Dive Review of American Pro Dive Center in
The Continental USA/Florida

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American Pro Dive Center: "Superb manatee experience", Jun, 2024, by Samuel B Johnson, NC, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 12985.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	I went out with this operator twice. Once was a swim with manatees and the other was a drift dive in a fresh water spring system. The manatee experience was excellent, everything I hoped for. The guide was very good at finding manatees and at helping us interact with a young, curious one in appropriate ways. The same divemaster drove the boat on the drift dive, but that dive was quite disappointing. I would advise not doing it. No fault of the divemaster who was as competent as he had been in the morning on the manatee swim. The diving conditions provided here are for the manatee swim. The spring system conditions were very good visibility but so shallow that it was frustrating. Both the manatee swim and the dive were in very cold water, despite the fact that it was June.
Websites	American Pro Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Almost all of my diving has been in the Caribbean and Florida. I've dived a half dozen times in California, and once each in North Carolina and the Mediterranean. Caribbean diving includes Dominica, Roatan, Utila, Curacao, Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Saba, Cozumel and Grand Turk
Closest Airport	Miami?	Getting There	We drove with an RV from North Carolina.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	3-8 Ft/ 1-2 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of American Pro Dive Center in The Continental USA/Florida

American Pro Dive Center: "Superb manatee experience", Jun, 2024,

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Dive Review of American Pro Dive Center in
The Continental USA/Florida