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My wife and I have stayed at two different locations in Bonaire, the Caribbean Club and Plaza Resort. I have been to the island 6 times. The service at the Buddy Dive run dive operations are so far the best I've seen. This includes Belmar, Buddy Dive Resort, and the Caribbean Club. All have...

Jotron website states a working depth of 300 meters. Reserching Jotron vs. Tektite, results are interesting. A lot of pro/cons on both of them. Jotron has my vote at this point. Had one but gave it as a tip to a divemaster in Honduras. He loved it!

My wife and I have head a lot of good about the diving there. I got a qoute from my dive travel agent and it beats the advertised price for the Anse Chastanet Resort, including airfare and transports. PM me if you want to know who I use for dive trips. Have always got the best price for me, It...

I will never book a dive excursion through a cruise ship again. Once was enough to teach me a lesson about that. I got what I call a "dump and dive". It was in Grand Cayman and the dive was like a walk trough the desert, wait there are more critters in the desert than where I dove. I booked my...

Here's my input to this, I was on RCCL Freedom of the Seas and we stopped in Grand Cayman. I booked a dive through the cruise ship dive shop and it was the worst dive I ever did in the Caribbean. I call it a "dump and dive". The operator was setup very well and the dive boats were in excellent...

You are very welcome. I have been here for a while, I don't post a lot but when I see something that tingles my brain with a good thought to reply with I then offer my opinion. Have fun with your certificaton, thats what it's all about. :D

Welcome to SB!!! There is a lot of good people here just waiting to answer any questions you may have about SCUBA!

Hello and welcome, you chose a good place to land for information in the SCUBA area. I have found that questions here get a wide array of feedback and good at that. Once you get into diving differant locations, it grows on you and you only want to see more. Enjoy!!!

Greetings and welcome aboard. There is a wealth of good information here.

I have located a Dive center called Scuba Jamaica: Jamaica SCUBA Divers - A PADI Gold Palm Diving Center with three locations from Negril to Montego Bay to Ocho Rios. Does anyone know anything about them? I too am doing the same cruise as Joel Smith the starter of this thread. I have...

Congrats, waiting for PADI to finish processing my app. Need to refresh my EFR course and send to PADI, then I'm done and it's time to do some work. The wife and I already have "you" dives planned, they are important too.:D

Islandheart My intention is to move on and continue my education in the industry. I plan on using the skills I have learned and no not impose obvious detrimental and non-standard teaching. I have arranged going on to Assistant Instructor where I shall remain until I feel the time is right to...

Islandheart No worries, it was fun and I learned a lot. I'm glad I can do a tread like that at my age, and I also burned up the 400 yard swim and 800 yard swim too. I'm not at all displeased at what he did, yes there are standards I know this and I don't hold it against him, it doesn't make...

What agency are you certifying with that you need to do a 20 minute water tread? PADI requires 15 minutes with the last 2 minutes having hands out of water. My sneaky instructor didn't tell me that, I had to tread water for 15 minutes without hands, but in sea water. That would be all but...

Just did my DM in Bonaire, worked closely with boat crews and did hands on with students under direct instructor supervision, repetitive times. I heard about the changes and that the exams are fewer but longer. I thought the training I received was excellent and left no room for sidestepping...

I've been to Bonaire 4 times this past year, crime isn't as bad as everyone says. It's mostly the locals arriving from other countries that have their house burglarized and the such. This should also become less frequent as Bonaire is no longer part of the Netherland Antilles. See this link...

DMDavid, I no longer would recommend the shop, let alone name it, due to things I learned this past trip to the Keys. The Instructor I had is no longer there, she and her husband moved to the Bahamas. Sorry....

I did the Nitrox course with TDI and it was great, my instructor has a Masters in Physics which made things go better. The shop was both PADI and TDI and she elected TDI for me cause it was better and a bit cheaper. This was in the FL Keys and no dives were necessary for completion.

I converted from a collage of different manufactures to AquaLung and ScubaPro, I still have a Genesis reg with a ScubaPro gage for my 19 cu.ft. pony bottle. 1- Suunto D9 computer 1- Suunto Vyper2 computer 2- ScubaPro SPGs 1- Balance BCD 1- Apex main reg 1- Apex backup reg 1 pair of...

Hello again Susan, I have been involved with treasure diving on a much larger scale and it is quite exciting. I hope you are able to secure a contract with that outfit. Keep in mind all the laws applicable to that particular area and wreck. I'm sure he will go over this with you when you meet...