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Join us for 3 days with 11 planned dives 100 miles out into the blue water of the gulf for unforgettable diving in The Texas Flower Garden National Marine Sanctuary. If you need Advanced Open Water, Nitrox or Deep Diver certification this is one of the best places to learn and at the lowest price possible. Book directly with Island Divers and add AOW eLearning with a 12 month PADI club membership (magazine, 20% off eLearning and free Reactivate) for only 199. Add nitrox on this trip for only 149 or deep diver for 199. We depart in the evening and motor out to the West Bank where you’ll wake up at 7AM and dive at 8AM (and again at 11AM). The West Bank is famous for sighting manta rays, so don’t forget to LOOK UP while you’re on your dive as divers sometimes miss seeing mantas passing above them!
After lunch you’ll dive on an oil platform. Be prepared to be impressed. Divers often go on this dive with modest expectations, but the deep-water oil platforms change a lot of minds! And many divers tell us the rig dive is the best we offer!
Next you’ll spend the evening at the East Bank where you’ll make one more dive before dark and a night dive. The East Bank usually has turtles that hang out with divers and aren’t shy about getting their photo taken.
Tuesday, wake up at the East Bank for two more dives along the drop off with the sun rising to light up the reef. We’ll depart at lunch to reposition to Stetson Bank, another of our highest ranked dive locations. There you’ll do two more dives, including the famous Stetson Night Dive! Divers debate whether the Stetson Night Dive or the oil platform dive is the best!
Wednesday, we have two more dives at Stetson Bank and then, sadly, we must return to port, arriving around 5-6PM.
Schedule
Sunday: Joining the boat, boarding, and departure
7pm divers arrive at the pier (please don’t arrive early)
Divers board the boat and check
Monday:
7am Wake-up
Dives 1&2 at the West Bank, famous for cruising Manta Rays
Lunch, then Oil Platform Dive
Dives 4&5 at the East Bank, visit with the turtles
Tuesday:
Wake-up at 7AM
Dives 6&7 at the East Bank, “the wall” with the sun coming up bathing it in light
Lunch, transit to Stetson Bank
Dives 8&9 at Stetson Bank, including the famous night dive at Stetson!
Wednesday:
Wake-up at 6AM
Dives 10&11, Stetson Bank
Return at about 5:30-6PM
What’s Included
All meals and snacks
AL 80 cf tank
27-32% Nitrox
11 Dives (see itinerary)
What to Bring
All your dive gear, weights, wet suit, dive light, back-up light, tank light, surface marker buoy, everything.
A couple of towels
Necessary medications
Sea-sickness medication-the Rx patch is a game changer
Personal hygiene / toiletries
Gratuities are not included in your booking. The crew and instructor work for tips. They work hard for you, so please remember them at the end of the trip.
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