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Dive Op / Resort	Live Aboard?	Area	Title / Review	Rating Advanced / Beginner	Diving Date	Reporter/ # Dives	Photos/ Helpful Votes
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*MBT Divers*		Pensacola	While on a business trip to Alabama, I tacked on three extra days to dive the wrecks off Pensacola. Originally, I was going to di... Full report		10/2007	Mort Rolleston 100+ Dives
*Oriskany Dive Charters, "Wildkat"/ Pensacola Beach condo weekly rental*		Pensacola, FL	Our dive shop stayed a week in Pensacola Beach to primarily dive the USS Oriskany. We had a total of 5 divers and 2 dove rebreathe... Full report		7/2008	Lee Fenner 100+ Dives
*The Dive Shack's Wet Dream*		Pensacola, Fl	Undercurrent News Letter The USS Oriskany, Pensacola, Florida The Dive Shack’s Wet Dream: July , 29- 30 2006 Robert Cecil, ... Full report		7/2006	Robert Cecil <100 Dives
*Viking Diving*		Pensacola, FL	Viking Diving of Pensacola is set up to dive the USS Orskiany with no problem. Our crew was very helpful and help gets diver in and... Full report		6/2006	David N Scarborough 250+ Dives
*MBT Divers/H2O Below*		Pensacola, Florida	This was a joint operation with MBT as the dive shop and H2O as the dive boat operators. They ran a very well organized operation f... Full report		8/2008	guy 1000+ Dives
*MDT Divers/ H2O Below*		Pensacola, Florida	Dived the USS Oriskany from the mv H2O Below, thru MDT Divers in Pensacola. Dive shop provided standard dive equipment and made a ... Full report		7/2008	David Schwab 250+ Dives
*Self*		Phil Foster park	"Blown Away by amount of Sea Life" I have dove around the world Land based livaboards , Lakes. Rivers, Drysuit New Jersey cold water diver , Retired 70s move... Full report		11/2022	Robert Levine 1000+ Dives	2
*South Florida Dive Headquarters*		Pompano Beach	"Great diving-no passport required" My wife and I just completed an Adanced Wreck Diving Course with John Chatterton in Pompano Beach. Mr. Chatterton has chosen to us... Full report		10/2014	Larry A. Malato 500+ Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures/ Comfort Inn, Ocean View*		Pompano Beach	Parrott Island Scuba was recommended to me by a dive shop in Merritt Island, FL. I was in Orlando on business and my wife offered... Full report		12/2009	Dan Huthwaite <100 Dives
*MV Ocean Explorer/ Sands Harbor Marina*		Pompano Beach Florida	This is the second time i have dove with this operator. the goal of this trip was to dive deeper extended range wrecks in the Pomp... Full report		2/2005	al 500+ Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures*		Pompano Beach Florida	Finding the folks from Parrot Island Scuba Adventures made our vacation wonderful. Four of us headed to Florida to gain more divi... Full report		8/2002	Krystal Glavan <100 Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures*		Pompano Beach Florida	Finding the folks from Parrot Island Scuba Adventures made our vacation wonderful. Four of us headed to Florida to gain more divi... Full report		8/2002	Krystal Glavan <100 Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures/ Pompano Beach Florida*		Pompano Beach Florida	Finding the folks from Parrot Island Scuba Adventures made our vacation wonderful. Four of us headed to Florida to gain more divi... Full report		8/2002	Krystal Glavan <100 Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures/ Pompano Beach Florida*		Pompano Beach Florida	Finding the folks from Parrot Island Scuba Adventures made our vacation wonderful. Four of us headed to Florida to gain more divi... Full report		8/2002	Krystal Glavan <100 Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures/ Pompano Beach Florida*		Pompano Beach Florida	Finding the folks from Parrot Island Scuba Adventures made our vacation wonderful. Four of us headed to Florida to gain more divi... Full report		8/2002	Krystal Glavan <100 Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures/ Pompano Beach Florida*		Pompano Beach Florida	Finding the folks from Parrot Island Scuba Adventures made our vacation wonderful. Four of us headed to Florida to gain more divi... Full report		8/2002	Krystal Glavan <100 Dives
