Best Western Crystal River Resort is located directly on King's Bay in beautiful Crystal River, Florida, winter home of the gentle Manatee's. They offer a full-service dive shop for all your diving and snorkeling needs. Facilities include a boat ramp and dock, Tiki Bar, solar heated pool, Jacuzzi, fitness and meeting rooms, and the largest gift shop in the area.
Citrus County, Florida maintains a comprehensive website for facilities and attractions in this Central Florida county. Resources of interest to divers include dive shops, hotels and motels and Manatee information.
Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, is intended to help make the exciting world of our oceans more understandable and accessible to the public. Aquarium exhibits feature more than 200 varieties of fish and invertebrates of the sea. You can touch many of these amazing animals in the 30-foot touch tank and listen to their knowledgeable tour guides as they explain how the creatures and displays at the Aquarium relate to the work of Mote Laboratory scientists.
Plantation Inn Marina in Crystal River, Florida, is just a few hundred yards from King Spring. The spring is 75' across and drops straight down 30' to two entrances to a cavern which goes to a depth of 60'. Sunlight filters through the water creating breathtaking sights. The photographer will be in paradise with rocks, caves, fish and sunlight. Their site contains info on their tours, instructions and rates.
