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For those of you experienced liveaboard divers - quick question! In your experience, is it easy/difficult to find others to dive with while on a liveaboard? Are there certain fleets or locales where it might be easier? I ask because I have persistent ear issues. We have gone to Bonaire 5-6x...

I know it's a long shot since no one has replied to this thread in almost a year...but was wondering if anyone can provide info on current dive conditions for Antigua? We are leaving Saturday morning and I'm 50/50 on whether we should even bother with our dive gear. Anyone? Anything? :)

We've been to Bonaire 5x and never done a boat dive. We keep saying we're going to, but it's so relaxing and chill to do whatever we want, whenever we want, and not worry about schedules, that we end up not wanting to make the reservations and go! The one time we had decided to sign up for one...

I have no real answers, but looking for recommendations for Antigua, too. My husband and I went on a day of diving there back in 2013 while on a cruise and used Indigo Divers. No complaints - I got really seasick and had to cancel the 2nd dive - so they dropped us off at the harbor so I didn't...

Hi DamaRampante - I've got pretty significant tinnitus in both ears (two different pitches, it's pretty maddening sometimes) and suffered two known barotrauma (most recently this past December). I've been diving since 2012 and it has not made my tinnitus worse. I was pretty concerned that it...

I have bright yellow accessories! My fins have bright yellow stripes, my mask is outlined in yellow, my snorkel is bright yellow, my dive computer has a bright yellow strap and I use bright yellow zip ties to mark all my gear. I also now have a bright yellow bang-wrangler (to keep my hair out of...

Hi there - I just posted a thread regarding the Eustachian tube balloon procedure, as I've struggled with my ears also. I can equalize, I hear the "pop" and I feel the pressure release, but I continually deal with ear pain. I also have year-round, chronic allergies and I'm always at least a...

Thanks for this!! If I go through with this, I will likely be diving again at the end of July - so I'll report back to everyone here on whether it made a difference or not. Again, I'll also write a quick summary on what they say in my consult next week. Unfortunately, when I contacted DAN they...

Never been officially diagnosed with anything other than chronic, year-round allergies with resulting inflammation and congestion. Over the years I've also been unsuccessfully treated for tinnitus and have been told my ear canal (or maybe Eustachian tube?) was curved/shaped oddly. Honestly, not...

Just wrote a really long and dreary post detailing my ear woes, but deleted it because honestly, not seeking any advice on any of that - there really isn't anything else I can do/try in that arena. I know that some people just can't dive due to their ears, but hoping I do not fall into that...

Thanks, everyone! I think a cruise is off the list of options simply because there are no real common areas where we can just hang out together and not be flooded by a bunch of strangers. She was looking at them originally, and I thought the same thing, but she was concerned about where to...

Since I know a lot divers spend time in the Caribbean, I thought I might ask if anyone has a recommendation! High-level: My mother-in-law wants to take the family on a 1-week vacation in the Caribbean to celebrate her husband's 80th birthday. This includes 11 adults and 5 kids (ages 3, 5, 7, 14...

Good stuff to know - thanks to you both! I'm hoping I won't have sea-sickness issues on a liveaboard, I was really quite surprised the first time I got on a dive boat and was so sick. I had to skip the 2nd dive and didn't learn my lesson the next day and the same thing happened. The third day...

Hi all, For our first liveaboard experience, I think we're going to give Turks & Caicos w/ Aggressor a try next May. We've done some cruise ship diving, but mainly we have done shore diving in Bonaire. I thought this might be a good first liveaboard experience. My question is about the cabins...

We did a similar itinerary on Celebrity back in 2013 and decided against the ship excursions. All the dive shops we went with in 6 different ports (we skipped diving in two ports) were experienced in working with cruise ship passengers and understand that timing is a big deal. Most of them gave...

We have a family wedding in Iowa the first weekend in October and our 20-year anniversary is the following Wednesday. I thought it would be fun to travel somewhere that week instead of coming straight home. There are direct flights back from both Belize & Cozumel to Charlotte (where we live) -...

Thanks a million for all the advice - really, really helpful stuff. I'm not afraid of the dark, though all my diving has been in high-visibility situations and I do not like anything overhead and I get very stressed when I can't see the bottom (or it's really far down). My husband has no...

I always figured it was because when the black suits started to fade, no one would care - but if your snazzy bright red fades, it'll look pink, and who wants a pink wetsuit? :wink:

I'm not a complete newbie diver, but still sitting at around 100'ish dives total. We've been to Bonaire a few times and also Florida and 5-6 other Caribbean locations. We took the night-diving "course" offered through SSI back on our first Bonaire trip 4 years ago. That trip was with our dive...

Totally agree with Doctorfish! We always eat breakfast at home before we go out, then typically do two dives and come back home for lunch. Sometimes we'll do a food truck, but we have to switch out tanks anyway for another dive or two. After that, we come home and clean up (sometimes stopping...