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Thanks everyone for the advice. I have decided to put my foot down and book a trip to Palau. I hope it ends up being epic. I will be going with Palau Siren (09-19 Nov) though.

Can you tell a little more about the underwater life in Palau? What exactly is better? Better visibility? More big stuff? Better corals? Having already done RA last year which had great corals but not that great visibility all the time, I am thinking of something different this year. The route...

I read some Palau vs Maldives vs Raja (which I have already done so looking for something different), but they are quite old and I hoping to get some feedback from someone with more recent experience. Below are my options - 1. Maldives Nautilus 2 (4/11-14/11) - Ari and South (Male-North Ari...

I would say you most likely made the right call. I haven't been to Komodo but I have heard you get to experience strong currents and good marine life. You may just find out you can handle currents with no real difficulty. There are many liveaboard in that area too. Apologies for being a buzz...

Have you ever dived where you had no reference line to go down or come up in some current? Land based intro to raja ampat is not a bad option to gain experience and then do this trip later. Even an easy negative entry can put you into all sorts of different problem. The easiest of thing -...

My advice would be reach Bali few days before and do some diving in Nusa penida - There are day trips from Bali every day. You will get to see some good stuff - Mantas etc and some current as well. Definitely reach your point of embarkation a day before. This will get you out of jet lag pretty...

I don't think they ever realised they were beginner as they never experienced such condition or intense diving. They were under the impression that they are certified 'Advanced diver' and can tackle anything. They weren't young, either. Not that age had anything to do with this. We had someone...

Those logs were provided by the cruise director for everyone's reference, which is why it doesn't have time, as it won't make much sense. But most dives were 70–75 mins for me.

I posted it. Apologies for the delay.

TRIP REPORT: Apologies for the delay. But here is my experience. TLDR: - It was amazing. Food - Top class. I am vegetarian, and they cooked separate things for me. There was someone vegan as well, and they were cooking different stuff for that person, which also looked very nice. There were 4...

I have booked the Mermaid 15N trip. I haven't done this much diving ever in a row. Max was 4 days. But let's see if I can take it. Would post a trip report post (if I come out of it alive).

Should I still expect hammer head sharks to be there in late October/Early few days of Nov?

Hi, This will be my first time going for a proper liveaboard. Before this, I have only taken a 3 day liveaboard in Thailand. I have about 70 dives. I have two options - 1. Biodiversity Super Diving Cruise-Maumere-Alor-Banda Sea-Raja Ampat - Mermaid Liveaboards (15N 26Oct - 10Nov) 2...

Here is my review for this - I just came back from a dive trip after using this. From my recreational and a less experienced diver (30 dives only) POV, it worked great for me. It was very comfortable, had lots of rings and clips to attach things, size was a great fit as well. Upon inflating it...

Here is my thread on the same topic and I posted a review for it as well after using it. https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/anyone-here-that-has-tried-out-subea-brand-by-decathlon-or-has-seen-its-bcd-firsthand.611511/

Thank you for your comments earlier. I bought it and used it. It was great

I just came back from a dive trip after using this. From my recreational and a less experienced diver (30 dives only) POV, it worked great for me. It was very comfortable, had lots of rings and clips to attach things, size was a great fit as well. Upon inflating it fully, it wasn't pushing me...

Most of the diving will be in Asian waters (Andamans sea, Indonesia - Raja Ampat and probably Japan)

We too have lots of stores in India as well and several outlets have opened up in India as well and have established themselves as a reliable brand in just a few years. I have bought general sports items such as jackets, hiking shoes, etc and they have all been fantastic so far. They generally...

They do give me 2 years of warranty and I am not exactly an instructor or DM. But I have been renting BCDs at dive shops for a while now and I think in terms of comfortability it just makes sense to have essential gear of your own size and fit. I would really just use it for recreational diving...