thinking of swimming with manatees in crystal river Florida is it worth it? or should i swim with dolphins?
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Done Both, the crystal river is terrific and was a great experience, I saw an entire family of manatee and really spent alot of time with the them each, they can be somewhat playful animals. When I look back the Manatees left more of an impression on me.
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I assume you mean diving to the artificial reef created off the Florida Keys by the sinking of the Adolphus Busch in 1988.\n\nHaven't been there, but everything I have heard is very, very positive and just about every dive charter company will take you out there. Holes have been cut in the boat to allow interior access (the engine room can get a little tricky they say), but it's a great dive for just about any level of experience.\n\nAnd the marine life is supposed to be great, with several huge jewfish hanging around the area. Bluefish, snapper, grunts and snook are also supposed to be pretty common, with a few people even saying they saw octopus, baracuda and sea turtle ... all in addition to the schooling fish that frequent the water off the keys.\n\nIf your thinking about taking a trip, it would probably be worth at least a look see.
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My husband and his buddy's have a cabin they go up to in the chain of lakes that they fish for Muskie. They about every year now have pulled each others resources and go, but they have to travel by boat part of the way to get up there through, to their cabin site. I have never made to trip with them yet, and I don't even know if they would want me to. I guess the mosquito's are out of this world up there. I hope that this was helpful to you, and all I have seen are the pictures. It really looks beautiful though. One of them His friend, "Joe", caught a 69 lb Muskie once, and they put him in the magazine.
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If you have the $$$, Manatee & Sarasota Counties in Florida are flooded with listings right now.  It is a buyers market.  Be prepared to shell out large $$$ for homeowners & flood insurance.  I just sold my home in Sarasota County.
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I charter fish out of Panama City Beach Fl. and I've seen it since May. If you haven't seen blue-water this summer ,you need to go further south. 50 miles plus! Good Luck!
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Yup - I was born close to the ocean and learned to swim before I learned to walk. I LOVE the water!! I couldn't recommend swimming more - it's fantastic!! I've even gotten my SCUBA certification (if I could recommend anything more than swimming, it would be SCUBA diving)!
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My favorite stroke is Free its easy  and you can do what ever you want and not get disquallified! You can do all of them during a free swim and not get disquallified everyones is suppose to be free!!
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just imagine yourself along side a serene little creek, calmly holding their heads underwater, one by one, while they fight for air. ;)\n\nA little aggressive, I know, but should make you smile a bit :)
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Closer to Miami the water is clearer and alot more people and cultural experiences. Daytona is a pretty cool place to take the family. The water is nice and it isn't as crowded as Miami.  All the other small beaches in between just look like average beaches. I really don't know what else to say.
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Living in Kissimmee, Florida is great. So relaxing. Its close to the major attractions and only about 15 minutes away from Disney World. The people there are friendly and come from a variety of backgrounds. Tourests are seen during the holidoay seasons. There are many accomodation choices. There are loads of stuff to do there and the weather is usually good, except it can get wet sometimes ;P. Umm.. what else can I say... if you have a specific question about the area, i'll be glad to answer.
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I like to go to Louisiana, we have a camp there on the river and you can feed the gators from the dock! It's pretty cool!
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I don't have a fear of having my face in the water, I just don't like the sensation of trying to hold my breath. I love to swim however! The advice on doggie paddling and other strokes that don't really require your face to be in the water are excellent one. These are how I enjoy the water. I do not look as graceful as a person who will put their face in the water, but I haven't had any bad experiences either, and I LOVE to tread water (deep water at that!).
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I live in central Florida and go to the beaches there and clearwater. It is awesome. Are you planning on moving there?
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I like whales and dolphins. They are magestic and some are huge, not all of them though. I like them so much, I plan to go college to get my doctor's degree so I can study them as a cetologist.
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Yep. Dolphin attacks on humans are about as common as shark attacks. The difference is that dolphin attacks are very rarely serious enough to require hospitalisation and never fatal. As a result people know that sharks are prone to attacking humans but largely ignorant of dolphin attacks on people.\n\nIt's amazing how many people believe that dolphins won;t attack people.\n\n\nIn the past few months there have been reports of dolphins “attacking” humans that have come to interact with them. The latest are those of a 12 year old girl, a 34 year old woman, a 26 year old mother of two, and a 10 year old boy. All of these victims were not seriously injured, but were very frightened by their experience.\n\nDolphins, as well as other mammals, have a natural instinct regarding eating, mating, and social interaction. By humans coming into the world of dolphins they may interrupt the dolphins routine. This may be distressing to the dolphins, which may show this by attempting to get the human to flee, as they would with anything else they see as a threat.\n\n Further damaging a reputation tarnished by reports of violence, a bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Florida bit a 14-year-old French tourist who tried to pet it this week. The girl, who was swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway near Nokomis, Fla., suffered only minor cuts and bruises. She was taken to a local hospital, treated and released.\n\nWhile this attack certainly wasn’t fierce, local whale and dolphin experts say it may serve to accelerate a changing view of dolphins in the wild. The incident comes just months after an extensive report published in The New York Times cited similar occasions on which the seemingly friendly creatures display violence toward humans. In this case, 14-year-old Pricilla Jones was the unassuming victim. Witnesses say that Jones, a tourist from Paris, swam out to greet the dolphin and tried to pet it on the back. In response, the dolphin thrashed around in the water around her, biting her on the hand.
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dolphin or the kookaburra\n\nwhy don't you try one of them :)
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Dolphins, orange?? with a little friendly fish??? lol