*Force-E &South Florida Divers &Parrot Island Scuba/ N/A*		Pompano Beach, FL	Actually, this report is about three operations. Force- E set me up to dive with South Florida Divers and Parrot Island Divers. I... Full report		7/2010	Sandra J Walzer <100 Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba*		Pompano Beach, Florida	I was going to be in the Broward County area for a few days and was looking for an inexpensive way to set up some lodging and divi... Full report		4/2008	Tom Carlson 100+ Dives
*Parrot Island Scuba Adventures*		Pompano Beach, Florida	Parrot Island Scuba Adventures ( [. . . ] ) is a great dive charter. Reasonably priced, safety conscious, and accom... Full report		11/2005	Joni & Bobby Lamb 250+ Dives
*South Florida Dive Headquarters/ The Beachcomber*		Pompano, Florida	A friend and I returned to South Florida Dive Headquarters after several years absence and bludgeoned ourselves for missing it the... Full report		10/2013	Kevin Eldridge 250+ Dives
*out to sea adventures*		Pt. Aransas, Texas	Captain Mike Miglini continues to run a highly professional Spearfishing operation. This time, we went out 26 miles to the oil rig... Full report		6/2007	rusty hubbarth 250+ Dives
*Bandito Charters*		Puget Sound, WA	Captain Rick Myers, RJ was the DM/ deckhand, boat was the Sampan, a 43’ 14 passenger dive boat. The boat is Coast Guard Inspected w... Full report		1/2008	Tom Carlson 100+ Dives
*Porthole Charters*		Puget Sound, Washington State	This was an excellent trip on a brand new dive boat operated by Captain Mike Fergeson of Porthole Charters. The boat was the Mark ... Full report		3/2008	Tom Carlson 100+ Dives
*Shore*		Riviera Bch	"Best shore dive!" We have dove there all year, and there is always something different to see each time. We never go away disappointed. There is a s... Full report		8/2017	Dawn 500+ Dives
*Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures*		Riviera Bch, Florida	I arranged a dive with this operation for our local club from the west coast of Fla. almost a year in advance. With a discount in... Full report		9/2008	Dawn Steedman 250+ Dives
*Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures*		Riviera Bch., FL	We dove a lot with them in the late 90s, but hadn't again up til now. In those days, Jim and Anna were always there, and they had ... Full report		7/2008	Dawn Steedman 250+ Dives	1
*Narcosis Charters*		Riviera Bch., Fl.	There is a wonderful thing happening in the palm beaches around the full moon in September. There has been a moratorium on fishing... Full report		9/2011	Andy Kenley 1000+ Dives
*Narcosis Charters*		Riviera Bch., Fl.	There is a wonderful thing happening in the palm beaches around the full moon in September. There has been a moratorium on fishing... Full report		9/2011	Andy Kenley 1000+ Dives
*Little Deeper Charters,Inc*		Riviera Beach, Fl	"ripping current" The operation has new ownership by Stuart Scuba. It's located at Phil Foster Park famous for the Blue Heron shore dive. We love di... Full report		8/2017	Captain Jim Davis, Jr 1000+ Dives
*Pura Vida Divers*		Riviera Beach, FL	"Drift Dives from Riviera Beach, FL Atlantic coast" Next time we will use Nitrox!! And hope that my new Suunto dive computer works well. We took the advice of local divers and joine... Full report		7/2016	Sue J Estey 500+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics/ The Vision*		S. Channel Islands off Califor	"Great Diving in teh Southern Channel Islands" We (a group of 6 friends) did 5 day live aboard trip with Truth Aquatics to the Southern Channel Islands (August 18- 22). The trip ... Full report		8/2015	David Baez 250+ Dives
