“May the Force be With You”

Amigos Now Carries Greenforce Lights: Belgium-based Greenforce makes lights for everything from exploration to video. Renowned for its European craftsmanship and attention to detail, Greenforce lets you mix and match a variety of light heads and battery canisters. You can even get hand-held LED lights with an amazing power output. See the various Greenforce light configurations… (02/04/10)

Amigos Welcomes Shearwater

Advanced Trimix Computers: Shearwater Research is known for their line of highly sophisticated dive computers. These feature a large, colorful, backlit display and can handle multiple mixtures of air, Nitrox, Trimix and oxygen. The firmware is user upgradeable through a USB/Bluetooth interface. This is exactly the sort of advanced instrumentation many of today’s technical divers are looking for. Call Wayne for more information. (02/08/10)

Go Down at Convict Spring

Discover This Challenging Sidemount Dive: Looking for someplace new to dive? Have you tried Convict Spring? This small, sidemount cave is located at Suwannee River Rendezvous, on the south side of the river, just downstream of Cow. The spring takes its name from the fact the state housed chain gangs here in the early 1900s. Initially thought to “wall out” after less than 100 feet, the cave has now been explored out to over 1,600 feet (over 2,000 feet total passageway). The Page family recently purchased the property from Jim Hollis and has been busy renovating the campground, rental cabins and restaurant. More… (01/25/10)

Amigos Grand Opening, January 2007

Amigos Dive Center celebrated its third anniversary over MLK weekend. A lot has changed in just three years; however, many of our friends don’t realize how much we have grown. Here are some pictures from January, 2007, that will help put things in perspective. More… (01/25/10)

Relief for Ratty Looking Tanks

Now With the Power of Electrons: Do your tanks look like the one on the left? Scratched, scraped…and maybe a little rust? You can now get your old OMS and similar cylinders shot blasted to bare metal and electrostatically recoated with an extremely durable epoxy. Ask Wayne for details. (01/18/10)

Poseidon Adapters

No More Hard-to-Find, Expensive Hoses: If you own a Poseidon regulator, you’ve had to deal with the fact they do not use standard regulator hoses. The hoses have to have the special Poseidon fitting on the end. But now you can use them with standard hoses. Find out how… (07/07/09)

Butler Nuts

Reg Removal Made Easy: Do you ever wish there was a quick and easy way to remove a regulator second stage from its hose without having to look for tools? Dan Butler came up with a solution. We call it the Butler Nut. Designed to slip over the end of any standard low-pressure hose, the Butler Nut allows you to tighten or remove the hose by hand. More… (07/07/09)

Xan Small Nomad

Nomads for Every Diver: The Dive Rite Nomad has revolutionized cave diving, making the benefits of sidemounting available to everyone…almost. Until now, if you were on the petite side of the scale, a Nomad made a better tent than it did a harness. No more. Dive Rite now offers a smaller Nomad that fits right even if you are five feet tall and weigh 100 pounds. Visit us today and let us get you into the Nomad that’s right for you. (07/07/09)

There’s No Place on Earth
Quite Like Amigos Dive Center

First-time visitors are always struck by how different Amigos is from any other dive center on the planet. You are never just a customer at Amigos. You’re family.

Amigos is the kind of place where divers gather at the end of a busy day to run into friends, share adventures and learn more about the latest happenings. This sort of atmosphere was once common in diving; today it’s a rarity.

Founded in 2006 by Wayne Kinard, Amigos goal is to provide divers the best quality air and most accurately blended gas mixes anywhere. All gas from Amigos is clean and certified every 90 days. The testing results and equipment maintenance log are available for review by all customers.
Amigos is centrally located to all of north-central Florida’s major cave and technical dive sites. From here it’s just a short drive to Devil’s Eye/Ear, Little River, Cow, Peacock, Madison, Manatee and 40 Fathom Grotto.
Amigos is open every day from 8:00 to 6:00. Additional hours for fills or pickups are available upon request.

Whatever your needs, Amigos is here to help. The network of experienced instructors, full gas blending capabilities and full equipment rentals are here to meet your needs. If you are interested in Open Water or taking your diving to the next level with Cavern, Cave, Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures, Trimix, or Specialty Diver Cave classes, we can help you reach that goal.

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