Feb. 21st, 2010
Just wanted to say a big THANKS!! This is one of the best boats I have even been on in the entire East Coast of Florida. Your deckhands were sweeties! Your divemaster found all the good stuff. You and your wife helped us find great spots for our new beginners where they could see everything from what we thought was a sea snake to nurse and lemon sharks. What an amazing dive we had! A real pleasure for sure. I love the way your dive boat was laid out giving even our very large group plenty of room to don our gear and still feel un-crowded. I felt safe with all the great equipment and what I could see was clearly years of experience between the entire crew!
I will bring our dive club back to you guys time and again! Your AWESOME! The dive was really great!! You can see all the pics on our forum and home page: www.divefl.com/gallery.html
We found squirrel fish, christmas trees, grouper, several large sea turtles, leopard spotted eel, a tan and white polka dotted snake/eel??, 3 lemon sharks, 3 nurse sharks, a huge school of about 100 spade fish (beautiful) and thousands of other fish every where our eye could look. I have dove all over west palm beach and in the same two spots but somehow this dive was the best ever! Thank you all again for the wonderful experience.
This was my daughters first ocean dive and it was really special for her! I am glad it was with you!
See you soon,
Tina O'Connell
3020 Eagle Crossing Drive
Kissimmeed, FL 34746
Phone: (407) 346-3441
Cell: (321) 299-5796
Email: TinaOConnell@cfl.rr.com
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Oct. 4th, 2008
Hi Capt. Dave and Lynn,
My Dad and I had a nice time diving with you on Sunday. Your crew was very helpful and I appreciate that they took care with my camera and its' protective cooler. It has been a couple of years since we dove the Wreck Corridor and we had two great dives. I have attached some of my photos from Sunday's trip. Feel free to use them on your site if you wish.
Best Wishes,
Lindsay Zabik
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July 26 & 27, 2008
Capt Dave and Lynn,
Our family of 8 divers had a fantastic 2 days of diving with you. We felt very safe and secure with you and your able crew. Our new divers as well as the experienced ones enjoyed green morays, nurse shark, puffer fish, spotted drum, loggerhead turtles and all of their beautiful reef friends . Seas were calm, water was warm and the people were friendly.
Looking forward to diving with you again in the future.
Lea & Dick G. and family
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4/28/08
Capt. Dave and Lynn,
A quick note to say thank you.
On behalf of myself, Jeri, Chris and Sandy thank you for today (hope they don't kick my ass for speaking for them). The diving was great, the boat and crew better and the company the best.
It is close to midnight, the gear has been dunked and is hanging to dry and to today could not have been better.
Thanks,
Tom C.
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02/23/08
I have got to say I went out on this boat on Saturday afternoon for
the first time. They are great and could not be more friendly!
I highly recommend them to anyone.
As for the dive the current was fast and the water cold- LOL.
Be safe and have fun
Brian
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2/05/08
Hi Capt. Dave,
I just read your Captains log from Saturday. We had a blast diving with you. All I heard after the dives was good things about you and the boat. Some people had a problem with your First Mate, saying she was very mean and stayed to herself (just kidding Debi).
Seriously, everyone had great things to say about the dives and you and yes even Debi...
I took close to 200 pictures that day. I haven't had a chance to edit them yet but I burned a CD with the unedited pics and sent them to Debi via the US Postal Service, sent them out yesterday.
I am looking to diving with you again although it probably won't be until March after I get back from Roatan.
Good luck to you and the boat.
Thanks for a great day.
Tom C.
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08/28/07
Torn betweeen doing a shore dive at LBTS or doing a boat dive out of Palm Beach, my buddy, Tom, and I decided on a boat trip for Sunday morning. It was late afternoon Saturday when we made this decision and the only two boats I'll dive out of Palm Beach were full.
I had read something Friday on E-Divers about a boat out of Boynton. Went back and read Cliff and Karla's posts about Little Deeper. Never heard of the boat before, but I gave the captain a call. Not only did he have space available, but we would be the only two divers on the boat. Of course I booked the trip. Tom and I then tried to round up some other dive friends to join us. In the end, Capt. Dave went out with just the two of us.
