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Bottom line, should I change my plans because of sea lice, or should I just not worry about them?

Thanks for your help. Have either of you been to Grand Cayman or anywhere in the Caribbean that time of year?

"Jaws", I haven't even seen it from start to finish but the premise is stupid and it gave birth to more stupid spinoffs than I can count.

Hi everyone, I've just booked a trip to Grand Cayman for this April, after that I found out that everyone who dives Grand Cayman that time of year gets hit with sea lice, badly. I'm planning on both diving and snorkeling, and on ditching the wetsuit. Has anyone had any experience with sea lice...

For diving in Kona, I recommend Jack's Diving Locker www.jacksdivinglocker.com Or Big Island Divers www.bigislanddivers.com. They both have fast, steady boats, are well organized, and have some of the nicest DM's in all of Kona. I would recommend giving both of them a visit and deciding which...

The Sundiver is a good boat for daytrips to Catalina. They do run liveaboard trips but I've never gone on one. www.sundiver.net

For fish i.d, I personally life Hawaiian Reef Fish by Astrid Witte and Casey Mahaney (published by Island Heritage). They also have a book on invertebrates. I used a three millimeter wetsuit, no hood, when I got certified in Kona in July, and got pretty cold. I did a maximum of two dives a...

One more question, I've been looking into staying at the Reef Resort on East End if I go to Grand Cayman. I have family members that don't dive but really enjoy snorkeling. I haven't heard many good things about shore snorkeling at East End, is it really not as good as Seven Mile Beach? Is it...

Do you think I would have the same problem in Cozumel, or is Coz all shallow diving? Where's better?

Quote: Originally Posted by Damselfish Curious, how does does depth matter for hemophillia when people are basically non-compressible? I'm honestly not sure, that's just what the dive doc said. I'm guessing that the problem's more with coming up than with going down. Hemophillia might...

Well, how much can you see staying above the wall? Do you have to go deep on the wall dives to enjoy them?

I was thinking about diving East End with Ocean Frotiers. It's a real shame there's no shark awareness dive. The Ocean Frontiers website said that there are a few sites that are naturally good for big stuff, does anybody know how truthful they were being there? To answer ianr33's question, the...

Hi everyone, Sorry for bothering, again. I've been looking for my next dive trip for a while (I'm pretty indecisive) and someone suggested Grand Cayman. Anyway, I have a quick question about Grand Cayman. I have hemophillia C (the lighter form). This doesn't stop me from diving, but I strickly...

Just wondering, how come none of the Belize liveaboard do the whale shark dive?

I'm green with envy now. I've done dives sites in the Coronados and Catalina which were supposed to be guarranteed sea lion dives and saw nada. I didn't know there even were sea lions at Anacapa, and you not only got a great encounter, but also perfect footage! Lucky!

Oh yeah, if there's an overnighter in Kona, be sure to do the night dive with manta rays. It's concidered one of the top dives in the world, right up there with the infamous "blue corner" of Palau. I dove it twice and saw a grand total of 13 manta rays, it was surreal...

I'm not sure it they run trips mid week, but Dive Bliss, run by OEX is a good boat out of San Diego www.oeexpress.com www.divebliss.com

Definately the Big Island. I've never done Molokini on Maui, but the diving on the Big Island is spectacular.

I've never been to Fiji, but I heard it's a great place for backpacking vacations (although it's a bit further from Maine than the Caribbean), especially in the southern islands http://www.matava.com/. The diving in the Indo-Pacifc speaks for itself. Again, I've never been there, but it's a...

The Big Island gets reliable manta ray sightings. I've did a dive site famous for manta rays on the Big Island twice. I saw seven the first time and six the second. So if you're into pelagics (there are also several good oppertunities to dive with dolphins, but I didn't see any when I was...