*Jupiter Dive/ NA*		S. Florida	"Jupiter FL Goliath Groupers & Blue Heron Bridge" Goliath Grouper first dive, after over 1 hour delay due to two mechanical delays with the boat. Some drama because a few inexperie... Full report		8/2021	Michael Wood 1000+ Dives	1
*www.deeper-dci.com*		S.E. Florida	Stayed at Marriott Ocean Point and it was very comfortable, the previous week we stayed at Marriott BeachPlace, which was also ver... Full report		8/2004	Steven Blair 100+ Dives
*South Georgia Dive Charters*		Saint Marys, Georgia	Great, enthusiastic crew made the trip for me. Boat engine was recently rebuilt, but one of the 2 engines failed and resulted in a... Full report		8/2009	Andy Burns 500+ Dives
*Horizon Charters/ M/V Horizon*		San Clemente, Catalina Islands	Joined the San Diego Dive Club aboard the M/ V Horizon, an 80 ft. live aboard, for their annual trip to Santa Catalina and San Clem... Full report		9/2008	Paul Selden 250+ Dives
*Great White Adventurres/ The Searcher was the boar name*		San Deigo, CA to Guadaloupe Is	This was a trip that exceeded my expectations which were high to begin with. My wife and I saw the report in the June 2003 issue ... Full report		9/2003	Allan Baldwin 100+ Dives
*Lois Ann*		San Diego Wreck Alley	The crew was knowledgeable. That was the only good part of this trip. This is a big metal cork of a boat. I got seasick for the fi... Full report		7/2004	Jeff Hawkins <100 Dives
*Dive Connections, Inc*		San Diego, Ca	Dive Connections operates 3 boats. I have dived with them several times over the last several years. There has been a deterioratio... Full report		7/2009	Kathy Bouic 500+ Dives
*Dive Connections*		San Diego, CA	I found this operation on the net ( [. . . ] ), and did a Saturday afternoon two tank dive and a Sunday morning two tank di... Full report		11/2005	Rich Orman 100+ Dives
*Hydrodiver*		San Diego, CA	Jim Stickler's Hydrodiver was exactly what we were looking for. He offers a small, personalized, relaxing dive trip for up to 6 di... Full report		8/2002	Duncan Orr 100+ Dives
*Island Dive & Water Sports/ Discovery Inn*		San Juan Islands, WA	Getting to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island for me involved a two hour drive north of Seattle to Anacortes, WA and then a one hour... Full report		4/2006	Larry Deweese 500+ Dives
*island dive and watersports*		San Juan Islands, WA	We live in Southern Oregon and there's not alot of ocean diving available unless you are extremly desperate. I picked up a copy o... Full report		10/2005	jerry 100+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics*		Santa Barbara Ca	I have dived with Truth Aquatics many times and I know their routines. Your arrival is the night before. The boat leaves at 4 am w... Full report		11/2013	Russell Person 500+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics*		Santa Barbara, Channel Islands	It really was all good. The crew was very accomodating. The showers were hot. The other divers were great to hang out with after... Full report		8/2006	Randy Linscheid <100 Dives
*Scuba Luv*		Santa Catalina Island, CA	We dove for two days around Santa Catalina Island. On the first day, we did three dives at Italian Gardens, Gibralter Pinnacle, a... Full report		8/2006	Mort Rolleston 100+ Dives
*Scuba Luv/King Neptune*		Santa Catalina Island, CA	Warmer than expected- - could have used a 3mm and much less lead. Spectacular visibility for west coast. Bird rock A+, Eagle Reef A+... Full report		8/2005	Jeff Presley <100 Dives
*Santa Rosa DIve Center/ N/A*		Santa Rosa, NM	The blue hole is a 81 foot deep artesian well located in Santa Rosa, NM, which is about 114 miles east of Albuquerque. The water i... Full report		4/2004	Paul Farago <100 Dives
