Dive Review of
Quiescence Diving Services/Holiday Inn, Key Largo in
The Continental USA/Key Largo, Florida

Tahiti, Australia( Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea), Bahamas( Nassau,
Exumas, Walkers Key, San Salvador), Dominica, Cozumel, Turks and Caicos,
Bonaire, Curacao, Cayman Islands( Grand, Brac and Little), Grenada, Niagara
River.

Dive Conditions

No depth limits if diving with computer. There were time limits( 20 min. on
Spiegel Grove and 60 min. on other dives).  

No camera table but spray hose for rinsing camera after dive.  

Overall Rating

  Holiday Inn is excellent location to stay if you are diving and/or eating
in the Key Largo, Florida area. Rooms are of suitable size and well
maintained( excellent maid service). Nice Tiki Bar on premise and Pub Food
was very good. Very near by is Sharky's( excellent fish upstairs), Coconuts
and across the street, Mrs. Mac's Kitchen( local hangout with reasonably
priced, good food and excellent Key Lime Pie).
  Quiescence Diving Services( MM 103.5) has three boats and limits each to
only six divers. Usually one goes to the Spiegel Grove and the other two go
to the locations requested by those aboard. Boat dock is behind shop and
very convenient parking in back. Captains Steve and Mike were very
accommodating and stressed safety. Showers are on the dock and bathroom at
dive shop. Dive site briefings were excellent( both drawing of reef and
photo of wrecks) , but a dive guide is not put in the water unless
requested and paid for. Boat has fresh water hose and spray nozzle for
rinsing camera and face when you get out of the water. Boat ladder is easy
to use and assistance provided.
  I am not spending time describing the reefs, since the dive books on the
market do an excellent job of that. Fish are very plentiful, but the
shallow reefs still show damage( sand ) from previous storms and
hurricanes. Spiegel Grove is awesome, but beware of currents. Benwood is
excellent shallow water, wreck dive. Visibility is dependent on season and
weather. At the worst it is 25 feet and at the best around 125 feet. After
Labor Day is the slow season. 

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