The Florida keys are very nice, but question your local dive shop for local sites. They should be able to hook you up with a bunch of fantastic local dives.
Question your instructor for areas around you. He’s got no reason to lie.
Of course Florida’s always excellent if you live nearby, can afford to go there. I’ve been to Panama City Beach, and am going to go to Ocala and dive in Manatee Springs over spring break.
You’ll take pleasure in your certification, I’ve only had mine for a couple months and look forward to every chance I get to gear up.
Top on my list of places to dive is the nighttime manta ray dive off Kona, Hawaii. I know a couple people who have done it and it sounds incredible. It’s a dive where you go out at dusk, they give you lights and all the divers go down to the floor and circle around a larger light, which attracts plankton. The plankton is food for manta rays, who feed at nighttime. There you are sitting on the ocean floor in the darkness and a 10 foot wide manta ray comes sailing over your head. Awesome!
I also want to check out the Molokini Crater off Maui and the wrecks off Oahu (WW2 stuff).
Back on the mainland, our local shop runs trips down to the Catalina, CA area (Channel Islands) a few times a year and they never dissappoint.
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The Florida keys are very nice, but question your local dive shop for local sites. They should be able to hook you up with a bunch of fantastic local dives.
Question your instructor for areas around you. He’s got no reason to lie.
Of course Florida’s always excellent if you live nearby, can afford to go there. I’ve been to Panama City Beach, and am going to go to Ocala and dive in Manatee Springs over spring break.
You’ll take pleasure in your certification, I’ve only had mine for a couple months and look forward to every chance I get to gear up.
Top on my list of places to dive is the nighttime manta ray dive off Kona, Hawaii. I know a couple people who have done it and it sounds incredible. It’s a dive where you go out at dusk, they give you lights and all the divers go down to the floor and circle around a larger light, which attracts plankton. The plankton is food for manta rays, who feed at nighttime. There you are sitting on the ocean floor in the darkness and a 10 foot wide manta ray comes sailing over your head. Awesome!
I also want to check out the Molokini Crater off Maui and the wrecks off Oahu (WW2 stuff).
Back on the mainland, our local shop runs trips down to the Catalina, CA area (Channel Islands) a few times a year and they never dissappoint.