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Orlando scuba diving

laynemiller

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Hi all,
We are headed to Star Island in March next year and we are interested in diving a day or two while we are there. Any suggestions? Also, we like adventurous tours and are looking for something else to do during the week. Help?
Layne
 
I don't know of any diving in Orlando, except at Disney's Epcot Sea pavilion which IMHO is not worth the cost.
There are a lot of springs north and west of Orlando where people dive. I haven't done any spring or sinkhole diving in Florida for many years. But I did enjoy Crystal River Springs a long time ago. I understand that it's been developed since I was there.
You might want to look at Ned DeLoach's Diving Guide to Underwater Florida. He's divided diving locations in the state by geographic area. He includes maps and descriptions.
Also check-out the "Florida Conch Divers" Forum on scubaboard at http://www.scubaboard.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55 There's a thread going now about spring diving.
 
For a once in a lifetime dive, the Living Seas Dive at Epcot is worth doing. I went 10 years ago and learned of it once I arrived. The rsvp's for this is done weeks or months ahead and ended up calling every day checking for cancellations.

You get all the gear, a "guide", a video recording of your experience (extra $) and the experience of diving in gin clear waters, in a fish bowl at a Disney attraction. It was a very expensive dive, but something I will remember for the rest of my life and I have the video to relive the experience. Most of my diving had been in Southern California and the conditions at Living Seas were quite a treat.

A couple of dumb fun things while making the dive...go to the window where the observation deck is. Swim up to a kid at the glass and put your hand on the glass to match theirs...then very slowly rotate your hand 360 degrees which you can do being essentially weightless. The kid will follow you and go into all sorts of fun positions to follow you, eventually standing on their head.:ignore: Another dumb fun thing is to swim over to the restaurant portion where the diners sit at booths next to the glass and pantamime YOUR order through the glass as they are selecting theres. It's fun for both them and you and lets you become part of the attraction. <g>
 
Let me change my question a bit. How far is to the nearest ocean dive? I do appreciate the information you have provided so far.
Layne
 
The closest Ocean is Cocoa Beach. I live in Melbourne Beach (south of there) and have never bothered diving off the space coast. The vis is usually pretty awful. Our local dive club goes south to Jupiter, Pompano, West Palm, and the Keys. Here is the webpage of the Down Under Dive Club in Melbourne http://www.downunderdiveclub.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&limit=6&limitstart=6 A better source might be a club based closer to Cocoa, the KSC SCUBA Club http://www.mindspring.com/~cudas/index.htm
 
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