Artificial Reefs Of The Florida Keys : Indiana University is involved in ongoing research and documentation of artificial reefs in the Florida Keys. Venture through their site and check back frequently for additional research data from ongoing field studies.
Boomer Watersports of Key West, Florida is a totally free information/reservation service for those planning dive trips to the Florida Keys. They can help out with scuba instruction, charters, accomodations, dining, transportation and any other information that you may be looking for.
Dancing Water Spirits Charters : Victoria Impallomeni is a native of Key West, Florida, and a charter boat guide for 25 years. She teaches environmental marine science to people who want to learn more by being in nature. As captain of her 25-foot open fisherman charter boat, she takes people out into the mangroves to see birds, fish, and other wildlife at play in their natural habitat. Home to many species of heron, tern, osprey, pelican, hawks, eagles, cormorants, and others.
Discover: Key West - Diving. The underwater splendor of the Florida Keys makes it one of the most popular and beautiful dive locations in the world. Coral reefs and wrecks line the waters from John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo to the Western Dry Rocks located off the coast of Key West. The abundance of spectacular dive sites attract underwater enthusiasts from all over the globe.
Diving Florida Keys: Famed around the globe, the clear, warm waters of the Florida Keys attracts more than a million scuba and snorkel aficionados annually, and there is no better destination to learn how to get 'up close and personal' with the undersea environment. The Keys' combination of vivid coral reefs, teeming with exotic sea creatures and a wealth of first-rate snorkel/dive operators, offers a ready-made vacation paradise for those who can't wait to get into the water and start exploring. Info can be found here on Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon Key, the Lower Keys and Key West.
Dry Tortugas National Park (formerly known as Ft. Jefferson National Monument), located 68 miles west of Key West, Florida, encompasses seven small islands known as the Dry Tortugas within its 100-square-mile jurisdiction. The Dry Tortugas are situated on the edge of the main ship channel between the Gulf of Mexico, the western Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean. The earliest known shipwreck site id from the 1622 Spanish plate fleet, although it is reasonable to assume that there are many earlier, as yet undocumented casualties in the park. Edwin Bearss (1971), who very early recognized the park's historical importance, located records for more than 200 ships sunk, stranded, or damaged in the Dry Tortugas.
Florida Keys Dive Center of Tavernier, on Plantation Key in Florida, has posted a wealth of information to help you plan a diving vacation in the Upper Keys. You will also find information on dive classes, including the Instructor Development Course (IDC). They dive throughout Coral Reef State Park and explore the Conch Reef System and Crocker Reef System. After 13 years here in the Upper Keys, most of them as a PADI 5-Star IDC Center, Florida Keys Dive Center has diving, classes, and, best of all - dive vacations - down to a science.
HMS Minnow Charters offers uncrowded, customized diving and snorkeling trips to the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary (more commonly known as John Pennekamp Park). Their boat, the HMS Minnow, carries a maximum of six people and provides a comparably priced alternative to the many large boats in the Key Largo area carrying as many as 50 divers. They conduct full scuba certification courses, refresher training courses and resort diving courses.
Hyperbarics International is located at the Oceans Divers facility, 490 Carribbean Drive in Key Largo, Florida, just one hour south of the Miami International Airport. This 40 hour program is designed to teach physicans, allied medical, dive supervisors and dive rescue personnel advanced chamber and medical techniques for medically evaluating dive candidates, early recognition of the signs/symptoms of DCS and EAA, field management (first aid), evacuation and treatment of diving accident victims, pharmaceuticals agents, total recompression chamber operations and the use of gases during hyperbaric exposures and medical equipment in the hyperbaric environment.
Jules' Undersea Lodge : The world's first and only underwater hotel invites you to dive dine and dream at five fathoms! The Lodge is located in Key Largo, Florida in 30 feet (9 meters) of water in a natural mangrove lagoon. Earn an Aquanaut certificate while enjoying unlimited diving and gourmet meals prepared by 'mer-chef'. Guests may spend multiple days underwater without surfacing.
Kelly's On Bay is a spotless 32-room dedicated dive resort, with pool, located in Key Largo, Florida. One size rarely fits all, so Kelly's offers a range of accommodations, from rooms to efficiencies with kitchens. All units feature air-conditioning, TV with HBO and phone. At Kelly's, the diving is also easy; the resort is home to Aqua-Nuts, a modern, full-service operation.
Looe Key Reef Resort and Dive Center is a five star PADI and IDC dive center, staffed by professionals, offering dive instruction for all levels of ability. Looe Key has been a protected sanctuary since 1981, and is noted for the most extensive 'spur and groove' coral system in the U.S. All dive center vessels are USCG certified and manned by qualified Captains and Dive Masters. A freshwater swimming pool and Sundeck are available for scuba Instruction, private parties & special events. Dive and motel packages are available.
Middle Keys Scuba is in the heart of paradise on Vaca Key in Marathon, Florida. Middle Keys Scuba is a full service facility offering everything you need to enjoy the fun of diving and snorkeling. It's just a few steps to board their boat, 'Tropic Diver' and be on your way to the coral reefs which host a variety marine life. For those with specific requests, they offer night dives, wreck dives, and lobster dives.
Scuba-Do Dive Charters offers diving and snorkeling in Key Largo in Florida. Their site provides info on the local dive spots, their boat, instruction programs, accommodations, weekly happenings and brief bios of their staff.
