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Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Marriot courtyard key largo: "Rainbow Reef Diving July 2021", Jul, 2021, by Peter O'Shaughnessy, OH, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 11556.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	It was over a year that 2 of our group had been diving, and those 2 were only open water so we couldn't go deeper than 60 feet. The Shop was organized and easy to sign the waiver and check in for the dives. The dive guide Duane was excellent and took the time to get all of our divers under water and properly weighted for the dive, great job. We were scheduled for 4 days of 2 tank dives however the second and third days were not good. The second day there was lightning, we did not dive. The third day we were advised that there was likely between 4 and 6 foot seas 3 of our 4 had never been out in that type of weather so we did not go. The fourth day was the best day of the week and saw lots of stuff, 2 sharks on that day. We dove the following sites French Twist, Bentwood, Christmas tree cave, and hard bottom cave. Would probably dive with them again but only if everyone is at least AOW so we can do some deeper and wreck dives. The dive shop was less than a 1/4 mile walk from the hotel, it was a a long walk carrying all the equipment from the hotel to the shop to check in.
Websites	Rainbow Reef Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Bonaire, Florida Keys, Midwest Quarries, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Great Lakes.
Closest Airport	Miami	Getting There	Fly through Atlanta to Miami and then drove to key largo.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	25-60 Ft/ 8-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Yes, 2 members of the group were only Open Water we were limited to dives less than 60 feet.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Camera bucket was present and there were only a few cameras in the bucket on the first day, the next dive there was no camera bucket .

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Dive Review of Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Marriot courtyard key largo in The Continental USA/Key Largl

Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Marriot courtyard key largo: "Rainbow Reef Diving July 2021", Jul, 2021,

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Dive Review of Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Marriot courtyard key largo in
The Continental USA/Key Largl