Very cool! If all goes well I will be heading to Maui in September with the hope of getting at least one dive in! I did a really cool dive on Saturday. Epcot in Disney World has a 6million gallon tank called the living seas. I was able to scuba in a 25 feet deep environment, with 230 feet visability, and 77 degrees. No current, no waves! There were 2 nurse sharks, 2 bat rays, 2 sting rays, and 2 small manta rays. There was also a 500 pound giant sea turtle... If you have a AAA membership, and you are going to be in Orlando anyway, I highly recommend it. They took care of all the equipment. You show up with a swim suit. It was $120 (with the discount) and it was a 45 minute dive (it could have been longer, you ascend around when the first person hits 500 psi.) You are also on disply, since the tank is an attraction in the park... which is kind of cool! You are followed around by a videographer, so for an additional $25, you get a DVD of the tour (which is very short...and is of everyone, not just you... but I still am glad I bought it.) Nancy

I am certainly interested in this. I can tell you first hand that the Flower Gardens are wonderful. I have done Stetson Rock several times and the Gardens twice. There are also several platforms in the area that make for good "Big Fish" sightings. I have also seen one whale shark not far from the Gardens. Please keep the info coming and if there is anything I can do to help out, let me know.

I am all in for a 2006 dive (as I am recovering financially from a divorce). BUT... I haven't been diving since October 2003.... after I saw myself in a video underwater... (shutter).... I am ready now, though!!!! Keep me in the loop! I may try for a rig dive here in the gulf if I can find people sooner ~ Ileana 282/179.6/150

Hi Nancy, Lou Ann posted and said that the plans are still being made, I'm sure that when it is all planed it will then be announced, son keep visiting the board. wow thirty dives since August, be carefull or it could turn into something other than recreation. Thats great, I'm landlocked so I only have two since certification last April. Hopefully, and the plan is to add four more dives this June in Cozumel. Yours was the second time i've read that swimming in the kelp was like a golden forest, it must be amazing! If I ever make it to California, or start putting plans together to make the trip, I will e-mail you to see if your offer to show the kelp forest is still there. And night diving sounds like a kick in the head too, someday I'll add that specialty to my list also. Until next time,God Bless. earl they should make a message emoticon for divers, you know, a mask and bubbles drifting up

Thanks for letting us know that it is still in the works. It should turn out to be a blast, but diving always is!