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Thanks Doc! I think I agree with your take on the reefs. I have also read that the fish numbers may be higher on the west side because of the poaching being done in the more remote areas. Since we will be eating almost exclusively at the house while we are there, I like the idea of being...

We will be traveling with 2 other families to Roatan next spring break at the end of March 2022. The house we booked is up by Camp Bay. We will almost certainly be diving with Dive Pangea which will be a couple hundred meters down the beach from where we are staying. Unfortunately, we are...

We have our place and direct flights from Minneapolis to Aruba booked. Local flights we will figure out this summer, probably Divi Divi. When...............................Who...................................................Airlines.............Where staying July ~last week...

Following up - The trip to Cozumel went well and had decent weather all week. The dives were great but I would rate the dive shop/dive masters we had as just fair. After the dive shop owner/trip leader talked to them we ended up getting a discount one our last day dives, and we ended up...

I read that they are doing 1000 vaccination a day now. If that is the case they should get most of the island fully vaccinated by end of May!

Thanks again for all the input. After plenty of searching we have come up with hopefully a really good solution. My family of 3 adults will be staying for our two weeks at a 2BR rental property called Sea Dreams. It is very spacious and has a large deck. It happens to be right next door to...

Thanks agd! Found one on Island Time rentals that might work. Another question for the group. If we end up doing a resort, what are thoughts between Belmar and Sand Dollar? Found some older threads comparing the two, but if anyone else has more recent thoughts I would love to hear them!

Thanks again for all the input. We are pretty set on Bonaire for this particular trip but always appreciate suggestions. As I thought may be the case, many of the rental properties that would normally be a good fit (Bonaire Sunset Villa would have been nearly ideal!) are already spoken for. I...

Thanks for the thoughts on Curacao, drrich. Diving is really the main drive for this trip and we are eager to share Bonaire with our friends. Dusty, that is exactly what we are looking for however it does not seem to be available for the dates we are looking at...but I will be reaching out to...

While there is no certainty, we are moving ahead with early planning for next Christmas. Our group will have two couples around 50, two younger couples in their twenties, and our17 year old son. Right now we are thinking about renting a house and doing a drive and dive package, but are open to...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. After further consideration, research, and debate we have made the decision to skip the Christmas trip this year. Poor wife is not happy but she knows it's probably the right decision. It's hard because as a real estate agent Christmas is really the one...

Our family of three have been going on Christmas dive trips for the last several years. We love Bonaire and were planning to go there again but it looks like that is off the table right now. The little bit of research I have done is pointing towards either Roatan or possibly Maldives. My wife...

Ray and Pam, I can confirm from our own dive and talking to others those turtles have been in the shallows at Salt Pier for at least the last week.

Thanks Diversteve so much for your suggestions, I had not found any of these on my own and am reaching out now to see how they might be able to accommodate our group. Thank you allstarliveaboards. We have talked about doing a liveaboard but are waiting for the kids to be a little older. I...

This Christmas we are looking at traveling to Bonaire in a group of either 3 or 4 families. A few years ago we did a similar trip and found a wonderful house with 6 bedrooms that was prefect. Had it's own dock where the dive shop would pick us up, really nice pool, and a huge living area where...

It is based in Placencia. Boat leaves Placencia each Monday morning and returns around 11am Friday. During the week you stay at the small Tom Owen's Caye. It is about 25 miles SSE of Placencia (a bit over an hour by boat if the weather is good) and the dive sites you dive are all within a few...

FWIW we just returned from Belize and dove with Island Divers for all the local dives and went with Ramon's for our Blue Hole trip. We were very happy with Island Divers and would dive with them again if and when we ever get back. They include equipment rental which is nice. Unfortunately we...

We are planning to go to Bonaire over Christmas 2019. We have stayed at both Divi Flamingo (2014) and Capt Don's (2017). The wife wants to go back to Divi Flamingo because she really liked their house reef, but I was not a huge fan of their available rooms as I really like to have a kitchen...

Regarding ReefCI - I just returned from my Belize trip. I spent the first couple of weeks at ReefCI and as promised I will share my experience. Overall I had an amazing experience. I really learned a lot while I was there from the marine biologists and found the activities fun and rewarding...

I'll be spending 2 weeks at Reef CI in December...I'll let everyone know how it goes.