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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...

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...

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...

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 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) -...

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...

We are planning our annual dive trip to Bonaire and I was comparing some dive packages and saw that Bonaire Dive & Adventure is now closed. Bonaire Dive and Adventure I saw on their FB page people posting stuff about another shop being there (anyone know which one?) and "thanks for the...

Hi all - we are considering a two week dive trip this year. The first week would be our standard Bonaire trip, but we wanted to take advantage of the 25 minute Insel Air flight to Curacao and spend an additional 6 days there. I've read quite a few threads about Curacao, and there is a direct...

Does anyone know what the comparable Bonaire/Dutch item would be to half & half in the US? We always go to Van den Tweel for our first "big" grocery shopping excursion when we go to Bonaire - the first two years we ended up getting flavored liquid creamer (which is okay, but not our favorite)...

I was thinking it would be cool to have a forum (perhaps under the "Underwater Activities and Specialties" heading) specifically for help with identifying fish, other sea creatures, coral and other flora found while diving. I personally have some photos of a crab that I cannot find in any book...

Hi all - we are taking a week-long rafting trip down the mighty Colorado into the Grand Canyon this coming May. We are beyond excited - but a little nervous, too (me, in particular). I am not one to go camping, so this will be a first, but I am keeping an open mind because I just cannot imagine...

We are planning another trip to Bonaire this year (our 3rd one) - both previous trips were in December and we loved it. In 2015, we booked the week before "high season" started, so we got a break on accommodations. I was wondering, though, what makes mid-December better than mid-November, for...

Quick question to those of you more experienced in traveling to Bonaire - a few weeks ago, prices from Charlotte to Bonaire were $487 on both Delta & United leaving Dec 5 and returning Dec 12 (we aren't interested in Insel) - we checked a couple weeks later and the price had jumped to $608. Now...

I am facing bilateral knee replacement later this year. I am 43 and healthy (other than my knees) - just severe osteoarthritis brought on by multiple injuries over 2.5 decades. Anyone here gone diving after total knee replacement? I was wondering if the increased pressure at depth might cause...

I found out on our Caribbean cruise this past April that I experience seasickness on dive boats, something I never expected since I used to spend a lot of time on boats (on lakes) as a kid and adult, and taken numerous cruises (big & medium-sized, and a riverboat). But, there it is, I get sick...

My husband and I are new divers and wanted a good point & click camera underwater. I bought a SeaLife ReefMaster to use on our diving trip this past spring and I loved it, we got some fun photos underwater - and even one or two great ones! Through a local dive group, we won a GoPro Hero2 and we...

We are newly certified divers and are leaving on 14-day cruise (regular cruise, not a liveaboard) to the Southern Caribbean in a little over a week. We have set up private dives (no ship dives!) in almost every port and we are very excited (and a little nervous). We will, of course, rinse/wash...

Hello! My husband and I are currently taking certification classes and if all goes as planned, we will be certified by the end of Feb 2013. We had a big European cruise planned, but we are going to cancel that and book a Caribbean cruise, instead, so that we can go diving! I was wondering if...

I am currently undergoing my open water diver certification, and this past Sunday was our first day to go down to the 15' depth of the pool. I had terrible issues with pain in my ears (mainly my right ear) - the instructor was fantastic and helped me come up/down really slowly, equalizing over...