Dive Review of Scuba Monkey/N/A in
The Continental USA/North Florida, Gulf of Mexico

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Scuba Monkey/N/A: "Enjoyable diving for north Florida", Sep, 2019, by KW, FL, US ( Contributor 17 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 11170 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Our first trip out of Steinhatchee, organized by Scuba Monkey on their boat 'Chimps Ahoy'. Departed Steinhatchee at 8 am, returned 6 pm. The first site was 27 miles from Steinhatchee, at 50-60 ft, a freshwater spring in a 10 ft deep depression in the otherwise flat, sand-covered rock bottom with sparse soft corals and a few barrel sponges. The rocky walls of the spring were covered with small, colorful sponges, tunicates, christmas-tree worms, few bivalves, small crustaceans, plenty of smaller fish in addition to shoals of very tame Almaco Jack and Atlantic Spadefish. Visibility about 40 ft after a week of dry weather. Second site was about 1.5 hrs back towards Steinhatchee, a 30 ft? long shrimp boat wreck at 40 ft on a sandy bottom. Wreck covered with small sponges, tunicates, anemones, etc, large shoals of fish all around it, Oyster Toadfish, Cocoa Damselfish, and two large Goliath Grouper hiding inside. Both dives colorful, fishy and very enjoyable. The 30 ft dive boat was pretty slow, took 3 hrs to get to the first site, no real chairs to speak of, we sat on the floor or a cooler. There was a front cabin and head. Appreciated the shaded deck, relaxed attitude of the captain, cold drinks and sandwiches, as well as Scuba Monkey's informal and flexible approach to booking the trip. There was a dive guide on the boat but not compulsory. Maximum of 6 passengers/divers on the boat.
Websites	Scuba Monkey
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Florida, Belize, Panama (Coiba, Pearl Is), UK, Red Sea (Sharm), Myanmar, Sulawesi (Wakatobi), Philippines (Mindoro, Palawan), Solomons (Guadalcanal), New Zealand (Poor Knights), Papua New Guinea
Closest Airport	Gainesville, Valdosta	Getting There	1.5 hr drive from Gainesville FL or Valdosta GA
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40- Ft/ 12- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Keep with dive guide, start ascent on 1000 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No freshwater tank on boat, small boat so best to take camera on board ready assembled

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Dive Review of Scuba Monkey/N/A in The Continental USA/North Florida, Gulf of Mexico

Scuba Monkey/N/A: "Enjoyable diving for north Florida", Sep, 2019,

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Dive Review of Scuba Monkey/N/A in
The Continental USA/North Florida, Gulf of Mexico