Dive Review of Islamorada Dive Center/Marriott Key Largo in
The Continental USA/Islamorada, Florida

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Islamorada Dive Center/Marriott Key Largo, Aug, 2013, by Mary McCombie, CT, US ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 7084.
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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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Islamorada Dive Center is unusual for a Keys operation because they are all about service--carrying your gear, storing and washing it, setting up your tanks--while also providing divemasters in the water as well as experienced crew on the boat. I particularly appreciated manager Eric Billips's perfect willingness to let us use his private steel tanks, since we are both WIMPs (Warm Intelligent Marine Professionals) who wear 7mm suits. A fat steel 100 Nitrox limited bottom time only by conditions. The diving in the Keys can be a real vomit comet if you are motion sensitive (like me) and you need to be prepared to ascend the ladder with vigor as the boat bucks. The dive center, like many others, supports REEF and we went on two lionfish termination dives; though we were terrible at it, the dive guides were patient in teaching and we learned a lot. This was by far the classiest dive operation we have used in the Keys, and that includes pricey Cheeca Divers. I salute Islamorada Dive Center. The Marriott Key Largo is a big resort, not as nice as their urban hotels, but the beds are darn comfortable and the rooms are clean.
Websites	Islamorada Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	pretty much everywhere warm water
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	5-40 Ft/ 2-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Common sense and conditions, with a time limit suggested.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
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 Islamorada Dive Center/Marriott Key Largo in The Continental USA/Islamorada, Florida

Islamorada Dive Center/Marriott Key Largo, Aug, 2013,

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Dive Review of Islamorada Dive Center/Marriott Key Largo in
The Continental USA/Islamorada, Florida