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We are in the process of booking an RA liveaboard and want to extend our stay with a stay at Lembeh. For the experienced long-distance travelers, would it make more sense to do Lembeh before or after RA?

Are there any diveboats in the greater FLL area that are "green"?....as in NO spear guns.

I'm headed there (Wananavu) in early November. I'll report back as to how they are. Can't wait...first Pacific trip!

A couple of thoughts. Hilma Hooker is one of the more difficult entry/exits. Get a little experience in first with other shore dives. Wear socks inside your booties. Your tootsies will thank you for it. Otherwise sand will chew 'em up. To give you something to visualize, a typical dive...

While several operators have "stations" around the island (one or two more besides their main locations - Yellow Submarine and Wannadive), it has been my experience that you can only get air at these satellite stations (but then I wasn't paying close attention 'cuz I didn't care). You can drop...

I'll take a wreck with swim throughs resting against a pristine reef (Hilma Hooker, Bonaire).

Vinegar is fine for fire coral, but if you get hit by a box jelly there's a pretty good chance you'll end up in a hospital....so says Bart from Wannadive.

The 3.5 Akona's in your original posting. And while there are lot's of dive sites that "challenge" your feet, there are lots that don't. One of the worst is the Hilma Hooker. If you do any boat dives I would suggest you do the Hilma from a boat. And a suggestion that works for me. Wear a...

Two years ago we were in Bonaire during the 10-day-after-full-moon period. We were warned only about night dives since the light will attract them. Don't worry about diving during the day, but wear protection.

I dive those exact boots. Wore them for the last 3 visits to Bonaire and I found them to be fine. Yeah, you feel the sharp edges of the ironshore, but I received no cuts in the boots, no cuts or bruises to the bottom of my feet. And I averaged over 30 dives per week....and all shore dives...

We were there last December and the BCD's weren't bad. The regs all leaked. Some from the primary 2nd, some from the octo, some from the inflator connector. Some leaked more than others. The leaks aren't bad enough to shorten a dive since they are timed and kinda on the short side. It's...

June is perfect. Before hurricanes and after cold fronts. You'll hear from everybody the best diving is in Key Largo (uppermost key). Sightseeing is the drive from Key Largo to Key West and then hanging out in Key West. Lot's of favorite dive companies in Key Largo. Mine is Silent World...

My gripe with DM led dives are they are too often in a race. Let's see how much ground we can cover in 30 minutes. Show me a nice spot and leave me alone. I'll be fine. Don't get into a hissy fit because I would rather stop and smell the roses then rush around and see a blur. I also hate...

The other issue is the size of the plane. Large planes have larger overhead compartments and smaller planes have reduced sized compartments. I've seen time and time again on small planes folks who have to check their carry-ons from the gateway.

I'm down in FLL right now....booked to be on Parrot Island for the week. Due to lack of interest, they didn't have enough divers to go out yesterday morning (nor did South Florida Charters or Scubatyme) so we ended up on Sea Experience. What a treat. Capt. Bill and DM Mateo were very...

Here's a shop "nearby". On the gulf side so the viz probably won't be as good as the east coast. Welcome to Narcosis Scuba Center For something really different, in Venice, about 1 hr south of Tampa you can go fossil hunting for megladon shark teeth. Very shallow water - under 30 feet...

Your footsies will thank you for the boots, but I wear booties like in your picture and I do fine. Suggestion: wear socks inside your boots if you plan on shore diving. You'll get sand in your boots and within a few days you will be losing skin on your toe-knuckles. That's assuming you do...

Or dive just a bit further south and hop a boat in the Ft. Lauderdale/Pompano Beach area. You can get four dives in there in one day. Reefs are closer, depths are generally shallower and there's lots to see.

Chemical lights are NOT allowed in Bonaire, so they may not be allowed there. Double check. In all likelihood you won't need them. Pretty hard to get lost when the reef is just off the front step, so to speak. The way I do shore dives is to go out to about 50 feet deep and go one direction...

Been there a few times. Nice resort with the upgrades. But....be prepared for being blown out. My last two times there we got in only 2 days of diving. Not sure when you are going but I would think you would have better diving conditions in the summer vs. spring or fall. The morning dive...