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Thanks for all of the info! I have no problems setting up my own gear and changing it over, I was just wanting a guide in the water so I'm not attempting to navigate my own way around unfamiliar sites. I'll also be diving solo so it would help with that too...

Any particular dives or dive ops you would recommend? I've heard Florida dive ops are very hands off, do you own thing. I'd prefer a more valet dive op like Coz with a DM or someone in the water who knows the area...

Looking to take a week long trip with our 15 month old at the end of August. Wife wants a nice beach that we can take our daughter out on and find shells n stuff, build some sandcastles, etc. I'll probably get to break away for maybe 2-3 days of diving. I've heard the reefs around Florida aren't...

I had the same problem with mask leaks and poor fitment. Recently bought a Dive Rite Frameless before a liveaboard trip and it's been the best mask I've ever used by far. An entire week of diving and I think I may have had to clear my mask once or twice vs clearing every 10 min for my previous...

Anyone think it would be worth it to add a Gordon's Rock dive onto the end of the trip or just stick with a land tour somewhere? I'm wondering if I'll be dove-out at that point and wanting to do some land based stuff...

Nope, I haven't heard anything about it.

Stupid question about the travel/health insurance requirement to Galapagos, will my DAN dive insurance and private health insurance be enough to cover that requirement or should I purchase the DAN travel insurance as well? The Master has an option to disembark on the last night in Santa Cruz or...

Dang I wish I would have read this trip report a few months ago when I booked with Master... probably would have picked something else instead. Good write up though! Guess I should drastically lower my standards for the trip here in a week...

How deep are the dives typically? Worth the $150 to get nitrox?

Anyone have some recommendations on things to do around Quito or on the Galapagos islands? The Master liveaboard will be running from August 29th to Sept 5th. My flight from the states lands around 1:30 on the 27th, so I'll have the afternoon available in Quito until the following morning. The...

Package deal price for the remaining parts?

I've got a spot booked on the Galapagos Master August 29th-Sept 5th but still need to get my flights booked. I'm going solo and leaving the wife/6mo old at home for this trip so I can't add on more than an extra day or two beyond the liveaboard dates as I'm already pushing it... Although, with...

I dove both the back wall and crater with Maui Divers. Didn't see much at all on the back wall. I thought the crater was actually a pretty good dive, one of the better ones on Maui besides the wharf. Maui Divers were great and let me get 60 min dives in. I dove some other very expensive dives...

Well I'm still on the hunt and running out of time, so I've got to pull the trigger on something very soon. Looking at either mid-Dec or early January. I was still holding out hope for Indonesia but that's definitely not happening from the looks of it. I didn't end up doing that Coco's dive...

Well I'm leaning towards the Cocos trip... I've only dove Bonaire, Hawaii, Coz, and Roatan. Not really the best time with the work schedule but when is it ever? Would also consider a Red Sea trip to Ras that would be considerably cheaper. Maybe Socorro or Galapagos too... so hard to choose.

What's the total price on that trip? Might be interested... I've mostly just been to the Caribbean... Bonaire, Coz, Roatan, and just got back from Hawaii a month ago. Basically looking for the best diving in the world that's open right now.

Well, the wife is pregnant and due in February/March so my diving prospects for the next few years are not looking great. I had planned on doing some big trips over the past year or so but covid really put a damper on that... With that being said, I'm trying to find a really good liveaboard...

I suppose we could go to Maui first if the dives I want to do line up but it looks like inter-island travel requires a 72hr test traveling either way between the two islands.

Any idea where a good place to get tested on the Big Island would be? Nothing I can find is really guaranteeing a 72 hour turnaround...

We have spent a day diving cenotes while staying on Cozumel and it wasn't an issue at all to take the ferry over and dive the cenotes (depending on how many you are trying to hit). The operator picked us up from the ferry, stopped at their shop for gear, then drove us to El Pit and Dos Ojos...