Dive Review of Silent World in
The Continental USA/Key Largo Florida

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Silent World: "Coral restoration day Key Largo.", Apr, 2021, by Mary Adams, MD, US ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 11659.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I signed up on Coral Restoration Foundation’s website to do a day of coral restoration with this outfitter. We attended a 2-hour presentation and training at CRF in the morning, then boarded Silent World’s Phoenix boat for the afternoon dives. First dive was in CRF’s Tavernier nursery, where buddy teams each cleaned algae and fire coral off the coral trees. Second dive was at CRF’s out-planting site on Carysfort Reef. This was NOT a good coral restoration day. We divers were not well-managed, so time was wasted, and both dives were way too short, about 30 minutes. We did not plant any corals at all, only visited the site. There was some problem with the boat, so it took much longer than planned to get to and from the nursery and Carysfort. Coral restoration is a noble activity, and I am impressed that it is even possible. The plantings that we saw at Carysfort looked well-established and growing, and the damselfishes and butterflyfishes were beginning to occupy the staghorn thickets. I will do coral restoration again, but April 16 with Silent World was not a good day.
Websites	Silent World
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Cuba, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys, Clearwater FL, Bimini, Saba-St. Eustatius, Roatan, Kona, North Carolina, Flower Garden Banks, Caymans, Palau, Chuuk, Jupiter Florida, Turks and Caicos, Revillagigedo.
Closest Airport	Miami international	Getting There	Easy nonstop from DC. Rental car for 1-hour drive.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	77-78°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Clean coral tree in coral nursery, visit coral out-plant site on Carysfort Reef.
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There are no UWP accommodations on this day boat, but the coral trees and the out-planted acropora cervicornis are intriguingly photogenic.

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Dive Review of Silent World in The Continental USA/Key Largo Florida

Silent World: "Coral restoration day Key Largo.", Apr, 2021,

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Dive Review of Silent World in
The Continental USA/Key Largo Florida