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\"Ithaa<\/a>

Ithaa Undersea Restaurant. Courtesy of conradhotels.hilton.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Underwater basket weaving may sound like a jokey slacker college course, but truth can be stranger than fiction. Here are some real-life underwater activities you can add to your bucket list.<\/p>\n

Plus: Uncover Florida’s 5 most\u2013chilled out beaches.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lower

Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival \u00a9Bob Care\/Florida Keys News Bureau\/HO<\/p><\/div>\n

1) Hear a concert.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival<\/a> is just what it sounds like: a concert played each July underwater, by scuba-diving musicians in the Florida Keys<\/a>. B.Y.O.B. (in this case, the B stands for boat), or reserve a spot on a public party boat. Then stage dive — literally — with your scuba or snorkel gear, and enjoy the show.<\/p>\n

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2) Get married.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How deep is your love? Couples ready to take the plunge can exchange vows off the coast of Fort Lauderdale<\/a> with help from Pro Dive International<\/a>. The company’s underwater wedding packages include boat transportation and dive gear for up to 75 guests, an ordained officiant, underwater videographer and even a white “bridal wetsuit.”<\/p>\n

\"Poseidon

Poseidon Undersea Resort<\/p><\/div>\n

3) Sleep.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t just vacation by the sea. Vacation in the sea.\u00a0Poseidon Undersea Resort<\/a>\u00a0is a 40-room hotel built on the seafloor of a lagoon off the coast of\u00a0Fiji<\/a>. Underwater amenities include a dining room, library and theater.<\/p>\n

4) Eat a fancy meal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s seafood… and then there’s Ithaa Undersea Restaurant. The eatery, located at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island<\/a>, was christened the “most beau<\/a>tiful restaurant in the world<\/a>” by the New York Daily News. The pre-fixe lunch and dinner menus feature esoteric indulgences like Maldivian lobster carpaccio, apple and goose liver tortellini, and tomato lemongrass essence.<\/p>\n

\"Cancun's

Cancun’s Underwater Museum \u00a9Jason deCaires Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n

5) View an art exhibit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s one way to liven up an art museum: Put it in the Gulf of Mexico. The Underwater Museum<\/a> is a series of more than 500 sculptures hidden beneath the waters surrounding Cancun<\/a>, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc. The installations are designed to take the stress off fragile coral reefs by giving sea animals and tourists and alternative site to visit.<\/p>\n

6) Mail a postcard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hardly anyone writes letters anymore. So that will make the mail you send from Hideaway Island Marine Sanctuary<\/a> all the more special. Vanuatu Post<\/a> operates an underwater postoffice in the South Pacific Ocean. Fill out a special waterproof postcard, then dive down to send it on its way.<\/p>\n

\"Mermaid

Mermaid Camp at Weeki Wachee Springs \u00a9Julie Komenda<\/p><\/div>\n

7) Attend mermaid camp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

z.com\/travel-guide\/United_States–FL\/Weeki_Wachee.tg5862\/”>Weeki Wachee Springs State Park on Florida’s Gulf Coast is known for its mermaid shows, in which performers strap on fins and enact Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid<\/em>. Women and girls get a chance to act out their own mermaid fantasies during Sirens ofthe Deep Mermaid Camp and Adventures Under the Spring Mermaid Camp. The two-day workshops offer a crash course in underwater ballet and end with a performance for campers’ family and friends.<\/p>\n

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Basket weaving? Yawn. 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