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Plantation Inn Marina
Crystal RiverAbout this dive shop
We work together with Local, State and Federal Governments and Specialized Fish, Game & Wildlife Organizations to consistently maintain the best quality for the area Manatee Tour Program. There are many restrictions that apply to our dive area. We ask that you abide by all Federal Enforced Manatee Protection Programs. Awareness Instruction is conducted in all our Tour Programs. The Diving Experience in the Crystal River, Rainbow River and Kings Bay area is World Famous and every year many people from all over the world visit with us to SWIM WITH THE MANATEES! We are very proud to be a senior member of this professional dive community. Crystal River, home of the West Indian Manatee, is one of the most popular freshwater dives in the world. Divers from around the world have enjoyed the fresh water springs unique to this part of Florida, the ideal spot to swim with manatees. The springs flow from underground and boil to the surface pumping millions of gallons of water daily, generating a force that opened caverns that vent in the floor of the river. The water is pure and temperature is a constant 72 degrees Fahrenheit, creating ideal DIVING conditions year round. Crystal River is the “winter home” of the largest concentration of manatee’s in North America (up to 350 in the winter time). In their book: Manatees, On Location, Kathy and Tara Darling describe Crystal River as follows: “Each winter hundreds of giant gray mammals migrate from the Gulf of Mexico up Florida’s Crystal River to the warmth of its hot, fresh water springs. The massing of the manatees is a world-class wildlife spectacle… While some locations were interesting study sites, none even came close to Crystal River as a photo location… in this pocket wilderness only a few yards from the edge of town, the wild manatees allow humans to swim among them to observe or photograph eating, playing and even mating behaviors."
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- English
Marine life
Marine Life
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Crayfish
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Opening hours
Closed now- Monday
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Tuesday
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Wednesday
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Thursday
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Friday
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Saturday
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Sunday
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Where this dive shop may take you
Dive sites around Crystal River
King Spring
United States
King Spring is a Florida spring at the Crystal River head in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The spring is 65 ft deep and 200 ft in diameter. Average visibility is 31 to 35 feet. This dive site provides bathrooms and air fills. To access the spring, you will need to rent a boat at the nearby dive shop or bring your own.
Nearby
0.7 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Three Sisters Springs
United States
Three Sisters Springs is a complex of three spring areas, with many vents and sand boils that help feed Kings Bay, the headwaters of the Crystal River. These springs also constitute one of the most important natural warm-water refuges for the endangered Florida manatee. The site entrance is blocked from boats.
Nearby
1.5 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Rainbow River
North America, United States of America (USA), Florida, Crystal River
Rainbow River Dive Tour Crystal clear fresh springs water with 200 ft of visibility. Beautiful year round Florida weather Fish, Turtles, and sometimes Otters. Grass beds filtering the water. Bird species. Spring beds dotting the bottom. A small cavern at the end of the trip. And yes even Sharks Teeth and fossils. The deepest depth of the river is 25 ft. so snorkelers can free dive as well as this depth gives divers longer bottom time than deeper dives. While drifting the Rainbow River the boat carries the diver down flag so you don’t have to. Don’t forget to bring your camera the view is amazing.
Nearby
22.9 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Buford Spring
United States
Buford Spring is located in a swampy area of the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area in Hernando County, FL. Divers must check in at an iron ranger at the main entrance off US 19 and pay a $3.00 daily fee. The maximum depth is about 50 mtr/165 feet at the siphoning downstream end of the main cavern/cave.
Nearby
27.1 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
KP Hole Park
United States
KP Hole is a Florida County park open to divers and snorkelers to explore the spring-fed Rainbow River. This is a spring-fed dive so water temps will be 72 degrees year-round and the water will be very clear. This site has great amenities like concessions for food, showers, and restrooms. Admission is $15.00.
Nearby
28.1 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Rainbow River at KP Hole Park
United States
Sitting about 100 miles north of Tampa, Rainbow River is a jewel of a dive site in the middle of Florida. Crystal clear, as it’s fed from a natural spring, this river is full of unique freshwater fish, turtles, and alligators.
Nearby
28.1 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
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