Dry Tortugas on the “Playmate”
August (14)15-18, 2010
Note: 2008 Prices

This will be my “8th” trip on the Playmate. We took a break last year for many individual reasons and are now ready to do it again. This trip is a hunting trip for lobsters and spear fishing. The boat is 60 feet long with a twenty foot beam. Holds 8-10 (11) passengers in four separate air conditioned staterooms, plus two bathrooms with showers. The fine cuisine is prepared to your delight using only the best cuts of meat, poultry, and fresh-caught seafood.Other amenities include: sun deck, satellite TV/VCR/stereo, water maker, DNA 32% Nitrox, shaded back deck, cut out transom with platform, 2 electric on board air compressors. Prices Include: 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 3 dinners, snacks, water and lemonade. Weights, tanks and tips included. All dives are drift dives.

When we did this in 2008, our trip got cut short by hurricane “Fay”. The new owner, Mark, (even though he was not in charge when we did the last trip) has offered that we can do the trip at 2008 prices. Compared to the pricing from this year, that is $800-1700 value depending on how many divers go.

Prices are: $1,350.00 Air, $1,450.00 Nitrox, $1,490.00 for tanks over 80 with own tanks. PS: It is highly recommended to use Nitrox on this trip. There is a small risk of a fuel surcharge (priced in already), but only if the prices stray up from where they have been the last year.

We board the boat after 7:00 pm, Saturday night, August 14th. The boat leaves the dock at 5:00 am while we sleep. We wake up to the smell of fresh coffee and are served a full hot breakfast.  We start diving around 8:00 am. We average 6 dives a days, diving on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday   (2-3 dives), and return to the docks on Wednesday the 18th around 3:00 pm.

This boat books up fast! Many prior participants sign up for this trip.

Deposit: $200

Trip Leader: Nils Jacobsen
overseasdiving@usadiveclub.com
954-783-1667

Links:

http://www.seaclusive.com
http://spearfishingcharters.com/
http://www.usadiveclub.com/html/august_2006_dry_tortugas.html