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I agree that late summer is best (generally). But diving conditions in NC are not just about wind and waves. Water temp, currents, and visibility are also huge factors. My first time out in NC about 10 years ago, I went on the Olympus boat, and seas were flat and the sun shone brightly, but...

I wouldn't give up on Bonaire just yet. I did my fifth trip with my wife earlier this month, and had a great time. Yes, there's been a lot of development in the last couple of years, and the cruise ships are awful, and there's theft/burglaries (the building where we rented a condo two years...

I just now booked my flights on Turkish Air, $1,100 from Washington to Bali with a 16 hour layover in Istanbul. Get into IST at 9:30 am, dont have to grt back to the airport until 11 pm, so full day to enjoy the city, plus the airline even has free tours. On the return flight it’s just a 3...

I’ve been on 3 liveaboards in Egypt and have seen several newbie divers. On the most recent trip, a beginner diver hired a divemaster to accompany him for the whole trip, and you could see him improving throughout the week. You could consider doing that with your significant other. A...

I have always wondered about his, thanks for the explanation.

Many thanks for the Turkish Air suggestion. Just earlier this month I flew Turkish Air to Cairo for a Red Sea dive trip, and did the overnight layover at an Istanbul hotel, courtesy of the airline, which was great. So I looked into it for a flight to Bali and just found I could do the same...

I have high frequency hearing loss, and cannot hear audible alarms on my Mares Puck computers at all. However, when I play back videos that I recorded on solo dives, if my alarm was going off, I can hear it just fine. Why would that be? Does the recording change the frequency? Is it a matter...

Hello — my wife and I are hoping to do our first dive trip to Indonesia in 2024, and are looking to focus on Bali in early Sept. (My wife doesn’t like liveaboards and also wants land-based sights to see when not diving.). At any rate, my question is, what would be the best way to fly to Bali...

I just did the northern route, the first week of December, and wore a 5 mm suit with a hooded vest. By the 16th of my 21 dives, I was starting to get a bit chilly, so I switched to a 7 mm and was very comfortable after that. Also, FWIW, I saw no sign of Gaza-related tensions whatsoever in...

I am going on a LOB in Hurghada this weekend, and this is my third dive trip to Egypt in 6 years, traveling from the US. Diving in the Red Sea is amazing. And at my age (57), if I wait for a lasting Middle East peace before I go back to the Red Sea, I’ll likely never dive it again. That’s the...

+ 1 for East Coast of Bonaire. I've done a lot of diving in Hawaii, and you will definitely see turtles there, but nothing like the East Coast of Bonaire. You get bored of seeing turtles there, and sometimes you'll see 10-15 turtles just in your field of vision. It's a nursing ground. This...

I also have had good experiences with SeaVision masks, and I got the bifocals. FWIW, I bought a second pair as a backup, after being on a great white liveaboard in Guadalupe Island and seeing a diver drop his mask on the deck during the 30 hour crossing to the island. The glass shattered...

Thanks very much for the report. How was the quality of the diving at the Village? When I was there last time I was impressed with the health of the corals. Don't recall much marine life, but I've heard people say that they saw schooling hammerheads there in winter time.

Well, now you've encountered at least one person who answered with a resounding MAYBE. :) Though perhaps I'm just the exception that proves the rule.

Yep, and that's sort of how I look at the value proposition question generally -- is a trip to Cocos worth two trips to Socorro? I do think it's worthwhile to calibrate expectations in terms of the value/$$$ ratio. Having said that, I'll probably end up going to both Cocos and Galapagos...

The Mexican government now charges a park fee of around $475 for Socorro liveaboards because, well, we are evidently willing to pay for it. The standard rate for a Nautilius boat is now $3,300 pp for a double, plus $165 VAT, + the $475 park fee + $100 for nitrox. That's over $4,000 right...

Thanks, I’d love to know your impressions.

Now that I finally made it to Socorro, I thought I would answer my own question: ”Is Socorro worth the money”? My answer would have to be … drumroll … a definite “maybe.” Over 5 days of diving from the Nautilius Explorer in early January, we saw schooling hammerheads, mantas, and dolphins...

Yes, that thought had crossed my mind, but if I only travelled to countries that had smooth transfers of power, I might never leave the United States. Oh, wait . . .

I did. We cancelled our trip to Bonaire and we are going to the Big Island of Hawaii instead. I’ll go back to Bonaire when they drop the restrictions on where one can dive.