Dive Review of Lost Reef Adventures in
The Continental USA/Key West, FL

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Lost Reef Adventures: "The real Key West", Mar, 2025, by Dean Larson, MN, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 13677.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Key West. Key West, Florida. 3/7-3/27 2025. I think the reef is recovering some from the super-heated waters of the past few years (at least it seemed to be in March). Saw many healthy sea fans, and at least a few perfect smaller brain coral. A lot of fish, some sharks, rays, eels, goliath groupers and turtles. Did not see a scorpion fish or octopus. There were some days when the seas were rough or the visibility poor from some rough weather or when the wind would change directions. Some days of strong current. But also days of good visibility, fifty on the reef, 70 on the wreck. Dove with two shops, Lost Reef Adventures, 22 dives/Southpoint, 5/would also have gone a few days with Captains Corner, but they were booked up with rescue divers. All three have rinse tanks on shore, camera buckets and fresh water hoses and iced drinking water on board/giant stride entry. At all three, as a general rule you set up on a tank yourself and do your own switching over. DMs help with boarding. On the reef, if you've dove recently, they don't require guides. Usually schedule 2-2 tank trips per day/usually 2 wreck or reef dives in the morning/2 reef in the afternoon. Both shops had roll call between dives, a hang tank at the safety stop/ran a tag line for taking off your fins. SP has a camera table. SP's shop and parking is a ways from their boat, maybe 200-300', though depends on where you park. Got a definite NO from SP's DM about a cart ride for my gear from the boat. Lost Reef always moves your gear from the shop-to-the-boat-and-back on their cart, though it's fine if you want to carry it yourself. Both boats have a working head on board, a spot to keep stuff dry, and a large cooler with ice. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Lost Reef Adventures
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Florida Keys/Kailua-Kona, Hi/Cozumel/MN Lakes
Closest Airport	Key West	Getting There	Interstates to Homestead, FL/#1 to KW
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	75-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-70 Ft/ 6-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Return time on the reef (though 'enforced' doesn't sound right)
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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Dive Review of Lost Reef Adventures in The Continental USA/Key West, FL

Lost Reef Adventures: "The real Key West", Mar, 2025,

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Dive Review of Lost Reef Adventures in
The Continental USA/Key West, FL