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Thanks all for the responses. It's nearly all on my arms. And the new spots just appears in the morning. After it initially started appearing I sprayed body top and bottom lightly with bug spray before going to bed, it was a deet alternative type. But stopped after day 2 not working. I put a...

Something is eating us up in Fiji. This is happening mostly on our arms but we don't see anything flying. Just wondering if anyone else recognizes this. Does not appear to match bed bug pattern. Of course there are mosquitoes and probably a few here but majority are blotchy spots

I've seen more stings happen on a Caribbean liveaboard i was on than the Pacific trips i have been on so I treated it like a guarantee for the rest of the Caribbean trip. My dive buddy described hanging on the bar below the boat and seeing a jelly float over and zap him in the hand before he...

Having been to Bora Bora and Rangiroa and looking at how many nights in each, I would strongly suggest cutting one of the islands out and staying on each of the remaining islands longer. You can certainly get around but the issue is every travel day is spent mostly traveling whether coming or...

Thanks for the correction. I recall now that Mario the salesman called out that the reason they were able to find my credit was because Leisure Pro changed to Scuba.com rather than the other way around. Glad to hear others have had a positive experience.

The Nigali Passage on the Na'ia will be good for sharks as well. It won't be a wall of fish and sharks with maybe a ten+ foot tiger like Beqa Lagoon but the dive won't include a literal floating trashcan as required in Beqa. :-) The Na'ia is a great boat and good crew anyway, and all the...

Had a positive experience with Scuba.com. Summary: I was able to use a very old credit and the phone sales agents did extra followup I needed to complete my order twice. Details: I purchased some camera gear from LeisurePro 10+ years ago, which I ended up returning some and getting a $200...

<<But they are basically cows.>> That's the point, they are not like cows. Closest plentiful thing in Europe would be bulls. Bison are large like a cow but much faster and switch to freight train mode in a second when some people least expect it.

I'll state the obvious and say not only don't dive with them because something is going to happen (again) sooner or later, but their advice on any topic is suspect.

A quick note to say Raja Ampat is a huge area. Trash is a not a general problem there, except in some specific areas. It may not be relevant for your current trip, but a 12 or longer night liveaboard trip would cover a lot of area and much more than land based could. I didn't find trash to be...

Side tangent - a check would not be better as once cashed, it's gone too and your bank has no responsibility beyond paying out the money for a check you wrote. An actual credit card is the only method that could result in returning money paid.

Training teaches you what to do but time in the water is what builds confidence to use those skills. At 10 dives, I'd say go with the boat diving so you have access to guides.

As a man, I voted yes because having a roommate is not so bad and we're diving! so I don't spend much time in the room. If it was 20% supplement, it could be worth it. I have never paid a single supplement and had a couple roommates but have mostly been lucky to get my own room. There is a...

when "home" means cold water

BC capable of wet suit cold water diving vs simple BC for warm water diving.

How do you get off a liveaboard after two days?

Watching the boat go out of sight must have been agonizing, then a speck in the ocean, then to be found in the dark! The Coast Guard, the best and only thing between here and gone. Time to add an SOS flashlight to your must have list, Don.

At this point any dives anywhere will be an improvement to your skills and ability to handle diving. Dives in a tougher location like the UK will make warm water diving feel simple. Plan to do some dives prior to getting on the LOB itself mainly so you spend the time enjoying the dives...

Not a good day to be a coroner either

When I started diving I thought the point for the vast majority of divers was to see the amazing critters, but I have since found that is not the case for a larger percentage than I expected. I can see tech diving and cave diving for the places and things you get to see there not just to look...