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HLAviation - 25 Jul 2004 23:10 GMT

Okay, I'm gonna take a week off come August and I'm gonna go diving in the
Keys with a friend (we're both damn well due for a vacation). I haven't been
down to the Keys in awhile, so what are the good dives these days. We're
gonna drive down through from Ft. Lauderdale to Key West so we can hit the
best stops along the way.
So the question is, which dive sites are the "gotta do", and who do we go
with to get there. No dive is too advanced, she and I are both quite
proficient divers, I'd like to see the best of the wrecks and reefs.
Thanks

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Al Wells - 25 Jul 2004 23:18 GMT

> So the question is, which dive sites are the "gotta do", and who do we go
> with to get there. No dive is too advanced, she and I are both quite
> proficient divers, I'd like to see the best of the wrecks and reefs.

Wilkes Barre, Queen of Nassau, S16; Kendrick is good but deep. Jim Wyatt
can fix you up for the ones down there, and maybe Divers City for the
QON. These are all gas dives.

al

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HLAviation - 25 Jul 2004 23:26 GMT

I've done the W-B many times and Kendrick twice, Never heard of the Queen of
Nassau, and never did the S16, maybe check them out. I'm mix (used to work
for Billy Dean) but she isn't. Where is Divers City and how do I get holdof
them and Jim Wyatt?

> > So the question is, which dive sites are the "gotta do", and who do we go
> > with to get there. No dive is too advanced, she and I are both quite
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> al

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Ed - 26 Jul 2004 02:05 GMT

Speigel Grove... 510' LSD off of Key Largo 45' to 130' beginner to
advanced... all on one dive.

Bibb and/or Duane KL 2 sister ship cutters.. .one upright, one on her side.

Eagle, Thunderbolt, Amesbury... skip the Cayman salvage...

But... a bigger question... if you like deep wrecks why not do a couple
in FLL before or after you go down to the keys?
Fort Lauderdale and Pompano have the best wrecks around (next to the
Spiegel grove of course)

> I've done the W-B many times and Kendrick twice, Never heard of the Queen of
> Nassau, and never did the S16, maybe check them out. I'm mix (used to work
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>>al

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HLAviation - 26 Jul 2004 04:17 GMT

Yeah, I know those wrecks except the Spiegel Grove, and I'll do that thanks,
it's on the list with the Eagle. I know all about the Cayman, I went to it 6
times a week for a few years, I could drive straight to it. The reason I'm
not diving Ft. Lauderdale is that I live here. I'm going on Vacation, it may
not be far, but I'm not taking my phone either. Time to get away! I'm kinda
also looking for the best reef locations. The best reef I know in the keys
is now restricted to researchers.
The best all around wreck I know of down here is the Wilkes Barre, but
she's not a gas diver and I've done it more times than I can remember. Might
try to get someone to take us to the Curb.

> Speigel Grove... 510' LSD off of Key Largo 45' to 130' beginner to
> advanced... all on one dive.
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Al Wells - 26 Jul 2004 03:03 GMT

> I've done the W-B many times and Kendrick twice, Never heard of the Queen of
> Nassau, and never did the S16, maybe check them out. I'm mix (used to work
> for Billy Dean) but she isn't. Where is Divers City and how do I get holdof
> them and Jim Wyatt?

Divers City - Tavernier http://www.diverscityusa.com/

Queen of Nassau is a recently identified wreck in the sanctuary at 230.
All of the cool stuff is still there, and is protected from trinket
hunting. you can see more about it here
http://www.mikey.net/aue/floridawrecks.html,
and in the excellent book "Shipwrecks of the Sunshine State" by Mike
Barnette

S-16 I got to from KW, but I know Jim goes there.

Jim Wyatt http://www.reef-divers.com/

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HLAviation - 26 Jul 2004 04:19 GMT

Thanks for the links, I think the QON is going to have to wait till I check
her out on mix and all that goes along with it.

> > I've done the W-B many times and Kendrick twice, Never heard of the Queen of
> > Nassau, and never did the S16, maybe check them out. I'm mix (used to work
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> Jim Wyatt http://www.reef-divers.com/

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Dan Bracuk - 26 Jul 2004 02:42 GMT

"HLAviation" <caphenning@RMyahoo.com> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:

:So the question is, which dive sites are the "gotta do", and who do we go
:with to get there. No dive is too advanced, she and I are both quite
:proficient divers, I'd like to see the best of the wrecks and reefs.

Only been once. This is what I did and what I thought:
http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/LowerFloridaKeys.htm

Dan Bracuk
If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

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HLAviation - 26 Jul 2004 04:26 GMT

Thanks Dan

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