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ProDive Snorkeling/Glass Bottom boat Trip

  • August 5, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by mtemail from Huntsville, Ohio
ProDive Snorkeling/Glass Bottom boat Trip

Snorkeling in Fort Lauderdale

We had a two week vacation planned which was going to center on snorkeling activities for the whole family. I had purchased snorkels, masks, fins and cases for all of the family members and gave them to them for Christmas 2005. This allowed everyone ample time to get used to the equipment (at our local YMCA pool) and become comfortable with it.

Since the most outstanding snorkeling is in the Keys, I scheduled a trip in Fort Lauderdale to ‘test’ the group. If you have never been snorkeling in the ocean it can be overwhelming and if we were going to have problems with the kids (or any of the adults) I wanted to find that out prior to the great locations in the keys.

There is a small coral reef off of Fort Lauderdale and there are many companies which provide boat trips out to the reef. We went with a company called ProDrive which is located at 515 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. I had made the reservations early through Expedia.com which are pre-paid and you take printed out vouchers for every participant. The ProDive boat leaves daily at 10 am (weather permitting) and has a glass boat viewing panel. Some people go for the glass bottom viewing only but most are along for the snorkeling. The boat goes to an area where all of the other tour boats go and there are a lot of people out in the water resulting in some pretty close quarters to view a relatively small reef area. The shore line is still readily in view, which assists in a first trip experience . . .the trips in the Keys usually are so far out the 360 degree horizon contains no land views. It was a nice trip . . .it was a terrific way to get everyone out in the water with one successful snorkel under out belts. We discovered two of our group lean towards motion sickness do Dramamine became in intervention prior to each future boat trip . . .if you have never used Dramamine - -it works GREAT!!! . . .can cause drowsiness, but prevents the motion sickness.

The full trip takes two hours - -a half hour boat ride out, just about an hour snorkeling, and a half hour boat ride back. They have drinking water at no expense and sell other drinks and snacks. They provide all snorkeling equipment (Mask, snorkel, fins and inflatable yellow life vests) or you can bring your own. Their yellow life vests are mandatory. You can choose to add to them or not, they had a ‘panic’ CO2 cartridge which allows you to pull a cord and inflate immediately if you need it. The cost was 29.00 per adult and 20.00 per child, a lot of the local hotels and businesses have coupons for reductions on the trip if you want to wait to scope out the opportunities after you arrive in the area.

From journal Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami 2006

ProDive glassbottom boat and snorkeling

  • September 3, 2002
  • Rated 1 of 5 by Robinski from Columbia, Maryland
It was neat to swim through schools of fish, and we saw a few unique fish, but the reef wasn't much to see. We later learned that we could have gotten a dive flag from the lifeguard at Hollywood beach and taken our own snorkel, mask, and fins for a short 150-yard swim out to the reef for free.

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