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Hmmmm. My husband & I just began diving at age 50+ & have been actively diving for the past 6 yrs. We both work to stay fit for diving (and life); we would like to enjoy many more years of it - especially since we got a late start. Our Drs. know we dive & we go in annually for basic check-ups. I...

Thanks, @drrich2. I stand corrected. We also parked and dived through that spot. I guess I would be more accurate in saying that you cannot pick up your tanks at the DF station at SD and then walk them through the property to the shore unless you are a guest of SD. But there are other places of...

I forgot to update after our trip. We decided to attend the destination wedding, but opted to lodge in a guesthouse a couple miles from the Sandals wedding site (which was the Sandals located on the north end of the island). Our selected lodgings saved us $$ so we were able to dive daily through...

My husband & I stayed in a second floor studio of Sand Dollar around 2011/2012. It was perfect for us. It had a screened porch which increased our evening living space considerably (mosquitos). At that time we used DF (and again last year when we stayed elsewhere) but DFs did not have a refill...

Diving makes me feel Like I can fly! That I am visiting a very special place, very few others have ever seen (another planet!) Privileged, humbled, thrilled, often awed beyond words, and soooo thankful! (And that dreams can come true!). :D

My husband & I started diving late in our marriage (cert 2008) and we just hit our 206 dive on our last shore diving trip to Bonaire (2 weeks). I would be thrilled to someday have 1000 dives. Will it ever happen - maybe , maybe not. I, also, find bottom time more of an indicator of my learning...

We have found that my husband tends to get sick in "rough seas" in a boat enroute, so he much prefers shore diving. Both of us prefer the flexiblity shore diving allows - no "hurry, hurry, wait, wait" of boat diving with a group. We love the simplicity of planning our dives the night before...

Just caught this post - As "late bloomer" divers, I asked my husband if he would consider getting scuba certified in 2007. I was very pleased when he agreed, & hoped he wouldn't fade out on me with time. I am thrilled to say that we are still diving (as dive buddies) - yes, as tropical vacation...

This is just meant to be a reminder for new Nitrox divers - always personally test your (rental or filled) Nitrox tanks before using them. Don't take someone elses word for it. My husband & I tested a tank (one of many) on a recent dive trip. We were told it was between 31-33% mix. It tested on...

Thanks! for all your opinions, ideas, and suggestions. :D. You have provided some additional "food for thought". :D Planning (when you live in frozen MN & the winters are too long) is half the fun. :D

I saw a post from 2000 with this topic but none since. We have dived & enjoyed Bonaire, Curacao, and have a trip booked for Cayman Brac. We are always looking ahead for another great shore diving locale. We were cert in 2005, AO cert last yr, are a husb/wife team, dive Nitrox, and I prefer...

Recently Amazon.com made it possible for us to contribute to our favorite charities (Free!) through a new (sister) website Amazonsmile.com. See the website for listed charities - SUDS (Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba), and other worthy orgs can benefit without costing anything. We...

:confused: My husband & I are invited to a family destination wedding Dec 2014 in at the Sandals Regency & Grande resorts, St. Lucia and are trying to decide whether/not to attend. We have not heard of anything about diving in St. Lucia (except for the one posted here on Scubaboard re: OW...

My husband & I are invited to Family Destination Wedding Dec 2014 in St Lucia (Sandals Grande & Regency). I haven't heard anything about the diving there (except the one posted here on Scubaboard re: down currents w new OP group). Personally, I hate to drop $5K plus on an island trip - for a...

Thank you for your suggestions. I guess I didn't indicate that a dive vacation rather than a vacation that we might dive, is more what we want (yet not a liveaboard). I forgot that we dived in the Bahamas, once as well, because we literally only dived one day. The wind was up our entire trip...

In April, my husband & I visited Cozumel for the first time (for 10 days) and loved it. Before that, we shore dived 2 wks each in both Curacao & Bonaire - it was great! Other than that, we have dived the FL Keys. Now, we are looking at air fares for December, and considering flight lengths for...

ggunn, Ooops! Sorry - thanks for the correction. :)

My husband & I returned from 2 Wonderful weeks shore diving in Curacao, in Feb. (Sorry! Time flies!) We wanted a location - away from the busiest part of the island, minutes from shore diving sites, clean & reasonably priced, with a dive shop on-site or close by, and relatively quiet (for our...

Thanks! kmurray. I briefly hopped to Isla Mujeres' "official" page, and now I am wondering, is that location potentially a trip in & of itself? Or, not? Thanks for the info. And blue steal, I agree, they did offer everything we needed or desired.

blue steal - Well, I'd be bummed; and then I'd start planning. (It's almost as much fun! - When you are from the "frozen tundra" the planning and anticipation is as good as it gets, sometimes.)