Extended Flower Gardens Diving

Flower Gardens Scuba Diving

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 in
• Departure!

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
• Personal hygiene / toiletries
• Gratuities are not included in your booking. The crew works for tips. They work hard for you, so please remember them at the end of the trip.