Your Key West adventure starts here!

Duration

4 hour charter

About

• Dive through time as you learn the history of one of Key West's famous shipwrecks during a guided shipwreck dive. All dive trips include a dive master/guide and tanks and weights.
• Advanced Open Water Dive Certification Required*
• Hundreds of species of plants and animals, including coral, crustaceans, fish, sharks, sponges, seaweed, anemones, can live on and around shipwrecks.

Shipwrecks are teeming with a fantastic abundance of marine life. Many marine animals and plants need to attach themselves to something to live, and shipwrecks provide a home for them.

Joe’s tug is a small wreck with big potential. She sits in 60 ft of water and is surrounded by a beautiful reef. Joe’s tug has been damaged by storms for years but still is home to many different species of fish. The best part about Joe’s tug is you never know what will show up. Turtles, Eels, Grouper, and many reef fish are known to show up at any moment.

Caymen Salvagmaster is a 200 ft long cable layer that has been submerged for more than 30 years. The coral growth on the wreck is amazing. The main deck sits at 70ft and the sand is at 90ft. This makes for an excellent dive on Nitrox for those who are certified or wish to get certified. Our favorite residents of the wreck are two giant Goliath Grouper. They are usually on the bow and one of the first things we see as we descend on the mooring line. The Caymen is a photographers dream.

Vandenberg wreck The Vandenberg wreck lies approximately seven miles south of Key West and sits in 140’ of water, the main deck is at 95’. The wreck sits upright and is 522’ long and 71’ wide. Prior to being sunk to create an artificial reef on May 27, 2009, the Vandenberg served in World War II as an allied military troop transport ship. Following the war, she served the U.S. Air Force as a missile satellite tracking ship. The ship was prepared and sunk with divers in mind. This wreck was rated as the number 1 wreck in the world by the readers of Scuba Diving Magazine. She’s the second-largest artificial reef in the world and a bucket-list dive for many experienced divers!

The Vandenberg is an advanced deep dive & not suitable for newer divers and/or divers with a limited number of logged dives.

• Without an Advanced Open Water certification or higher – you would be required to hire a private guide on the Vandenberg Wreck.
• You have to be at least 15 years old to dive the Vandenberg.

Please bring your dive certification and dive log. If you have not been diving in the past two years, you will be required to take a refresher course. This can often be done the day before your dive trip, please call to schedule your refresher course

Included:

• Personal guided tour
• Plush cushion seating
• Ice Cold Bottled Water
• 2-tank Florida Keys Reef Dive - about 4hr total

What to bring:

• Swimsuit
• Towel
• Sunscreen
• Form of payment
• Your Dive Certification
• Your Dive Log
• Camera (optional)