When we started planning our Crystal River manatee trip, we spoke with a number of dive shops in the area. We ended up going with American Pro Diving Center based primarily on the quality of service we received on the telephone. The person on the phone took the time to pleasantly answer my many questions. When we arrived at the... more

Here are the pros/cons from our Manatee Tour (can't speak about diving) - PROS - Very nice, new facility (especially if you are a diver) - Pretty professional crew - Big fleet of platoon boats CONS - You meet at their site, get dressed, watch video, then everyone has to drive themselves to the dock - I expected them to... more

If i could give this a ZERO rating I would. I'm an avid diver, and my girlfriend and I wanted to do the manatee snorkel, Cavern Dive, and Drift Dive. Our problems started LONG before we got there. One of the owners "experienced" staff told us we did NOT have to have a light for the cavern dive, due to... more

I would have never thought that a Dive Shop on US 19 in Crystal River would have all of the flexibility and amenities that this place does. I really like the fact that they use class act materials in their gift shop, pool and their boats are well taken care of. All of the captains are excited, some quite young... more

I was not expecting much as this was not the best time of year to view manatees. However, our captain Mike did a terrific job and was persistant in locating them. The visibility was not great but at one point a manatee swam near the springs and there we were able to get a nice view. It was a great... more

We snorkeled and dove with both American Pro and Bird's and can say without a doubt, and unbiased that we'd go back to the former should we return to Crystal River in the future. Unlike Bird's tiny dive shop, American Pro has a larger shop that is airy and well lighted. They're a bit disorganized, as we've found all dive... more

Back in Jan my wife and I visisted Crystal River from Japan. My wife really loves manatees so she wanted to go swimming with the manatees. We saw the sign for American Pro Dive so we stopped in and found a very nice shop with very nice and informative dive masters. The next morning we went out with them to... more

Used this dive center earlier this year for cave diving and snorkeling with the manatees. The overall diving was boring. I have a considerable amount of dives under my belt and I have to say that the dive master/boat captain gave a thorough pre dive briefing and orientation of the boat, also noting what steps are needed if emergencies happen.... more

I've done a Rainbow River Drift dive before (with Crystal Lodge Dive Center) so I knew what to expect as far as the dive...I thought. Very disappointing and I wouldn't use them again. I was in a group of 4 experienced divers but we were treated like students. That may have been because we were put in with an open... more