My g/f and I may take off from Christmas to New Year's and drive down to south FL to go diving. In which case, we could go basically anywhere.
Any suggestions on a location and dive operator? Or, if the suggestion is for shore diving, suggestions on a location and either a guide or a shop that could advise us on the local conditions?
She likes diving in the Keys. I have not dived in the Keys, so that is sort of where I'm leaning. But, I looked at the website for Rainbow Reef, whom she has been out with before, and I don't really like that they sort of expect you to just follow their guide and they seem to be pretty firm on 1 hour from end of dive brief to finished with the dive. I would prefer to dive with someone that will let us do our own dive, if we want, and stay down as long as our air permits. My g/f said when she went with them before, she was almost always having to get out with a lot of air left.
Any suggestions on a location and dive operator? Or, if the suggestion is for shore diving, suggestions on a location and either a guide or a shop that could advise us on the local conditions?
She likes diving in the Keys. I have not dived in the Keys, so that is sort of where I'm leaning. But, I looked at the website for Rainbow Reef, whom she has been out with before, and I don't really like that they sort of expect you to just follow their guide and they seem to be pretty firm on 1 hour from end of dive brief to finished with the dive. I would prefer to dive with someone that will let us do our own dive, if we want, and stay down as long as our air permits. My g/f said when she went with them before, she was almost always having to get out with a lot of air left.