Unless you plan on discarding these items after your training is over and buying new items I'd make fit and comfort my main issues, with an assumption that I'll be using the equipment for years down the road.
Mastery of a skill is different from mere competence. Even a highly competent person may not have reached the mastery level, which can be defined as knowing something well enough to teach it.
In Curacao look for spots where the reef rubble exists close to shore, and places where there is some structure near shore. Dock pilings are great places to observe. I don't advise new first time snorkelers to go to places where they cannot stand up when they want to, and I definitely do not...
Some of us SW fish keepers catch our own specimens. Most of what I have are tropical strays that the Gulf Stream brings up to NJ in late summer. The uncollected fish all die by November when water temps drop too low for them. I also have a couple of fish that I collected in the Caribbean...
You underestimate the profound effect of French and Latin on the core vocabulary we use in everyday life. Words like profound, effect, and vocabulary. Oktopous is a purely Greek word and pluralizing it with a Latin suffix is vulgar.
Like 'gunsel' being taken for gunman, it's ignorance that prevails. The evolution of a composite language like English from Middle and Old English is the result of many influences, not simply usage. Still, words of Greek origin do not use Latin plural structures.
Caribbean crocodiles are not particularly dangerous. I've dived in waters with them in Jamaica dozens of times. They are nothing like their African counterparts.
Dominica has whales present throughout the year, but they are numerous inshore from November to March. I've seen them many times from a dive boat, but never got close enough to swim with them. At least one specialist operation on the island works to get people together with whales.
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