*Jupiter Dive Center and Starfish Scuba/ Private home*		SE Florida	"Nice to be back in SE Florida" Flew down to PBI on 6/ 21, plane was completely full. Took off 2 hours late due to thunderstorm in FL and ground delay. Car pick up... Full report		6/2023	Craig A Wood 1000+ Dives
*Multiple operators/ Private home*		SE Florida	"Unusual conditions" The Philadelphia airport was as busy as I can remember it before the pandemic. Everyone is wearing masks in the airport and on the... Full report		6/2021	Craig A Wood 1000+ Dives
*Loggerhead Dive Charters*		SE Florida	"Practically Paradise" Prompted by a reminder from Undercurrent asking for reader reports, our last live- aboard trip was so disappointing we have been st... Full report		6/2016	Jim Garren 500+ Dives	1
*Starfish Enterprise/ Private home*		SE Florida	"A week of great diving in Boynton Beach" I have relatively recently reviewed Starship Enterprise, see my review from March 2015. The main reason for this review is a chang... Full report		1/2016	Craig A Wood 1000+ Dives
*Loggerhead Dive Charters/ Private residence*		SE Florida, Boynton Beach	"Back in the high life again" After a 90 day surface interval, I was very glad to be able to return to SE Florida to do some diving in Boynton Beach and Jupiter... Full report		6/2020	Craig A Wood 1000+ Dives	2
*Pura Vida Divers*		Singer Is, Florida	"Blue Heron Bridge - Shore Dive" The Blue Heron Bridge is a shallow dive, but it is very important to time the dive around Slack High Tide - otherwise the current ... Full report		4/2018	Dorothy McDonald 500+ Dives	2
*Pacific Star*		SoCal Coastal	"Catalina and San Clemente" Perfect weather for a three day island trip. Left Friday night and began diving Saturday morning. Five dives were available Satu... Full report		6/2015	Robert Halem 250+ Dives
*Tarpoon Diving*		South Beach, Miami	I took a 2 tank morning dive through Tarpoon Diving in South Beach, Miami. They have their own shop but the dive boat is independe... Full report		4/2010	Graham McGregor 250+ Dives
*Deep South Rivers*		South Carolina, Cooper River	Captain Alec Blalock of Deep South Rivers (803/ 428- 3884) runs a 28 foot pontoon boat on the Cooper River north of Charleston, Sout... Full report		9/2004	Art Hulse 500+ Dives
*Key Biscayne Park, John Pennekamp Park/ none*		South Florida	Wish we hadn't gone with either park's staff and had chosen independent dive shops over park operations! (Typical government incom... Full report		2/2005	Betty & John Nevelus 1000+ Dives
*American Divers*		South Padre Island	One dive operation in South Padre, American Divers. It's owned and operated by a gentleman that has a vast amount of experience in... Full report		7/2008	Sheri Guzick 100+ Dives
*American Divers*		South Padre Island Texas	My husband and I were truely excited to dive the Texas Clipper. It is a WW 2 era freighter that was sunk 17 miles off the coast of... Full report		7/2008	Christine Kuoni 100+ Dives
*American Diving*		South Padre Island, Texas]	"Great Dives on the " Great operation based in South Padre Island, Texas. One hour boat ride in a comfortable, air conditioned boat. Breakfast taco's p... Full report		6/2019	William Hubbarth 500+ Dives
*Starfish Scuba, South Florida Dive HQ/ Private home*		Southeast FL, Boynton Beach	"Nice end of summer diving in SE FL" I was last down in Florida in June, the first time this year since recovering from my broken leg at the end of last year. I had a ... Full report		9/2023	Craig A Wood 1000+ Dives
*Underwater Explorers/ Private home*		Southeast FL, Boynton Beach	I recently spent 6 days doing 15 dives with Kevin Metz and Underwater Explorers out of Boynton Beach Harbor Marina. This turned ou... Full report		8/2014	Craig A Wood 500+ Dives
