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Subtropic Dive Center, Apr, 2009, by Patrick Wikstrom, NC, USA ( Contributor 14 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4794.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Subtropic Dive Center & Harborside Motel & Marina 4/21/09 Dive shop was very accommodating letting us clean up in their in-store shower after last dive before heading north. Friendly staff. Convenient location with dive shop located dockside, boats right there. 32% nitrox pumped to 3100psi. Dove with Capt. James on the 30ft Pelican. Sociable, professional guy who gave good briefings. Boat was in good shape with DAN O2 kit, partial cover and adequate space for their advertised max number of divers (10), our trip went with seven. 187ft long Cayman Salvager – water temp 77’, vis about 60ft, slight currents on mooring line above 40ft, decent dive worth doing. Joes’ Tug and reef -just OK -vis 30ft. You need an Advanced card and recent deep dives to do the Cayman Salvager. Harborside Motel & Marina: Conveniently located right around the corner from the dive shop and an easy walk to Duval St. and the Mallory Square sunset scene, the Harborside Motel & Marina was just a little bit shabby. The rooms were slightly moldy and grubby and the place in general needed a fresh coat of paint. The $1 a bag ice machine was locked up with the front desk about 9:00 and the promised wake up call never came. All utilities functioned acceptably though. At $121per nt. including taxes the price was about avg. for this type of accommodation.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas; Belize; Bikini Atoll; Bonaire; California; Cancun; Cayman Brac; Little Cayman; Cocos Isl; Costa Rica; Cozumel; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Florida- (springs, west coast, keys); Galapagos; Indonesia; Massachusetts; NC; Palau; Puerto Rico; Roatan; Saba; Socorro; South Africa; St. Kitts; Thailand; Truk; Turks & Caicos; TVA lakes; Yap; Yucatan Caves;
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	77-78°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Come up with 500psi, no deco diving, no deep dives without advanced card and recent experience
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Subtropic Dive Center in The Continental USA/Key West

Subtropic Dive Center, Apr, 2009,

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Dive Review of Subtropic Dive Center in
The Continental USA/Key West