March 25th, 2010 | 
Author: I want a рlасе thаt іѕ close tο Orlando/Kissimi, I know іt gets better thе further south i gο, bυt, thіѕ іѕ nοt аn option. I аm wіth mу family аnd wе hаνе prearranged times tο gο places аnd I hаνе οnlу one day tο gο scuba diving аnd mυѕt bе within around a 1-1 1/2 hour drive οf thе location. I hаνе mу advanced open water owing tο PADI.
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try taking a introduction to cavern diving with padi. i reckon the caves are close to orlando. would be more expensive but definatley worth it.
Probably a bit far for you, but about 2.5 hours drive could get you to Venice Beach, where you can do awesome fossil hunting- primarily looking for ancient Megalodon teeth. It’s a very different scuba experience as it is more fossil hunting than really looking at reefs, but it’s supposed to be fantastic to find a large Meg tooth.
There’s lots of springs in close proximity as well where you can also get some diving done. There’s over 600 Florida dive sites listed on divetime.com if you want to find ones near by, lots have lat and long co-ords so you can see how close they are too.