I have a Mares Dragonfly AT that is about 22 years old. I stopped using it a couple of years ago when I bought an aluminum BP&W. The Mares was still going strong, but I got the BP/W to save space & weight in my luggage.
We stayed at Sunscape Curacao in October 2023. We would go back to Sunscape again but use it as a place to sleep because it's cheap and eat most all of our meals at Mambo Beach Blvd.
This my report from our 2023 trip. Trip Report - Sunscape Curacao & Goby Divers.
We stayed at Sandals Montego Bay in 1999.
You can't predict what the weather or vis will be in advance. The closer to the equator you are the better the weather will be during the “winter”months.
I recommend your wife does all her book work, tests, final exam and confined (pool) dives at home...
I have a pair of Seac 5mm boots and really like them. They have a zipper keeper to prevent the zipper from unzipping and a reinforcement piece at the bottom of the zipper to prevent tears and stop the zipper from splitting and a rubber piece on the heel to keep your fin strap from coming off...
The diving in the Punta Cana area is not good. The best diving and it's very good is out of Bayahibe on the south Caribbean Sea side of the Dominican. There is reef diving, wall diving, wreck diving and even a cave dive.
I always use & highly recommend Scuba Fun. I have been diving...
I always wear a 3/2 mil full wetsuit or 2 mil shorty. No matter how warm the water is, you will lose your core body temperature from multiple days of diving. I never use any type of sun screen while diving, it's not good for the marine environment or the silicone on your mask.
I highly recommend Nicolas from Cenote Xperience, great guys that have a small local dive shop in Playa Del Carmen. I have been diving with Nico since 2011.
They dive the cenotes and do ocean dives out of Playa and over to Cozumel.
The cenotes have different levels of difficulty, so just be...
Mares has a mask with 2 different tinted lenses. https://www.mares.com/en_CA/x-vision-ultra-10
I have been wearing monthly contact lenses for years and leave them in for the whole week while on vacation.
If they're not broken, don't fix them.
I have been diving my Mares Quattro's for about 26 years and they are still going strong, I got a pair of the Mares bungee straps for them about 3 years ago and no problems.
Curacao for sure! Went to Bonaire in 2006 and have never returned, the most boring & repetitive diving I have done. Also Curacao is a lot nicer and has way more things to do top side.
I have been diving a Sunnto Cobra for over 26 years and it has never failed. Suunto bashing is a favorite pass time around here especially from people that have never owned one.
My local dive shop is a Mares dealer, so I dive with others that have a Mares computer. Either is a good choice
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