Scuba Adventures-Florida Keys

The Florida Keys are a great destination to go diving. From Key Largo the Diving Capitol of the US to Key West, the Keys offer a great variety of scuba diving. If you prefer reef diving, or exploring wrecks, you will find it here. And it is a great place to be during the winter month, with water temperatures in the 70's. We schedule trips to the Keys usually during the winter month, or by customer request.

MARATHON KEY, FLORIDA

Marathon is one of the most famous diving destinations. It has the largest live coral reef system in the Florida Keys. Marathon dive sites vary from deep and shallow reefs to artificial and historical wrecks. A good number of the dive sites are only minutes off shore and they are home to plenty of beautiful tropical sea life like schools of silversides, barracuda, Spanish and spiny lobster as well as angelfish, moray eels, jacks and nurse shark. You will have the chance to see many kinds of corals growing in the area with its beautiful colors like brain, elkhorn, staghorn, and fire coral.

Marathon, also known as “The Heart of the Keys”, is on the mid-point of Florida Keys’ chain of islands. The dive sites suit all levels of expertise. Average annual temperature ranges from 77 and 86 degrees F. The average water surface temperature is between 70 and 78 degrees. Visibility is usually around 100 feet. It is possible to dive year round in Marathon.

TAVERNIER KEY, FLORIDA

Tavernier is located South of Key Largo and North of Islamorada. This location makes it a great diving destination, because some Key Largo and Islamorada dive sites as well as those in Tavernier are easily accessible. Diving out of Tavernier gives you access to the reefs from the southern edge of Pennekamp Park down to about Alligator Light. Tavernier has a variety of dive sites, in addition to shallow and intermediate dive sites, it has some of the most famous wrecks in the Keys, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Duane, the Eagle, and the Bibb. The Tavernier reef system offers a variety of aqua life. Eagle rays, snappers, and large jewfish consider these sites home. Dive sites like Molasses Reef and the Spiegel Grove are home to the most rare pillar coral in the area. Most sites are minutes away from the shore.

The average annual temperature is between 77 and 87 degrees F. The average water surface temperature ranges from 70 to 86 degrees F. Visibility averages from 40 to 60 feet. It is possible to dive here year round.