The first drop was to hunt for lobsters on the south end of the Boynton reef. Thanks to Karla and Cliff for picking up the bugs on Friday - we didn't see a one :) The gorgonians were awesome - it was like diving through a forest - and I saw an adult hawksbill turtle.
Dive number two was "The Pines." Apparently this is a very popular spot in Boynton and we had our choice of this dive or one on the patch reefs that would be more conducive to lobster hunting. We chose the cool dive.
It was a ledge system with lots of relief on the west side. Didn't expect to see any bugs, and we didn't, but I did see an adult green turtle that allowed a very close approach, and a HUGE green moray.
It's hard to write a review of a dive operation when you are one of only two divers on the boat, but at the same time, we got to spend the SI getting to know the captain and his wife. My impression: A first-class operation. Capt. Dave's enthusiasm is infectious (in case you need a pep talk before your dive). He sincerely cared about our dives and what we saw - in short, he didn't have a case of "Captain-itis", which is a refreshing change from a lot of boats I've been on lately.
I know it sounds like a paid testimonial, but it's not: I can't wait to go out on Little Deeper again and I may do so on Friday if anybody wants to join me.
Steve S
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08/20/07
--- In E-DIVERS@yahoogroups.com, "clermontautoglass"
...> wrote:
>
> NOAA said 2'-4' seas in the morning building to 4'-6'. I really
> wasn't expecting a good day. Capt. Dave said he had plenty of fuel
> but with the sea state wanted extra ballest. He stop by the fuel
> dock and toped of the tanks with a extra 100gal of feul.Then on our
> way out the inlet about 10:30 we passed The Deeper comming back in.
> They had called the second dive and was giving us the sign for ruff
> seas. Did I say I wasn't expecting a fun day. This was the first
> time I had been on Little Deeper since her repower. With the extra
> weight we powered through in inlet and made it to the first drop
> without getting bounced around. Good call on the extra ballest.
>
> The Dive
> We had 8 divers with 5 drops. No one saw another goup under water(I
> hate when a Capt drops everyone in the same spot). When I hit the
> surface and looked down in about 70fsw I could see the reef as
clear
> as if I were looking in an aquarium. There was about a 1-2 knot
> current on the bottom but who cares it was a drift dive. This had
to
> be one of the healthest sections of reef in south Florida. The life
> was unbelivable.There was tons of everything but lobsters,only
about
> 6 bugs on this dive. Wish I would had brought my spear gun. The
Capt
> asked the last diver on board how long he need for a SI. Insteed of
> sitting and rocking on the SI we rode down to Delray. Another great
> dive. Seas drop to 2' and the current droped to Little to none.
> Headed back up to Boyton. Vis had droped to about 40'-50' with no
> current. I don't know were Capt Dave got his numbers from but
> another great drop. I have around 80 dives in the Boyton area in
the
> last 3 years. This was one of the better one. The one thing that
> would had been better would had been if I had a camera of spear gun
> insteed of a lobster net. I seen 7 bugs, got 5. I think there were
> about 20 total for the boat.
>
> The Boat.
> Even with the seas it was a prety smoth ride. No one got sick. The
> Deeper had came in because almost everyone had gotten sick. I ended
> up with 191 minutes of bottom time. There was no hurry. No one was
> rushed. I averaged less than 1 minute on the surface before the
boat
> was there to pick me up. Great lunch made by Lynn, Dave's wife and
> tons of snacks. Freash water melon, canilope, trail mix, pretzel,
> at least five kinds of chips, and four differant knids of
> sandwitches. The selection of drinks, I tought I was at the 7-11.
> One ice chest was full of bottle water another was full of Ice tea,
> orange juice and asorted sodas. Cliff and Karla didn't make it. No
> problem with canceling. My dive buddy had problem with his ears. He
> didn't make the last dive. One the way back he told me he was only
> charged for a two tank dive since he didn't make the third dive.
>
> The Captain.
> I have know Dave for years. He was a diver who was able to buy a
> dive boat and do what he loves for a living. He treats everyone
like
> they were his dive buddy not just something he has to deal with to
> make money.
>
> Robert Palmer
>
Robert,
On behalf of myself, my wife and my crew we thank you for your
kind words. We love what we do and from your post I guess it shows. I
do truely hope that all aboard on sunday had a good time and we see
you and the rest of your family real soon.
Capt. Dave
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