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Last week an acquaintance I met diving on Grand Bahama was bitten by a shark. She had removed her fins and was standing on the ladder when a shark attacked and bit her lower leg. The quick actions of the dive shop owner and his wife are credited with saving her life, but she did have to have her...

Took this way back with a SeaLife Reefmaster mini 6.0. What do you think it is? My choices are candy cane coral and open brain coral....but it could be something else. Any thoughts?

Had the opportunity to make a 2nd trip to Aruba (first time was in 2009) and get some diving in. Will try to share a little info about different aspects of the trip. Flights, arrival, and departure: Flew American Airlines with no problems. The Verifly app can be used, but there really is no...

Having recently read some of the Aruba threads, I've realized there seem to be quite a few people going and/or asking about the diving. I was there in 2009 and am going back in January. As is the usual case, I try to put together a list of dive ops wherever we go with information for my buddy to...

Stayed in Freeport, Grand Bahama at the Ocean Reef Yacht Club for 2 weeks using our timeshare. Stayed at the same place 4 years ago but in mid-April. Preparing to travel there and back: Bahamas requires a travel health visa and a negative Covid test (can be rapid test) taken within 72 hours of...

Had a new experience on this trip. On the day before we were supposed to leave, our traveling friends received their results from a Covid test taken 1 week earlier and 1 was positive. Long story short, my wife and I cancelled and received refunds for our airfare, insurance, and excursions - the...

Sharing information I put together for a trip I'm taking in a couple of weeks. It is a chart of dive ops in CSL. It is definitely not all-inclusive, I'm sure, but what I could easily find. It is not as detailed or extensive as the chart I put together for Cozumel (post 75 has the latest...

Titled this thread a little different as I had a few different experiences on this trip. Part 1: Resorts and Dive Ops Stayed 1 week at the Coral Princess Golf & Dive Resort with Pepe Scuba as its onsite dive op and 1 week at El Cid La Ceiba with Babieca Dive Center as its onsite op. The...

As some of you may know, I prepared a chart of the “best ops” in Coz, located in another thread, mainly with the idea of letting my traveling/dive buddy pick the dive op(s) for our trip at the end of the month. A few weeks ago in a non-moving motorcycle accident, he broke his ankle, had a plate...

A couple of years ago I purchased a Speedo youth mask and snorkel set for my granddaughter. She's tried it the last couple of summers, but the snorkel is pretty short (just a regular tube type) and it is hard to position it to keep water out - she also had a hard time keeping a seal with the...

Since at least early this past week (I think maybe even last week), I have been logging in only to see the message, " The board is down for maintenance." Basically have always clicked on a bookmarked link to take me to the login screen. In a round about way (playing around) I was able to Google...

Wondering if anyone has any experience with Tradewinds. It has always been an option of something I could get through my timeshare. I don't want to speculate about what I know or don't know about it other than to say that I do realize it is not a diving liveaboard but that diving is an option of...

First let me reminisce: a year or so after joining SB in 2009, I read a thread about the best dive op in Coz with people cheerleading for their choice. I found myself looking at the different websites of those dive ops and was surprised by how many claimed, on their webpages, to actually be the...

Thought I'd share the dumb thing I did this past year (can't remember anything from prior years!) Figure it can be a learning experience. You know what they say about karma..... Did 10 boat dives off the Kohala Coast of the Big Island. On the last day, I was enjoying another great dive. Had...

Wasn't quite sure where to post this thread so it wound up here. Hope that other members here can provide valuable info for future cruisers/divers. The basic question is whether there is a travel insurance that covers the cost of prepaid dives in the event that a dive is cancelled due to 1)...

Spent 2 weeks at Paniolo Greens in Waikoloa Village which is located in South Kohala about 25 miles north of Kona and about 5-6 miles from the shore. Was a little worried about elevation and diving but Waikoloa Village is just under 1000'. On non-diving days we hugged the coast site-seeing and...

Saw Facebook posts this morning that N2theBlue was closing their business. Jenny Keith who has been there quite awhile posted that new gear has led to only a name change with the same staff and at the same location. One of my favorite ops anywhere, they are now called Nep2une.

Have been keeping up on the threads related to the Big Island since I knew I was going back but wanted to see if I could get any other current info from the few people who reside there or recent visitors. I'm staying at Paniolo Greens in Waikoloa for a couple of weeks and leave next week. I...

Anyone have any experience with the video lights 2500 vs 3000 and an opinion of the better choice for the SeaLife 2000 camera? It would serve as my only external light source. Have done the side by side comparisons on paper, but some actual user feedback might help me make a better decision of...

Stayed in Kapa’a (Kauai) the 2nd week of April. Kapa’a is on the east side of the island so there are some great sunrises to see. We stayed at the Pono Kai Resort which was pretty nice. For the time of year we were there, the majority of dive sites being frequented were on the south side of the...