The
ABYSS Dive Center
... welcomes the opportunity to take you diving! Marathon lies in the
very heart of the Florida Keys, with some of the best snorkeling and
diving in the world! Our underwater sights are a true wonder to be seen
and an experience you'll never forget!
The
Dive Boat
- "Vitamin Sea" is a
custom designed 34 foot Crusader accommodating six passengers easily. By
limiting the size of the group on board, we're able to assure your
comfort and guarantee maximum personal attention to your needs. The boat
is equipped with a head facility and a fresh water shower for your
comfort.
Hotel
/ Dive Packages
- with the Holiday Inn are
offered with booking in one easy step through the dive center. Rates are
$79 per person based on double occupancy May thru November, and $85 per
person based on double occupancy December thru April. This package
includes lodging for the night and a two location reef trip. Non-diving
nights are $79 per night, May thru November and $89 per night, December
thru April based on one or two people in the room. Non-diving nights may
not exceed the number of nights booked to dive. The newly renovated
Holiday Inn will pamper you with lovely rooms, a pool looking over the
ocean, a children's wading pool, tiki bar, restaurant with room service,
and a complete exercise room. Just one hour From
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Instruction
- is available from the
Introductory Resort Course thru Divemaster Training. With the dive
center located at the Marathon Hotel & Marina, the convenience of a
fresh water pool for confined training and the warm, clear water off
shore for open water check-out dives provide a perfect setting to begin
or expand SCUBA education.
Scuba Diving
Trips
- include colorful shallow reefs
such as Yellow Rocks, Sombrero Reef or Delta Shoals and the popular
nurse shark dive, "Samantha's", mid to deep reef sites like
the Gap, Lloyd's Ledge or the Shrimp Boat Reef.
Historic wreck dives and
recent wrecks like the R.V. THUNDERBOLT, a 188 foot research vessel sunk
in 1970 to serve as an artificial reef. She lies upright in 120 feet of
water with her bow deck at 95 feet.
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