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@Fastmarc , @KathyV has noted the 2 places probably easiest for a short stay. If you return another time for a longer stay, as @Sue/Dave mentioned, there are quite a few vrbo/homeaway units available to rent as well if you shore dive & are willing to make some meals in to bring the cost down. If...

@releck97 , Brac Shack has a Shore Diving guide which may tell distances to some of the wall dives from shore. We are arriving end of March and looking forward to our 3rd year shore diving their sites, hoping for good shore diving weather. (My profile photo is one of Bracs sites). Looking...

Prayers going out.

@tkaelin , good to know. We may have to check out the East End yet, although we currently fly direct to the Brac (my husband is a GA pilot). I believe GC has quite a few shore dive sites, probably more than Brac, which my spouse prefers due to his sea sickness tendency (not being in control -...

@tkaelin , glad to hear your entire trip wasn't a wash out. Yes, holidays & wkends both tourists & locals would be out & about celebrating on the beach & in the water. (The locals work hard & long hours M-Sat, so we go to the "popular sites" mornings & wkdays). :). Definitely get your hands on...

@tkaelin , I am sorry that your shore diving at Curacao didn't measure up to your expectations. We have been to Curacao 3 times & soon are heading to Bonaire for the 3rd time. My husband prefers Curacao slightly better; I like them both for their differences. :D When diving in Curacao, we...

Thanks for your quick replies. @simcoediver , I will let my husband know that you said 1000 Steps it isn't that bad (I will owe him). ;)Lol. We did walk down the steps once & that was when I thought the return trip would be tougher than any other we've done (the Cliff steps I take at a "run"...

My husband & I are heading to Bonaire for our 3rd trip, in just a few days. :yeahbaby: Each trip, we try to dive a few sites that we haven't been to yet - but we already have a number of favorites so it's hard - we want to dive them for sure!! So if I'm asking those of you that visit Bonaire...

@Atom , True about the sand. We now bring gallon jugs of water in the back of our vehicle to rinse off after exit. ;). I do like the sherpa idea - and we have been doing that on the rougher entrances or when the "hike" from our vehicle is further than I like (Weber's Joy & Jeff Davis in...

@wwguy , thanks. Playa Grandi is one of my favorite dives on Curacao. Interesting.

@tkaelin , we got our tanks through Discover Diving at Playa Lagun. This was Feb 2016. You may be correct about smaller nitox tanks being available at Go West. We did check around before booking with DD, and at the time DD only had nitrox in the 80' size which I believe was the cheaper of the...

I see this is an older post, but I didn't see anyone mention that Bonaire has the smaller 63 size nitrox tanks, where on the nw end of Curacao (where we stay & primarily dive, 30-45 min from the city), only the regular size 80's are available. As a 5'1", just turned 60 yr female (we have been to...

Doesn't this thread belong in Curacao?

Giffenk, Good point. My birthday is Jan 7th. :)

Update - we ended up replacing my computer with 2 new Suunto Nuovo computers, one for each of us. Our lds advised us that 8 yrs (nearly 300 dives) with my previous Suunto Gekko computer couldn't really be faulted by care, maintenance (done annually by them), or warranty. They called it eventual...

We just returned from another wonderful 10 day stay/diving at BA (just before Christmas). :). Each time we go, it's like returning "home", but to diving & sun - instead of ice & snow. (The week before our arrival at Cozumel, it was 40 degree F where we live; it was -7 F the day of our return...

Pinecube, thanks. I will look into those you mentioned. Sounds like Fishdom is not What I was looking for. . .

Trailboss123, thanks. We will check them out. undrwater, any suggestions?? We shore dive Nitrox mainly so shallower than 107'. Not tech/wreck/ice certified. We will be purchasing 2 computers, so unexpected "Merry Christmas", to us, I guess. $$$$ (We have another trip booked end of Jan)...

Yes, we bought the same model (Suunto Gekko) at the same time, when we were both certified. We have compared NDT while diving numerous times, while shore diving, at depth with no significant disparity - maybe 1 or 2 min from the other. (We dive within 5' of each other, almost always. When my...

Oldschoolto, thanks for that. Now we can stop the "would have, should have, could haves" thoughts. It was maybe just time for replacement. We will mention it to our lds & if they don't have any repair ideas, just go forward. I was feeling pretty badly about not grabbing the computers out of our...