Diving in Ft lauderdale

[Mitch]

My daughter (12) just got certified. She,s bugging me to go to key largo but Nascar weekend has all the hotels booked. Thinking of staying and diving in Ft. lauderdale but worried about conditions, visibility in mid november. Everytime I,ve tried to dive there late in the year there's been too much chop for the boats to even go out. Ocean Divers in key largo are braver than most operators, always send their boats out and the reef there is a better barrier.

Don<t want to fly there to be dissapointed.

[sharky]

Hi Mitch, welcome to the forum I hope you will like it here.

From the Key Largo site itself I read the following:

http://www.itsadive.com/FAQ.htm

What is the weather like?

Wherever you are right now, chances are the weather is better here in the Florida Keys. That’s true even on a summer day. The hottest it’s ever been in Key West is 97º F (36º C), and that was way back in 1880. At the peak of summer, the average high is 89º F (32º C). We don’t have any super-highways or urban sprawl to radiate the sun’s heat. Not only that, but our islands are surrounded by cooling ocean waters.

In the winter, cold fronts can bring frost to mainland Florida, but you can be sure there will be no frost here. Rare winter cold fronts may dip into the 60s and the all-time record low for Key West is 41º F (5º C) was set in 1981. Divers or snorkelers usually get by with a “shortie” wet suit.

No word about the visibility under water.