*Underwater Explorers/ Private home*		Southeast FL, Boynton Beach	I have dived with Captain/ owner Kevin Metz of Underwater Explorers on numerous occasions but have been remiss in filing a reader r... Full report		10/2013	Craig A Wood 500+ Dives
*Multiple operators/ Private home*		Southeast Florida	"Great diving in southeast Florida" The airport in Philadelphia was still pretty deserted on the morning of the 10th and most shops and restaurants are still closed, ... Full report		9/2020	Craig A Wood 1000+ Dives	2
*Narcosis Dive Charters/ NA*		Southeast Florida	"Drift dive Palm Beach" Our last live- aboard trip was so disappointing we have been staying closer to home so, prompted by a request from Undercurrent for... Full report		9/2016	Jim Garren 500+ Dives
*Starfish Dive Charter/ Private home*		Southeast Florida	"My March madness, great diving in Boynton Beach and Delray" I just finished off March by doing 24 dives over 10 days with Starfish Dive Charter out of Boynton Harbor Marina in Boynton B... Full report		3/2015	Craig A Wood 500+ Dives
*Dive Boat Magician*		Southern California	"Advance diving and abundant color on Southern California Oil Platforms" There is an active dive community in Southern California and the diving can be spectacular. It’s not the typical Undercurrents af... Full report		10/2016	Paul S Jacobsen 500+ Dives	1
*Peace Dive Boat/ [same]N/A*		Southern California	"Great Summers End" This was my first trip on the Peace departing out of Ventura and heading to Santa Cruz and Gull Island. I knew no one on the... Full report		9/2016	Michael E Bovard 250+ Dives	2
*Catalina Divers Supply*		Southern California	Catalina Divers Supply runs a boat called SCUBA CAT. The diving off Catalina Island is beautiful: kelp forests, the giant Black Se... Full report		8/2006	Laura Mosqueda 250+ Dives
*Truth Aquatics*		Southern Channel Islands	"Truth Aquatics and Channel Islands, California" I just got back from a 5 day live aboard trip with Truth Aquatics to the Southern Channel Islands (August 18- 22). This was my seco... Full report		8/2015	Gregory S Bruce 250+ Dives
*Bonne Terre Mine*		St. Louis, MO	Abandon lead mine - water is crystal clear; there is no marine life, but the mine equipment - cart; trains; tools, drills, are jus... Full report		10/2005	Jack Gullo Jr. 250+ Dives
*Straits Scuba/ Driftwood Motel*		Straits of Mackinac	The best part of the trip was the wrecks. I was blown away by the wrecks states of preservation, and conditions. Each wreck we d... Full report		9/2006	Michael Bosveld 100+ Dives
*Conch Republic Divers*		Tavernier	"Great trip to the middle Keys" Private charter for 2 days to wrecks of Spiegel Grove and Duane, plus shallow reef for lobster. Donna was a great divemaster, lead... Full report		9/2021	Glenn Snyders 500+ Dives
*Conch Republic Divers*		Tavernier	"Friendly, fun operation" Our dive club does an annual dive with Conch Republic in September. The water is very warm and comfortable by then. We go out on th... Full report		9/2018	Dawn 500+ Dives	1
*Conch Republic Divers/ Ocean Pointe Suites*		Tavernier	The sixth time is the charm. The Spiegle Grove has always been my bad- luck dive. Previous attempts all came a cropper. First tr... Full report		5/2006	Richard Sziede 100+ Dives
*Tropic Vista Dive Resort*		Tavernier	The Tropic Vista Motel is not the top choice of many for a vacation; however, it is ideally set up for someone who wants to comple... Full report		5/2005	Jeremy Ellis 250+ Dives
*Conch Republic Divers/ The Ragged Edge*		Tavernier Key	I booked two and a half days of diving over MLK Jr. weekend with Conch Republic. The first day, a cold front moved in. With winds ... Full report		1/2006	Matthew Nathan <100 Dives
*Conch Republic*		Tavernier, Fl	Wreck Trek- The Bibb, Eagle, & Spiegel Grove. This was a club dive, with about 20 of us along. The Bibb lies on it's side, starts a... Full report		10/2008	Ron & Dawn Steedman 250+ Dives
