Dive Review of Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures in
The Continental USA/Riviera Bch, Florida

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Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures, Sep, 2008, by Dawn Steedman, Fl, USA ( Top Contributor 39 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 4412.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I arranged a dive with this operation for our local club from the west coast of Fla. almost a year in advance. With a discount in price for a group, unfortunately, often comes a "discount in service". Not with this operation- they were over the top in service. We had spear fishers, lobsterers, photographers, and fish watchers all in the same group. JASA let us know ahead that they had no coolers on board for fish. When we arrived, there was ice avail. for the coolers the club members brought. We were cheerfully greeted by Racquel in the office,and by the crew on the boat. Unneeded dive bags were stowed down below by the crew; a boat orientation was given, and some great dive site drawings were done by Laz. For 2 days we were divided into 2 groups: the hunters (spear fishers) and gatherers (lobster season), and the Tourists ( photo bugs and fish watchers). The crew was attentive to all, and gave a hand where needed- fixing a reg., helping someone on with equip.,redropping someone who got lost, etc. The vis was up and down, due to Hurricane Ike having just passed; the current varied from site to site. The crew would try to find the best sites possible for the conditions they faced. Snacks of soda, water, chips, cookies,and fresh pineapple were served both before and after the dive. Everyone in the club was very pleased with the level of knowledge, service, and friedliness of the staff- not an easy task with such a diverse group. As we were leaving the boat, we had the added perk of seeing Jim Abernathy, who had a cooler of baby leatherbacks and loggerheads ready to be relesed. We will definitely return to dive with this operation again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Fla Keys, Caribbean, Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco, 50 min.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
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 Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures in The Continental USA/Riviera Bch, Florida

Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures, Sep, 2008,

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Dive Review of Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures in
The Continental USA/Riviera Bch, Florida