<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Florida Dive Sites RSS Feed</title><copyright>Copyright 2006-2010, GreatestDiveSites</copyright><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com</link><language>en</language><description>GreatestDiveSites Florida</description><image><title>GreatestDiveSites</title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com</link><url>http://img.greatestdivesites.com/img/logotransgd.png</url><width>125</width><height>125</height><description></description></image><pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:45:08 +0000</pubDate><item><title><![CDATA[Dive wreck Ultra Freeze got its name because it used to be transport ship meant to keep meat and vegetables cool.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/miami/ultra_freeze</link><description><![CDATA[One of the best known dive sites offshore Biscayne Key is Ultra Freeze, at two miles north of Fowey Reef lighthouse. This wreck was a 195 foot long steel hulled freighter originally used as a transpor...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:32:22 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Movie: Mercedes Wreck]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/lauderdale/mercedes_wreck</link><description><![CDATA[New Movie The Mercedes Wreck got famous because it ran aground an exclusive mansion....]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:19:30 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MOVIE</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Movie: Jupiter High Ledge]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/palm_beach/jupiter_high_ledge</link><description><![CDATA[New Movie Jupiter High Ledge and Jupiter Lighthouse are several of the easy dive sites just off Jupiter....]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:43:26 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MOVIE</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: Diving at the Dredge Barge Avocet which is an intact dive site created in 1991.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/pensacola/avocet_dredge_barge</link><description><![CDATA[The avocet is an excellent wreck for seeing marine life. Almost anyday you'll see 50 or more barracubas hanging on the top. The wreck is intact and offers good photo opportunities for our divers....]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:12:35 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Movie: Palm Beach Inlet]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/palm_beach/palm_beach_inlet</link><description><![CDATA[New Movie Some of the oldest wrecks in Palm Beach; the Mispah, Amaryllis and PC1170 are often combined in a drift dive....]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:28:23 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MOVIE</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: Dive location Sambo Reefs is a collection of reefs named Eastern, Middle and Western Sambo.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/sambo_reefs</link><description><![CDATA[The entire W. Sambos Reef is a SPA which extends all the way to the shore from the reef. Once a spectacular reef it has damaged heavily by Hurricane Georges  followed by coral bleaching. The Haystacks...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:47:12 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diving at dive site the USNS Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/usns_vandenberg</link><description><![CDATA[Finally sunk May 27th, 2009 after 10 years of fund raising, cleaning and completing the required paperwork, the USNS Vandenberg has become THE site to dive in S. Florida. Suitable for Novice to expert...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:11:10 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Movie: Horseshoe Reef]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/palm_beach/horseshoe_reef</link><description><![CDATA[New Movie Horseshoe Reef or Horseshoe Ledge is known for its large amount of resident turtles during summer....]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:56:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MOVIE</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: This fantastic wreck Sheridan is one of the best diving sites near Tampa.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/tampa_bay/pinellas_2_artificial_reef_site/sheridan</link><description><![CDATA[The Sheridan is my favorite dive site - it was very eerie diving around this wreck that is listing starboard and having grumpy looking goliath grouper peer out at you from the inside.  I was actually ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: Rainbow Springs is a small river which is often used for drift diving seeing bass and turtles on the way.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/other/rainbow_river_springs</link><description><![CDATA[Rainbow river is a crystal clear, 25&#39; dive with alligator garr (a fish) turtles, natural grasses, springs, small caverns, picturesque,great for snorkeling too!...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:18:13 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hudson Grotto Freshwater Dive]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/other/hudson_grotto</link><description><![CDATA[Hudson Grotto is a 130ft deep dive, tea stained water, temp is always same as gulf! Turtles, Fish, Lots of things to look at. At the bottom there are 2 boats, and a bus at the 100 platform. Great dive...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:20:59 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diving at the Dredge Barge Avocet which is an intact dive site created in 1991.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/pensacola/avocet_dredge_barge</link><description><![CDATA[The Dredge Barge Avocet is a 2640 ton, 247 feet long, intact clam shell dredge was built in 1943 and is one of the best dives off Pensacola. She lies in 118 fsw and has a relief of 68 feet. It was sun...