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.