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Our trips leave
twice daily from directly behind our dive center.
We offer daily trips for snorkelers and divers to Looe Key National
Marine
Sanctuary. Looe Key is rapidly being recognized as North America’s
premier diving and snorkeling location.
Looe Key Reef is a classic spur and groove coral formation,
with an
abundance of hard and soft corals populated by
a dazzling array of tropical reef fish. When a diver can drag
his eyes away from these, he is often rewarded with sightings
of large free swimming species such as eagle rays, turtles,
and schools of tarpon.
Looe Key is a designated “No Take Zone” and all divers and snorkelers
are asked to abide by the letter and the spirit of this regulation.
(Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary ).
For the diver wishing to make several trips to Looe Key, the
reef can be divided into three very distinct and different diving
sites, providing an opportunity for several days of diving without
duplicating the experience.
Regular trips are also scheduled for the wreck of the Adolphus
Busch Sr.
Sunk on December 5, 1998. Lying midway between Looe Key and
American Shoals, it rests upright and intact in 100 feet of
water and, with the superstructure rising to within 50 feet
of the surface, it makes for a fabulous multi-level dive.
While still too recently sunk to have coral growth, it is rapidly
becoming home to large members of the sea bass family (Goliath
Grouper a.k.a. jewfish) as well as attracting schools of jacks
and other pelagic fish. A dive on this wreck is usually followed
with a shallow dive on Looe Key. Since it is possible to reach a depth of 125 ft. while diving the wreck, our dives are guided and computers are required for every diver. We have computers for rent for those divers who don't have their own. For divers who wish to increase their knowledge and skills
we offer advanced and wreck diving courses, which include diving
on the wreck, or a diver may take a deep/wreck diving module
which may be used as credit towards a later course.
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