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:47:05 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: Joe's Tug was a 65 ft tugboat 7 miles east southeast of Key West Harbor.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/joes_tug</link><description><![CDATA[Joe&#39;s Tug was broken apart by the 2005 storms. There is a small bow section pointing South, a debris field leading North to a small stern section. It sits in 59 ft of water and makes a nice easy w...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:15:34 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: The Aquanaut is a small intact and upright wreck located off the Sambo Reefs.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/aquanaut</link><description><![CDATA[After the last series of storms in 2005 the wreck seems to have disintigrated. It was in poor shape to begin with and had less life than Joe&#39;s Tug nearby....]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:04:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: The Adulphus Busch Sr. was named after the help of one of their beer transport ships.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/adolphus_busch_sr</link><description><![CDATA[An excellent dive when it has been calm for a few days. The wreck sits in silty sand which clouds the wreck on rougher days. Totally stripped wreck. Easy, safe penetrations on 4 levels. Computer divin...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:58:52 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: The Cayman Salvage Master Shipwreck has been a minelayer, luxury yacht, buoy tender, freighter and cable layer.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/cayman_salvage_master</link><description><![CDATA[An excellent dive even for novices! This wreck was never part of an artificial reef program.  It was being towed out to a spoil area in deeper water when the line snapped. There are many loose parts i...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:43:33 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cayman Salvage Master Shipwreck has been a minelayer, luxury yacht, buoy tender, freighter and cable layer.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/cayman_salvage_master</link><description><![CDATA[Just outside the coral reef line at about seven miles SE of Key West and one mile SW of Nine Foot Stake sits one of Florida&#39;s greatest shipwrecks. The Cayman Salvage Master or Cayman Salvager was ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:24:15 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: 9 Foot Stake used to be named after a marker of nine foot high that stood on top of the shallowest part of this reef.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/key_west/9_foot_stake</link><description><![CDATA[This site, named after a 9 ft stake (actually an 8 &quot; diameter pipe) which marked the reef to keep deeper draft vessels from running aground is situated approximately 7 miles SE of Key West Harbor...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:01:04 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Message: Diving at shipwreck El Capitan a Spanish Galleon]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/islamorada/spanish_galleons/el_capitan</link><description><![CDATA[I have recently discovered a handmade bronze spike from my late Uncle along with a letter stating that the spike is from the El Capitan of the Spanish Galleon from 1719. I am trying to discover more i...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:33:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida MSG</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jacksonville Ledges]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/jacksonville/jacksonville_ledges</link><description><![CDATA[While Jacksonville has many wrecks and reefs for divers to explore.  The ledges offer some of the best diving in the areaThere are several ledges, within easy boat access from Jacksonville, which vary...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[40 Fathom Grotto is one of Florida's most famous naturally formed sinkholes]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/other/40_fathom_grotto</link><description><![CDATA[World-famous 40 Fathom Grotto is a naturally formed sinkhole located in the heart of north-central Florida&#39;s thoroughbred racing country. It is the only place in the eastern United States where yo...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dive site Touchdown is named after two buildings that look like a large goal.]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/lauderdale/touchdown</link><description><![CDATA[This reef was named for the two buildings on the beach that look like goal posts from the reef&#39;s vantage point. The reef is a section of the second reef line with depths ranging from 30&#39; to 45...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diving at dive site El Infante or Nuestra Senora de Balvaneda]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/islamorada/spanish_galleons/el_infante</link><description><![CDATA[North of Davis Reef at only a mile from San Jose is a large pile of rocks and timber which reminds us of the El Infante. Originally named Nuestra Senora de Balvaneda, the pieces of timber of this 60 g...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diving at shipwreck the Eagle or Aaron K donated by the Eagle Tire Company]]></title><link>http://florida.greatestdivesites.com/islamorada/eagle</link><description><![CDATA[The Eagle or previously Aaron K is a 269 foot freighter originally build in the Netherlands in 1962. A fire had made this cargo transport ship of no use anymore, when the Eagle Tire Company decided to...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Florida</category></item></channel></rss>