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Multiple - See Narrative, Aug, 2002, by William & Frances Ungerman, CA, USA ( Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 150.
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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
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Comments	KEY WEST: Soutpoint divers. The shop is located on Duval Street in downtown KW. Nice facility, Caters to the tourist crowd, but that's what's in Key West. The boat is docked at the Hyatt and someone forgot to mention it's $15.00 to park there (no where else to park). We dove "Joe's Tug" at 65 feet in 50 foot viz absolute but the crew kept insisting it was 100 feet. Maybe there girlfriend's believe their measurements. The wreck berift of marine life. Second dive on Western Sambo - Haystacks. Nice little cruise around some spur and grove coral formations. Lots of damage, some fish. On return subjected to major preassure for gratuities and had to face a virtual gauntlet of staff personnel confronting you between your gear and the dock. Some divers ignored the presssure. I folded. This is not a bad operation per se, it's just a cattle boat. Typical Keys dive rate is around $50-$60 per two tank trip PLUS your tanks which are never included. $5.00-$10.00 per tank. Snorkelers - $25-$45.00. BIG PINE KEY: Paradise Divers. Trecked back North and dove the Adolphus Busch, Sr. This dive operation was very good. "Linda," one of the owners, took my diving wife and daughter and our snorkeling daughter and one other diver to the wreck. Great dive. 70 foot viz, moderate current. Second dive at Looe Key (West End) and not to be missed for a great reef dive. Turtles, lobster, morays, lots of tropicals. 80-90 foot viz. No tip preassure except for a modest sign on the boat. MARATHON: Dove with Middle Keys Dive Center, Richard Boileau proprietor and video master (And I mean MASTER). We dove the Thunderbolt wreck, again with just the four of us and one other diver. This is another must-dive spot when in the Keys. Tarpon, jacks, the ubiquitous Barracuda. Lots of bait fish. Gropers and a huge Jew Fish (uh, "Goliath Grouper") on the wreck. Dolphins feeding on walls of Silversides. Stiff current that would tear your mask off if you turned sideways. Strong armed your way down the granny and down lines. Second dive at "Rocky Top." Nice reef, no current. Outstanding Keys viz and good marine life evident. Now, about Richard. After the dive, ask him to show yiou his videos! This guy is a genius. He has an incredible collection (more like the Smithsonian)OF u/w footage that will blow your fins off. You will never see stuf like his marine-life interractions anywhere on Discovery or any channel. He makes Spencer Slate look like a piker.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	More than fifty words can tell....
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, noCurrents
Water Temp	84-88°F / 29-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	30-90 Ft/ 9-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Most operations we dove with suggested no deco diving and redreational limits.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No operator we dove with was specifically concerned with U/W photography. Had to request a rinse bucket on three of the five boats and none fit a twin strobe outfit.

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Dive Review of Multiple - See Narrative in The Continental USA/Florida Keys

Multiple - See Narrative, Aug, 2002,

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Dive Review of Multiple - See Narrative in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys