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I don't really care about having a DM in the water. My wife/dive buddy and I prefer to do our own thing anyway. My favorites are when they put a DM in the water and you have the option to follow them or do your own thing. It seems like 80% of the folks will follow leaving us to do our own...

I don't even know how to respond to this, so now every restaurant and dive shop in the world are a bunch of shady non-legitimate operations employing free-loaders? Back to the topic at hand... Are the shore excursions offered in place of dives, or can you do all of the dives and still hit a...

Thanks for all of the replies, the info. is appreciated. I'll give you the full scoop on tipping when I return. I've been in both situations where they inform you that tipping is standard and suggest a rate, and also where they pester you. I don't mind tipping either way, but i hope they...

My regular buddy takes pictures and I love it. I never have any problem finding her, she takes a nice leisurely pace. I've found and seen some of the coolest things underwater while waiting for her to get her shots. For everything we've missed by letting the group go on ahead, we've...

We had the same issue getting to Dominica and ended up biting the bullet and staying a night in Puerto Rico on the way there and back. It ended up being very cool, we got to see the sights and enjoy the nightlife in San Juan. Of course, this did add extra time and expense to the trip, but It...

The first thing I would do if minimal travel time was a must would be to look at your home airport and see where direct flights are available. Some of my favorites like Dominica or Little Cayman require some decent travel time. The first thing that popped to my head was Cozumel, it's affordable...

Hi all, I'm signed up for the Aquacat in April and had a few questions about the boat. We'll start with the most important, what kind of beer do they have on draft? I'm hoping it's not all American beers, like to sample the local flavors. Can anyone give their opinions on cabins 9 & 10? My...

Hi, I’ve been reading all sorts of posts trying to compare the s90 to G11 and have a couple of questions that I either didn’t understand the answer on or couldn’t find… maybe I’m a little dense so please forgive any redundant questions. I plan on purchasing the camera and an Ikelite housing...

I've been trying to do research and play with this and other mini-camcorders(above water) to come to some decision. I could use some additional input. What advantage does the JVC or flip for that matter have over a point and shoot camera that can record 720p video at 30fps? Would the focal...

Benny- Much to my surprise they responded to my email. They told me the same thing. I can't imagine why they would support the zx1 and not the far more popular zi8. I hope to play around with the JVC this weekend to at least put to bed the fears about poor controls etc... I'll let you know...

I'm a little concerned with the reviews I've been reading on the JVC... in theory this camera is my favorite of the "flip" style camcorders that ikelite makes a housing for, but I'm becoming wary of all the reviews. I see Ikelite has a housing for the Kodak zx1. Dose anyone know if ikelite...

I'm very interested to hear people's opinions, I've been in the market for one of these little cameras and now that Ikelite is offering the housing for the JVC, Kodak Zx1 and the Flip, I'm curious to see which one works best. Has anyone played with all of these out of the water yet?

I tried to assume that OP meant people who only dive a few times a year, but vacation only warm water diver describes me perfectly. I just wanted to make the point that someone who practices skills and dives within their limitations can be an adequate diver, even if they only dive on vacation...

I used to use the chapstick or silicone grease method and they both worked pretty well, problem was I would forget. I purchased a new mask for totally unrelated reasons and the problem completely went away, no need for either anymore. If it's really bugging you, I'd suggest hitting your LDS...

First off, I agree with 99% of this thread, but why does the term "vacation diver" have to be used a synonym for bad diver in this thread. I've been diving for 4 years and have around 80 dives logged. I know I'm really inexperienced and have a ton to learn, but I'm.... gasp.... a "vacation...

Just got back yesterday from Curacao. I drank some Amstel, Balashi (from Aruba), and Polar. The Balashi is my favorite, followed by Polar and Amstel, but the Balashi is a little tougher to find on the island. I was chatting it up with the locals and they were telling us that most locals prefer...

I'm not sure what the airfare looks like these days, but I found Dominica to be affordable once we were there. The extra cost was really in the plane tickets to get there. That said, we dove 12 times in Dominica and saw squid on 3 of the dives. At Champagne we saw the largest school of...

Thanks for the heads up, I dove with them a year ago and they were pretty good. It sounds like it has changed recently and I'll try one of the other reccomended shops next time I'm down.

John, the exact same thing happened to me. I had read wonderful reviews about several dive ops. in Aruba and I ended up with Unique because they were the only ones who actually contacted me back. Have fun in Aruba! Feel free to PM me if I can be of any further service.

I used Unique when i was there. They were pretty good. They were having some boat problems so one of our dives was extremely crowded which I didn't like. The rest were very uncrowded with about eight total divers and two DMs in the water. The DMs were pretty good. I'm not used to having my...