*Divers City/ Island Bay Resort*		Tavernier, FL	IF you are going to do wreck diving in Key Largo, look up Divers City. Very knowledgable about wreck and technical diving. Good ... Full report		9/2005	Clare Petosa 100+ Dives
*Conch Republic Divers/ Ocean Pointe*		Tavernier, Fl Keys	Eleven of us chartered their smaller boat- 30 ft, but the first day they put us on their 46 ft Newton, which was just fine by us! ... Full report		4/2010	Dawn 250+ Dives
*Conch Republic/ Ocean Pointe*		Tavernier, Fla. Keys	We drove over from the west coast of Fla, and were able to check into our room at the Ocean Pointe before noon due to the slow tim... Full report		10/2009	Dawn Steedman 250+ Dives
*Conch Republic Divers/ none*		Tavernier, florida	Dive shop catered to beginner to advanced divers, they have nitrox, shallow dives and deep diving. Boats were large and spacious, ... Full report		3/2007	Kent/Julie Balliet 100+ Dives
*Divers City/ Ocean Pointe Suites*		Tavernier, Florida	We brought a new diver down to the Keys to do check- out dives someplace other than a quarry. We were very pleased with both Diver... Full report		11/2004	Colleen Duke 250+ Dives
*Texas Caribbean Charters*		Texas	"Thriving corals, lots of fish at Flower Gardens Reefs" It's tough to plan visits to the Flower Gardens Banks in the northern Gulf of Mexico. There is no shelter from any sort of wind o... Full report		8/2023	Mary K Wicksten 1000+ Dives	1
*American Diving*		Texas	"Texas Clipper, American Diving" Pre- dive briefing on day before trip and just before each of 2 days of diving. Takes about an hour to get to sunken ship, can be c... Full report		7/2015	Mary K Wicksten 1000+ Dives
*Sea Seacher II*		Texas Gulf Coast	The Sea searcher II operates out of Freeport, Texas and makes runs of approximately 100 miles to the Flower Gardens Marine Sanctua... Full report		8/2002	Larry Day 100+ Dives
*Fling Charters*		Texas, Gulf of Mexico	"Stetson Bank: you never know what's coming to visit" Stetson Bank lies 70 miles out from Galveston, Texas. Unlike the Flower Gardens banks, this bank consists of bedded sedimentary ro... Full report		7/2019	Mary K Wicksten 1000+ Dives
*Tilden's Scuba Center*		Thunderbolt Wreck	Tilden's is a good, quality dive operator. Trips are run from the dock around the corner from their shop at Mile Marker 49. 5 in M... Full report		9/2007	Jack Kelly` 250+ Dives
*Quiescence Diving Services*		Upper Florida Keys	Funny name, but great shop. Small six- pack boats, and well appointed shop. My son and I went out with two other divers and two s... Full report		7/2014	jim martin 100+ Dives
*Ocean Divers*		Upper Florida Keys	Efficient dive operation using large 20- diver boats, but we got lucky with only 8 divers on board. Used a dive guide (Tuck) since... Full report		7/2014	Jim Martin 100+ Dives
*Rainbow Reef Dive Center/ Ramada Limited Key Largo*		Upper Keys	This was out 5th trip, this time mid- June, back to the Florida Keys diving with Rainbow Reef Dive Center (MM100). We were so plea... Full report		6/2010	Allan Ripple 100+ Dives
*Florida Keys Dive Center*		Upper Keys (Key Largo)	I dove with this operator for four two tank day trips and a night dive. I had my newly certified 14 year old daughter with me. Sh... Full report		9/2006	Tom Chase 100+ Dives
*Homestead Crater/ Homestead Resort*		Utah	Homstead crater is a hotspring. The water stays in the mid 90's year round. Because of the hight water temperature there are no fi... Full report		6/2003	Paul Farago <100 Dives
*Black gold*		Venice Fla.	"Meg tooth hunting" Michael, the owner operator and dive master was on time, complete with an abusive attitude, bullying from the start. Wouldn’t allo... Full report		9/2022	Thomas huggins 500+ Dives	1
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