Where you’ll dive in Fort Myers
Real sites, with honest depths. Kaitlyn will tell you which of these your certification level actually suits before you book anything.
A 165-foot former Coast Guard cutter scuttled about 30 miles off Sanibel as the first veterans memorial reef in the country. The region’s marquee wreck, and a serious dive.
Shallow artificial reef built from road bed, pilings and guardrails. Structurally interesting, shallow enough to work on skills, thick with fish.
One of the shallowest reef sites in the county — quiet, easy, and a good place for a first boat dive.
Protected inshore water that stays divable when the Gulf doesn’t. The practical answer for confined-water and early open-water sessions in this region.
Shallow reefs make good teachers
An 18-to-28-foot artificial reef is a gift to a new diver: long bottom time, no decompression pressure, and a bottom you can see from the surface on a decent day. Fort Myers has an unusual number of them within reach, which is why Kaitlyn runs a lot of first open-water dives here — and a lot of continuing-education deep dives up at the Mohawk for divers ready for something bigger.
Boat dives, arranged properly
The offshore reefs need a boat, and Kaitlyn is a USCG-licensed 25-ton Master Captain as well as an instructor, so she reads sea state and boat scheduling the way an instructor should. When water sessions land in the Gulf she coordinates the charter or the boat access with you ahead of time; when they land in the harbor, you drive to the water instead.
She comes to you. Kaitlyn is based in Venice and travels for instruction across Florida — Fort Myers included. Give her as much lead time as you can and she arranges the pool, the boat and the dates around your group rather than handing you a fixed class calendar. Travel cost and scheduling depend on distance, group size, and how many days you need; she quotes it directly when you send your dates.
Get Fort Myers on the calendar
Send your dates, how many divers, and any certification you already hold. Kaitlyn replies personally with a plan and current rates.