Sinbad the Diver
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Pat, aka Ms Paramedic here on SB.
also the best person to talk to about where to eat and what to do while in Key Largo.
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Pat, aka Ms Paramedic here on SB.
I was actually underimpressed
We were essentially dumped off at the sites with no reference on where to go or what to look for. It felt more like I was simply buying a taxi service from land to the sites.
Having a DM in the water who knows the area means that you could see things that you otherwise might miss. I'd never done any dives on the 'Grove and even though I'm an experienced diver and comfortable exploring and navigating, it would have been helpful to have been explained "look for X at this point of the wreck and the goliaths usually hang out under the stern..." Draw it, show me specifics if you aren't going to send a DM down with us.
'Zactly! I bring a squeeze bottle of a good deet-based repellent (in its own ziptop baggie) and slather it during the ride back to the dock. Its the price you pay for glassy seas... No wind means no swells, but it also makes it much easier for skeeters to congregate. The bloodsucking little bastages! Oh well, what can you do, its South Fla. after all! :14:I only had one complaint with silent world--the freakin swamp angels were HORRIBLE-we were chewed up at the dock. Bring off!!
Thats funny here in Islamorada/Tavernier on the ocean side with the boat I never get bit but if we go to the bay it is every person for themselves.'Zactly! I bring a squeeze bottle of a good deet-based repellent (in its own ziptop baggie) and slather it during the ride back to the dock. Its the price you pay for glassy seas... No wind means no swells, but it also makes it much easier for skeeters to congregate. The bloodsucking little bastages! Oh well, what can you do, its South Fla. after all! :14:
Calmer air = more mosquito bites.Thats funny here in Islamorada/Tavernier on the ocean side with the boat I never get bit but if we go to the bay it is every person for themselves.