Enjoy it while you can. Every year, the Commission gets more and more pressure to do away with the mini-season all together in the Keys. Furthermore, they are considering stricter guidelines to curb the amount of traffic for the opening of the regular season.

Already, a few years ago, the county banned all snorkling and diving within 300 ft of the shoreline during the 2-day mini-season. We are averaging about 3 deaths per year contributed to the mini-season alone.