There's not much in the way of corals untill you go
farther south like Miami, Napels, Keys. But there
are some sparce coral spots in deaper water farther
north (Im not sure of those locations) If you want a
popular beach nearest you, Datona Beach is very
popular. Jacksonvill is still quite north and gets
colder in the winter. Winter lows are about 10
degrees warmer for about every 60 to 120 miles you
go south.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Pszemol wrote on 5/5/2007 7:42 AM:
"KurtG" wrote in message
.. .
Pszemol wrote:
Any interesting places in Jacksonville, Florida?
Will be on a business trip in the area so ... :-)

Any places in the city itself worth seeing?
Something like a spectacular aquarium/fish stores? :-)

Not really. The visibility is fairly poor and you need to go 8-10 miles
off shore for any artificial reefs and those are usually in 60-80 feet
of water with visibility much less then 50 ft.

OK, understand... In this case - what if I extend my bussiness trip
ending Friday
for a whole weekend, and I am willing to travel somewhere South? :-)
What are interesting snorkeling places further south from JAX?

AquaZoo is my usual marine fish store. The one on Beach Blvd has a nice
selection, but they are also the ones that sold me an ritteri anemone
with 2-days of experience. However, I like to go in there and look at
their tanks.

Where do I find these two stores? Do you know their address/www?

No public aquarium. Also, watch yourself, there are some rough areas of
town where flying lead and innocent victims/bystanders seem to be the
norm, but anywhere on the beaches is good.

That was not very good touristic recomendations... :-)
What parts of town should I avoid most?

The Jacksonville Landing also has a nice river/downtown atmosphere.
If you make it up to Fernandina Beach, let me know. It's about
50 minutes from downtown Jax.

Thanks Kurt!