Dive Review of Aquanuts Dive Center/Kelly's on the Bay in
The Continental USA/Key Largo

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Aquanuts Dive Center/Kelly's on the Bay, Jun, 2003, by Dave Bridenbaugh, Ohio, USA . Report 552.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Kelly's rooms are clean and comfortable. The area is very humid and they have a drying room to hang your BC and dive skins or wet suits etc. However, they have no fan and some days we still had wet gear even after it hung all night. Nice continental breakfast. No restaurant. Yet, the dives were very nice. I am still a relatively new diver even though I've been to 110' depths on a couple wrecks. Kelly's staff are very competent and a little "by the book" yet they don't try to baby sit new divers. We dove on reefs and a couple of wrecks that were shallow. All dives were 50' or less except for the Spiegle Grove which is in about 115' of water and you need to go at least 70-80' to appreciate most of it. They are reluctant to let new divers take the Spiegle Grove dive and when they do, they insist that you stay above 60' and that you have at least 4 salt water dives logged. At 60' you can see the SG, but, you miss the experience of seeing the entire ship in detail. Kelly's is a nice operation especially for new divers and those with limited experience. I'm glad we spent a week with them. I highly recommend it for anyone. They give you a full hour per tank and don't try to rush you. They have 2 boats and have 2 tank dives at 8:30 Am and again at 1:00. Also, they have a one tank night dive and a two tank dusk and night dive combo usually on an old wreck at about 35-50'. I made both and saw much. Turtles, nurse sharks, lobster, eels, goliath grouper, 1 octopus, and numerous reef fish. It was a nice experience and I'd go back.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	26-50 dives
Where else diving	Fresh water quarries, Tavernier Key,
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	surge
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	500 PSI back to boat. 60' for basic open water c-cards
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Aquanuts Dive Center/Kelly's on the Bay in The Continental USA/Key Largo

Aquanuts Dive Center/Kelly's on the Bay, Jun, 2003,

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Dive Review of Aquanuts Dive Center/Kelly's on the Bay in
The Continental USA/Key Largo