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The Flower Garden Dive Trip
oceanfloor - 9/01/2013 10:39 AM
Category: Travel
Replies: 8

Anyone ever dive The Flower Garden before? I’m thinking of booking a trip and would liken some input....advice... Dive service to use ?

http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/
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ScubaPunk - 9/03/2013 12:16 AM
The Fling is still running trips to the Flower Gardens. I love diving out there. They are generally deep dives, and you can get some pretty swift currents, making it a bit of a challenge to get back on the boat for some. They are not guided dives, so you and your buddy are expected to be able to navigate yourself back to the boat. It’s all there, Sharks, Rays, etc... I was out there 2 years ago, and it seemed like there was more life out there than I remember. There was a couple of years where there were no boats going out, after the oil spill.

When are you thinking about going? I may be tempted to join you!
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ScubaPunk - 9/03/2013 10:26 AM
I am always game for a trip to the Flower Gardens. Just let me know when you’re ready to go! They are usually 2 day trips, but they do have 3 day trips. I believe The Fling is the only charter going out there. http://flingcharters.com/ The 2 day trips this year are running about $570, I think. That’s 7 dives if you do them all. Prices might vary depending on what dive shop you book through, not sure.
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Seth - 9/10/2013 11:44 AM
Iam also interested. let me know dates and prices please.
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oceanfloor - 9/11/2013 5:12 AM
ScubaPunk .... Are you familiar with any of the dive shops that offer the trip...it seems that there are several?
I’ll post my findings Seth.
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Smithsgold - 7/28/2014 10:27 PM
Anything new to report ??? Has anyone gone lately ?

Thanks,
Jeff