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The only real diving on Orlando is the fish tank at Epcot, with in an hour are some springs but the best diving is hours away in SE Florida.
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you can drive to crystal river to swim with manatees its about an hour an half drive.from orlando.or you can dive devils den or blue grotto. in williston.which is about an hours drive.in crystal river you have american pro divers and birds underwater,you can find them on line,devils den and blue grotto are caverens but are all open very beatuful .hope you enjoy.
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Thanks! I’ll look into this.
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I have to agree with the previous posting.
South East Florida would be worth the three hour drive if you have the time.
Force-E Dive Shops does a pretty good job of putting you with reputable charters. They put we on board with Parrot Island Charters out of Pompano Beach. They were pretty much no non-sense, get off the boot and don’t come back until you are out of air. My Dive Buddy went with a Husband and wife Charter but I’m not sure of the boat name, he loved the dive and the boat, also out of Pompano. At least give the http://www.force-e.com/index.shtml a look.
Good Info there about S.E. Florida diving.
You have got to do the drift!
I was there in March 2008 good vis and you’ll need a thrill mil wet suit.
Enjoy!
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I would check out Scuba World Orlando. They could probably help you to set up some dives. The shop is owned by a fellow by the name of John Shimkoski. He is a retired Army Special Forces Diver. Their web site is www.scubaworld.net and their phone is (407) 273-3373
Good luck, Have fun & safe diving.
Ron sends
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Fritz - 1/25/2010 6:51 PM 
While I was in Orlando last year, I went to the Crystal River area and dove some caves, springs and swam with Mantees. It was great fun.
There are a couple of dive shops there. I gravitate toward the small shops over- packed with equipment. There is one of these on the main highway, a hole in the wall with great people and lots of dive info and stories.
I think the name of the place was Adventure Scuba and the guy that runs the place is named Carl. The service was spectacular, they had a group that I was going to dive with back out because they all got drunk the night before. Carl called a few people and found me a dive buddy, we were in the water within an hour.
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Excellent. Thanks to everyone for the great advice.
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