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Yikes. That's not good. Sad to see, as from everything I've read it's been a great resort until just recently. I know it got leveled along with pretty much everything else during Winston. I've chatted with the owners of TDR a lot and know that they decided to build uphill of the road and use...

Mosquitos were barely noticeable at TDR during the winter (dry season), but were certainly a bit more present during the summer (wet season), but not terrible or anything. There were always a bunch of cans of repellant sitting by the bar/pool for anyone to use, and the staff often place and...

TDR absolutely offers afternoon dives. I think as long as at least 2 people want to and weather is ok they'll take you after lunch. We did afternoon dives more than half the days we were there, plus a night dive one evening. I think we did 33 dives over a 14 night trip (13 days of diving) but...

I've only ever booked on one itinerary specifically to prevent crazy baggage charges, though I did get shaken down once on the return flight from Taveuni to Nadi cause "their computer couldn't find my reservation". Pretty sure I was just lining the pockets of whoever was there, but $40 got us...

Been to Taveuni Dive resort in both the winter and summer and it was great. In the winter air conditioning isn't necessary IMO, as it gets downright cold down well into the 60's at night and early in the morning. In the summer it's 5-10 degrees warmer so yeah it'll be warm at night but I...

All my housings/ports/strobes along with some spare parts and tools are in a big pelican case that gets checked. My camera and lenses are carried on in a camera backpack (personal item) that fits under the seat. All my other dive gear goes and various other things like strobe arms go in my...

Was just in the Taveuni and Rainbow Reef area in the northeast, and there wasn't really any recent evidence of bleaching events. The reefs are still largely in very good shape, with many varieties of hard and soft corals and plentiful fish and invertebrate life. I'm sure there have been events...

I've found that you can spend a lot of time trying to calculate housing buoyancy with math or in buckets or bathtubs, but the best way is always to jump in the water. Find a pool at your local dive shop or elsewhere you can use to test a new configuration. It's also the only way you can really...

Yeah definitely +1 if you can find a cooler bag with the proper dimensions for your rig. You can definitely save money that way, especially if you have time to try some out. I went with the cinebag one because I was in somewhat of a hurry at the time and it was a purpose-built solution (one of...

I just do a personal article policy with my primary insurer (State Farm). Covers all my camera gear, lenses, housings, strobes, everything. Costs me like $150-200 a year for something like $15K worth of stuff. My main concern is theft or baggage loss, not flooding anything, though it covers...

Check out cinebags square grouper bags. I use their larger teal bag for my Canon R5 rig on every trip. It's great for hauling heavy gear from place to place, perfect for holding and protecting your camera while on the dive boat, and it can double as a rinse tank after if you fill it up with...

I got the large size, which translates to a 10 and seems pretty close as far as I can tell. I usually wear size 9.5 or 10 shoes, depending on how wide they are. I can get away with a 9.5 if it's extra wide. My foot is probably technically a 4E or thereabouts given that it's about 4.5" wide...

Received the Scubapro Delta 5's and they feel great, so definitely a keeper. A full 1-2 inches shorter than my previous boots, but still wide and stretchy enough. Seem really well made too.

The only issues I'm aware of with the Terics have been battery quality control related which are well documented here and elsewhere, and Shearwater has been very good about replacing them for free if yours is draining significantly while powered off (my replacement battery has been perfect thus...

As others have said, it's mainly a size difference, and the option to get air integration with the more expensive Tern model. The interface/functionality is nearly identical. I have a Teric that I got a couple years ago, and if I were buying a computer today I'd strongly consider the Tern TX...

I don't feel like it's necessary. If a clamp is even a little loose (like a half turn) your strobes are already gonna flopping all over underwater and it'll be super obvious, and for anything to disconnect the clamp is gonna need to do at least several more turns past that. It just won't...

It's more like $380 all in including gear hire and nitrox, but I feel like the main issue is the difference in exchange rates to FJD. USD gets almost twice what NZD does per dollar, so it feels much less expensive.

I also ski and it used to be impossible to find high performance ski boots for wide feet back in the day, but in the last 10 or so years it's improved a lot with many models coming in multiple widths as well as lengths. Scuba booties are an order of magnitude less expensive, so in theory it...

Ok, the Scubapro Delta 5's seem to be worth trying. I'll snag a set off Amazon to try on and see how I do. I'll try the large first, since I feel like the XL will be too big. Hopefully they're wider than the Cressi Islas I just threw in my return pile. Thanks for the tips.

Looking to replace my 20 year old boots that have always driven me crazy cause they have an extra 1-2 inches of toe past the end of my foot in order to accommodate my wide feet, and all the extra water sloshing around that comes with that. I've done some poking around old threads here and...