Florida diving

Unusual Wreckreational Diving: Boeing Aircraft Dive Sites

August 30, 2010

Tired of diving regular shipwrecks? Well, how about diving some planes instead, Boeing commercial aircrafts to be specific. Here’s a look at three pretty unusual dive sites that use old Boeing aircrafts to create artificial reefs and ofcourse cool dive sites! The first located of the coast of Miami in Florida, is a Boeing 727 [...]

Dive The Neptune Memorial Reef, An Underwater Cemetery

August 25, 2010

The term ‘Burials at sea’ have taken on a brand new meaning in Miami, Florida. The Neptune Memorial Reef is not your average cemetery, but the first of it’s kind underwater cemetery. Situated about 45 feet beneath the ocean’s surface the cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches is not only a great final [...]

Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival Florida

July 8, 2010

As strange as it may sound, on the weekend of the 10th July in Florida, the stage was set for one of the most unique underwater events ever, the 26th annual Underwater Music Festival, at Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. Each year as many as 600 enthusiastic divers and snorkelers gather at the Looe Keys [...]

Don’t just Dive Underwater in Florida, Stay Underwater too!

March 28, 2010

The Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo Florida gives new meaning to the phrase “sleeping with the fishes”…

Dive Florida’s Museums in the Sea

October 27, 2009

The State of Florida, has so much to offer divers that it simply becomes overwhelming when you have to decide which activity to pick. One of the great activities for a Scuba Diving enthusiasts who loves a combination of history and diving or whether you simply want to dive at an interesting a site that [...]

Scuba Diving with Jesus Christ In The Keys, Florida

October 16, 2009

A unique and unusual dive site off the coast of Key Largo, Florida in the midst of which stands a spectacular bronze sculpture of Jesus Christ…

Top 3 Extreme Dives in the World

October 10, 2009

For those of you that think Scuba Diving is much to sedate to even be considered a sport, you have definitely not heard of people taking the plunge at these Extreme dive sites. A far cry from the usual leisurely diving at tropical islands in the Caribbean or the coral reefs around the World, extreme [...]

The Great Carrier Reef – Diving the USS Oriskany

September 3, 2009

Off the coast of Pensacola Florida, lies the former US Navy Aircraft carrier the USS Oriskany, after having served the US Navy in both Korea and Vietnam, the 900 foot, 30,000 ton carrier decommissioned in 1976 was deliberately sunk in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006 as part of a pilot program which aimed to [...]

Diving with Manatees at Crystal River Florida

August 26, 2009

Ever since I heard about them, I have always been fascinated by the oceans most unusual creature; the Manatee. Also known as the sea cow, this herbivorous marine mammal is related to that other equally unusual creature, the Dugong which is found in the eastern hemisphere. Manatees which graze on sea grass normally inhabit the [...]

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