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HMS Minnow/I stayed at the Holiday Inn, Jul, 2002, by Emma Weyer, 48167, USA . Report 127.
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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
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Comments	I used the 2002 Edition of the Diver's Chapbook to research this week of diving as I was taking my 13 year old grandson for his first tropical diving. The choice of HMS Minnow (a 6 pack boat)was absolutely perfect. I called several weeks ahead for reservations, which I was glad I had done, as Capt. Jeff Jarvis will take the boat to places the first reservationist requests. With my request for shallow dives befitting my grandson's needs, we got what we asked for. For six mornings of 2 tank diving, Jeff took us to a different site each day, and to one that was a special request from my grandson. We saw many different fish, sharks, a turtle, scads of lobsters, spotted and green morays, as well as the usual sponges and corals the Keys grow. Jeff and his wife Betty were attentive to our needs and provided a wonderful experience for my grandson (and me!), with dive site briefings, helping with tanks, etc. They provided cold water, juice and fruit each day, plus on-dock lockers to store our equipment overnight. I can recommend the Minnow to anyone. The Holiday Inn we stayed at was just fine and only steps away from the boat. Just the month before this experience, I had been diving in various sites in the Bahamas, where the corals were covered with an algae-like growth - very sad. I found the corals in Key Largo to be in much better shape.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Cayman Island & Brac, Cozumel, BVI, USVI, West Palm Beach, Australia, Red Sea, Galapagoes, Great Lakes, Georgian Bay
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Because I was diving with a Junior Diver, my profile did not include anything over 50 feet. There were no restrictions other than coming up with 500 psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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 HMS Minnow/I stayed at the Holiday Inn in The Continental USA/Key Largo

HMS Minnow/I stayed at the Holiday Inn, Jul, 2002,

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Dive Review of HMS Minnow/I stayed at the Holiday Inn in
The Continental USA/Key Largo