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Dive Review of
Parrot Island Scuba Adventures in
The Continental USA/Pompano Beach, Florida

in November, 2005
an Instant Reader Report
by
Joni & Bobby Lamb, GA, USA
Report Number 2192

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Reporter
Dive Experience
251-500 dives
Where else diving
Many Caribbean destinations.

Dive Conditions

Weather
windy  
Seas
choppy  
Water Temp
76   to 78    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
3
Water Visibility
50   to 60    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
?  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
[Unspecified]  
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
1 or 2 
Mantas
None 
Dolphins
None 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
None 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  4 stars
Tropical Fish
4 stars  
Small Critters
  3 stars
Large Fish
2 stars  
Large Pelagics
  3 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
3 stars  
Boat Facilities
3 stars
Overall rating for UWP's  
3 stars  
Shore Facilities  
3 stars  
Comments
[None]  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
5 stars
Food
3 stars
Service and Attitude
5 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
5 stars  
Shore Diving  
1 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
3 stars   
Advanced
5 stars    
Comments  
Parrot Island Scuba Adventures (www.parrotislandscuba.com) is a great dive
charter. Reasonably priced, safety conscious, and accommodating. Captain
Jerry Turmaine, along with a different DM each day and a few regular local
customers, was always eager to go diving each day. We logged eight dives in
four days. The boat, Fathoms of Fun, is in great condition, it has plenty
of room, and a nice dive platform. Freshwater shower, a head, a camera
table, and cold sodas & water. Fathoms of Fun is located at the marina
next to the Hillsboro Inlet draw bridge in Pompano Beach.

Even with chop and cool temperatures, the dive sites were wonderful. We
were at a different wreck and different reef each day. Reef dives are drift
dives and each buddy team is required to tow a dive flag marker (local
law).

We saw morays, snooks, stingrays, puffers, trunkfish, parrotfish,
spadefish, butterfly fish, damselfish, and more. Hurricane Wilma had torn
up the beaches and buildings, but the marine life was unscathed. We will
dive there again and with Parrot Island. 
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