Ecological Reserve and National Park, as well as the opportunity for drift diving the deep ledges of Tortugas Bank. Boat operators familiar with the area can make recommendations based on what divers would like to see.
If what you want is unique wildlife, the Dry Tortugas has plenty of that as well. Due to the remote location of the reefs, there is little diver pressure, and the reefs are home to vibrant corals, large pelagic and reef fish, including rays and sharks. The islands of Dry Tortugas National Park have nesting populations of loggerhead and green sea turtles that return year after year. There is even a family of Sperm Whales that has been sighted consistently over the years.
Read the Full Article on the Dry Tortugas & Spree Expeditions at DivingTop100.com
Excerpt from DivingTop100.com
For a travel experience unlike any other, look no further than the Florida Keys. For a diving experience unlike any other, look just a little bit further – Just 70-90 miles west of Key West, the Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve is a much-overlooked gem of the Florida Keys. Some of the most vibrant, colorful and fishy reefs in the Caribbean can be found here. The Gulf’s best diving is in the Dry Tortugas.Dry Tortugas diving is perfect for 80/80 divers (80 degree water, 80 feet visibility). The water is relatively warm and clear year round. Temperatures range in the high 60s even in wintertime, and are as warm as mid 80’s in the summer. Visibility ranges from 60 feet to virtually limitless.
The Tortugas offer diving opportunities that appeal to recreational divers of all tastes. Literally hundreds of dive sites cover Tortugas Bank, where you can find anything from shallow sea grass beds to deep reefs and ledges. The Dry Tortugas are home to some of the best diving in the Caribbean, according to Frank Wasson, owner of Spree expeditions, one of the three liveaboard boats that service the area.
There are countless buoyed dive sites within the Ecological Reserve and National Park, as well as the opportunity for drift diving the deep ledges of Tortugas Bank. Boat operators familiar with the area can make recommendations based on what divers would like to see.
If what you want is unique wildlife, the Dry Tortugas has plenty of that as well. Due to the remote location of the reefs, there is little diver pressure, and the reefs are home to vibrant corals, large pelagic and reef fish, including rays and sharks. The islands of Dry Tortugas National Park have nesting populations of loggerhead and green sea turtles that return year after year. There is even a family of Sperm Whales that has been sighted consistently over the years.
Read the Full Article on the Dry Tortugas & Spree Expeditions at DivingTop100.com
