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Scuba Diving at Vortex
Dive one of Florida’s largest and safest diving resorts. Training, rentals, and daily passes available.
The Basin
Fifty feet down, shimmering air pockets, and a white-sand floor
The spring basin is 50 feet deep at the mouth of the cavern. Surface-lit during the day and inhabited by Koi, Gar, Catfish, American Eels, Redhorse Suckers, Blue Gill, and Bass — these will be your constant companions, tame enough to eat right out of your hand.
The cavern continues another hundred yards to a depth of 115 feet at the cave system security gate. An underwater photographer’s dream.
Day Pass
$25 per person
Daily diving pass purchased on-site at the dive shop. 10% discount for all military. Includes access to the swim area, platforms, and slides. Full-service dive shop on-site for all your gear needs.
NAUI Dive Training
From first breath to open-water cert
Choosing NAUI training means you’re only satisfied with the very best. Grab a friend and start your adventure at Vortex Spring Adventures — a NAUI Dive Center.
Try Scuba
$494.99
An introduction to scuba in a pool or confined water. Continue in the NAUI Passport Scuba Diver Program from there.
NAUI Scuba Diver
$494.99
Entry-level certification. Fundamental knowledge and skills to safely dive in open water.
Advanced Diver
From $294.99
Explore new dive sites. Navigation, night diving, deep diving up to 130 feet.
Training Experts
Meet our instructors
Billy Walls
Course Director
Scuba instructor since 1983. Retired Paramedic and Orthopaedic Physician Assistant with formal training in hyperbaric medicine. Teaches search & recovery, rescue, wreck, and deep diving.
Jef Lovell
NAUI Instructor 12544
Diving since 1979, NAUI Instructor since 1990. Retired Paramedic Firefighter, Certified Diver Medic. Now manager of diving operations for Vortex Spring Adventures.