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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / February 2007Naples florida
Will be in the naples florida area mid March and I am looking for some dive suggestions..... thought about driving to the keys but am overwhelmed by the number of hotels and that....Have all our own equipment just need a boat or is there good shore diving.... > Will be in the naples florida area mid March and I am looking for some > dive suggestions..... thought about driving to the keys but am overwhelmed > by the number of hotels and that....Have all our own equipment just need a > boat or is there good shore diving.... As far as I know, the only good shore diving in the Naples area is hunting for sand dollars, and you can do that standing with your head above water. I'm not an expert on Naples area diving largely because there is so little of it. There are a few shallow ridges and some wrecks. Trips to the wrecks, or any dive to significant depth (defined as deep enough you're not tempted to snorkel instead) tend to be long. The drop off along Florida's west coast is quite gradual in most places. The Keys are a good choice, but Florida's east coast is closer. If you're looking for a day trip, you can reach Ft. Lauderdale in a couple of hours. Our deeper reefs are pretty nice and our shallow ones are OK. Our wrecks are better and more numerous than average. Lee Girlfriend, her son and I went north of there to Clearwater and dove there. Pretty good sites there and rates. Might be too far for what you had in mind though. >> Will be in the naples florida area mid March and I am looking for some >> dive suggestions..... thought about driving to the keys but am [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Lee Shorter drive to go to Fort Lauderdale (100 Miles) vs Clearwater (155 Miles) and the diving is MUCH better with more choices and a much shorter boat ride. There is also shore diving just north of FLL in Lauderdale by the sea. Best boat out of FLL I think is American Dream. Book it out of any dive shop. My favorite is Undersea sports. 954-564-8661 Also lots of boats out of Pompano but that is 20-30 min North. 595 goes right into the area where the boats are. As far as hotels... lots of choices from old spring break hotels on the beach to the new Hilton... All right on the beach. If you want to stay at a hotel and walk across the street to beach diving there are lots of low-med end choices in lauderdale by the sea. Some you dont even have to cross teh street to dive. > Girlfriend, her son and I went north of there to Clearwater and dove there. > Pretty good sites there and rates. Might be too far for what you had in mind [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >>Lee Shorter drive to go to Fort Lauderdale (100 Miles) vs Clearwater (155 Miles) and the diving is MUCH better with more choices and a much shorter boat ride. There is also shore diving just north of FLL in Lauderdale by the sea. Best boat out of FLL I think is American Dream. Book it out of any dive shop. My favorite is Undersea sports. 954-564-8661 Also lots of boats out of Pompano but that is 20-30 min North. 595 goes right into the area where the boats are. As far as hotels... lots of choices from old spring break hotels on the beach to the new Hilton... All right on the beach. If you want to stay at a hotel and walk across the street to beach diving there are lots of low-med end choices in lauderdale by the sea. Some you dont even have to cross teh street to dive. > Girlfriend, her son and I went north of there to Clearwater and dove there. > Pretty good sites there and rates. Might be too far for what you had in mind [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >>Lee |
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