acpoweradapter
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Hey has anyone dove the keys? Do you have pictures? Im thinking about taking a trip there this summer. Are you allowed to take your own boat and dive as you wish? Or do you have to go on a dive boat there?
Anyone dive the keys?
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You can dive from your own boat. I go a bunch and have since I was a young kid, there are some nice reefs. I have never been on a dive boat. I take my boat, I ussualy stay in Cudjoe because I know the area well and like it( 28 miles from Keywest). I catch tropical fish there, ussually go to lobster dive and spearfish thou. I will also spend a day or so in Key West with the wife having fun.
SeaJayInSC
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Re: Anyone dive the keys?
Nobody owns the oceans... So you don't have to check to see if you're "allowed" to take your own boat there.
Er, rather... Yeah... Yeah... You need a Keys Boating License, though... It's $100. Send cash or check in a self-addressed, stamped envelope to SeaJay, Beaufort, SC...
I have dived the Keys on several occasions... Key Largo is literally the world's most-dived place, and the middle Keys has some awesome wrecks. Here's a few photos: http://images.google.com/images?q=s...rtPage=1&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
Nobody owns the oceans... So you don't have to check to see if you're "allowed" to take your own boat there.
Er, rather... Yeah... Yeah... You need a Keys Boating License, though... It's $100. Send cash or check in a self-addressed, stamped envelope to SeaJay, Beaufort, SC...
I have dived the Keys on several occasions... Key Largo is literally the world's most-dived place, and the middle Keys has some awesome wrecks. Here's a few photos: http://images.google.com/images?q=s...rtPage=1&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
acpoweradapter
Member
Haha The reason I was asking if I could take my boat is because most of it's protected and some is probably part of a nature park so I wasn't sure. Thanks for the pictures.
SeaJayInSC
New member
LOL...
Yeah, don't let them tell you that you can't take your boat there. It's true that it's a law that you can't take fish or lobster from some protected areas, but unless they've got guns, Flip them the bird and tell them to get bent.
There's a ton of people who will tell you all kinds of self-serving things when it comes to the law and the water. South Florida's the worst - probably in the country - when it comes to scams... Especially with the government. The bottom line is, there's only two laws on the ocean... Mother nature, and whoever's got the biggest gun.
To avoid finding out who's got the biggest gun, don't take ANYTHING but pictures and memories from Pennekamp. Avoid killing anything, including fish - it's cruel to pull an animal out of it's habitat by it's lips and let it suffocate to death.
...And if a boat approaches, be it equipped with gumball lights or not, know that pirates come in all forms. Cooperate so you don't get shot, but other than that, volunteer nothing.
Yes, you can take your boat, and no, nobody owns the oceans... Not even those at Pennekamp.
Yeah, don't let them tell you that you can't take your boat there. It's true that it's a law that you can't take fish or lobster from some protected areas, but unless they've got guns, Flip them the bird and tell them to get bent.
There's a ton of people who will tell you all kinds of self-serving things when it comes to the law and the water. South Florida's the worst - probably in the country - when it comes to scams... Especially with the government. The bottom line is, there's only two laws on the ocean... Mother nature, and whoever's got the biggest gun.
To avoid finding out who's got the biggest gun, don't take ANYTHING but pictures and memories from Pennekamp. Avoid killing anything, including fish - it's cruel to pull an animal out of it's habitat by it's lips and let it suffocate to death.
...And if a boat approaches, be it equipped with gumball lights or not, know that pirates come in all forms. Cooperate so you don't get shot, but other than that, volunteer nothing.
Yes, you can take your boat, and no, nobody owns the oceans... Not even those at Pennekamp.
acpoweradapter
Member
Yeah thatd be great if you wanna post them or pm them to me.
