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Suzette
Advanced Open Water

We were excited to have the Sea Ventures group from Georgia join us again this past weekend for some excellent diving, fun times and even a cookout on Sunday afternoon just prior to their departure. The waters were significantly warmer than the last time they were here and it was a great opportunity for several of their students to become Open Water certified. Congratulations to them and welcome to the wet and wonderful world of SCUBA diving. One of the highlights of their trip was a night dive on Saturday, where the divers got to experience the wonders of the ocean in a whole new way. I heard reports of many crabs, grouper and barracuda. The weekend was topped off by a dive on the Spiegel Grove early Sunday morning, and while it was on the wavy side, the vis was reported as incredible and everyone reported having a great time. Before they hit the road back to Georgia, they enjoyed a cookout dockside with burgers, dogs and the fixings.

It was a busy weekend and we also welcomed back instructor George Y with his students, who were down from Miami. They enjoyed clear vis dives on Saturday and Sunday and we enjoyed having them, as always.

Our weekend was topped off by owner DJ treating his hard working staff to a viewing of Disney Nature’s Oceans This is an amazing film that anyone who loves the water absolutely must see. Big thanks to DJ for making sure that we all did, it was a fun night out for us.

Below are a few pictures from the weekend!

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Owen
Master Scuba Diver Trainer

Congratulations to MIKE FONDA, from Cohoes, New York. It was a beautiful, calm, sunny day on Friday, April 23, 2010, when Mike successful completed his Advanced Open Water course with a couple of deep/wreck dives on the Speigal Grove, and the Duane. Mike completed his Deep dive on the Speigal Grove, and his wreck dive on the Duane. The Speigal dive had about 65 feet visibility, no current, and a very calm surface. The Duane dive was even better with 75 feet visibility, no current, but a little choppier on the surface. With the water temperatures rising to a more comfortable level, the conditions were great for both diving, and just being out on the boat. Mike was treated to several large barricuda, a large grouper, and a school of permits. Congratulations again on a job well done.

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Sadie Stewart
Master Scuba Diver Trainer

This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of diving all day with Steve and Deanna from Dallas, Texas.  Steve who is already certified, joined Deanna and I in the pool for the confined water session of the Discover Scuba course.  Deanna was a natural in the pool and we headed out on the Tropical Voyager to Molasses Reef with Captain Zach and Nate.  First dive was on the Aquarium and Deanna with a little nerves made the giant stride in and the smile never left her face!  We had great viz and an amazing time!  Steve was able to get some great shots of the experience.  Second site, we checked out the winch and Atlantic Spadefish on the Winch Hole.  After coining the nicknames Scuba Steve and Scuba Sue we were able to convince Scuba D (didn’t need much convincing) into getting her certification!  I look forward to hearing from them on their next dive adventure.  Thanks for a such and awesome day!!

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Suzette
Advanced Open Water

Well, another weekend has come and gone in Key Largo and we had a great time at Rainbow Reef. We were pleased to welcome George Yates from Miami with his students today and we also had the pleasure of taking out the University of Miami Dive Club- a big thanks to Jeremy and his bunch for choosing us. We had the distinct pleasure of welcoming some frequent fliers- Nancy and Jerry are here for a visit and Elva came along for the ride on their dive trips. The Easter Bunny made an appearance this morning on the docks and brought us gummy easter eggs and hoppy Easter wishes.
Do you watch the Rainbow Reef Dive Center webcams? You never really know what you’ll see. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I tuned in and caught Jeff and Josh re-creating a scene from Titanic on the bow of the Tropical Adventure. As you can see, spring is in the air and everyone has caught spring fever and the cheery moods reflect that. Nancy and Jerry insisted that I post this picture- let’s see if the boss lets me keep it on here or not

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Suzette
Advanced Open Water

If you’re been waiting for nice weather and good conditions to arrive to break out your dive gear, stop waiting- you’re missing out! Captain Zach shot this photo over Molasses Reef where our divers enjoyed 72 degree water (it’s warming up!) and beautiful clear visibility. Heading tomorrow morning to the Spiegel Grove wreck and to the Benwood and the conditions should be beautiful then as well.

Gorgeous waters tempt our Key Largo divers

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Suzette
Advanced Open Water

This fantastic video was taken by Bob G from Sea Ventures dive club in GA- He says:

“The Loggerhead was located on the first deck (70′ deep) on the edge of the starboard side just outside of the central swim through on the top deck.”

He is reported to have a head the size of a football- he’s just a huge resident turtle that apparently doesn’t much care if you want to take his picture, although he appears annoyed at one point- watch for him taking a swipe at Bob’s camera!

Click here to see Bob’s Spiegel Loggerhead in action!