Dive Review of Parrot Island Scuba Adventures in
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Parrot Island Scuba Adventures, Aug, 2002, by Krystal Glavan, Co, USA . Report 140.
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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	Finding the folks from Parrot Island Scuba Adventures made our vacation wonderful. Four of us headed to Florida to gain more diving experience. I had researched dive operations online and had only 3 responses to e-mail out of 18 inquiries sent. Our group decided to visit some operations once we arrived and select someone we were comfortable with at that time. We first visited the people who responded to my e-mails. After several dissapointing contacts, we found Parrot Island in the Yellow Pages. While other operators had been sarcastic, rude and uninterested (surprising since they stood to make some $400 per day with 4 of us), Captain Jerry, wife and DM Kelly, along with their crew, were eager to take us out. They were far more reasonably priced than other operators, very safety conscious, and very accomodating. They accompanied us on 8 dives in both Ft. Lauderdale and Pompano Beach. Both their boats are in very good condition, although diving from Fathoms of Fun is more pleasant. Fathoms has a lots of room and a nice dive platform. Both boats offer fresh water showers and heads. Fathoms has a camera table available. I know most people don't think of Pompano as "the place to dive." I gotta tell ya, it was wonderful. Kelly and Jerry took us to 2 wrecks, the Sea Emporer and the Copenhagen. Both were great fun, lots of large fish at the Emporer. The reefs were great and the night dive was incredible. We saw sea turtles, eels, snooks, stingrays, goliath groupers, puffers, trunkfish, trumpetfish, scores of parrotfish, urchins, nurse sharks, spadefish, butterfly fish, damselfish, and more. I saw more here than I did in Mexico. Jerry and Kelly even helped the guys with everything they needed to go "bug hunting." They had a blast, and it was a riot to watch. One of the truly great things about diving here is the shallow reefs at the end of the day. There was so much to see, and with much of it between 20-35 feet, our profiles allowed plenty of time to see it. Kudos to Jerry, Kelly, Scuba Steve and Captain Mark from Parrot Island Scuba. We had a blast. I do recommend the dives from Pompano Beach over Ft. Lauderdale. We had much better vis, reef color, sea life and far less boat traffic.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	0-25 dives
Where else diving	Cancun, Cozumel
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	86-0°F / 30--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	The dive master and captain considered the diver's experience and goals, along with conditions, when selecting dive sites.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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	Parrot Island offers service from 2 boats. Fathoms of Fun originates in Pompano Beach and offers a camera table and fresh water rinse buckets are available. Their other boat, Fishfood, travels from Ft. Lauderdale and is a smaller vessel without camera table.

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Dive Review of Parrot Island Scuba Adventures in The Continental USA/Pompano Beach Florida

Parrot Island Scuba Adventures, Aug, 2002,

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Dive Review of Parrot Island Scuba Adventures in
The Continental USA/Pompano Beach Florida