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Ishigaki is one of the southernmost islands of Okinawa in Japan and closer to Taiwan than Tokyo and has a tropical climate, great beaches ringed with outer reefs. It is a 3 1/2 hour flight from Tokyo with JAL, ANA and Peach offering flights. The flights are easy but they do not serve food and...

Dive report for South Double Ledges October 22, 2021 Day started off with rain storms off in the distance and our radar showed we were not in the path of the storms so out we went but staying close to the inlet just in case conditions changes. Ocean was calm and very light breeze despite...

I took a flight from Portland, OR to Cozumel via Houston with United Airlines. This requires an overnight stay in Houston on the outbound flight only, as you cannot get to Houston with the time change early enough to catch the once a morning flight to CZM. I decided to stay in an Air BNB this...

I realize this is about a month late, but perhaps someone in the future that is researching or considering a Galapagos trip in September will appreciate the detailed dive report. I will have a separate thread on my review of the Calipso liveaboard. This is mostly dedicated to the diving. Dates...

During the upgrade, when the board was offline, several people used Scubaboard's Facebook page to get information about the downtime. Bit of a missed opportunity that nobody kept an eye on that page.... Time to step for the board into the world of social media. To get an idea: which channels do...

I just returned from a week at the new Reef Diver's resort in South Caicos: East Bay Resort. This was a reschedule of a reschedule originally planned for LCBR in 2020. I posted in the Bahamas forum because it's the closest I could find to the T&C. Travel: Getting there is a psychological...

My wife and I went to Bonaire for the first time in August this year. We stayed at Buddy Dive for the week and did the normal 'drive and dive' package with a handful of boat dives. While we were down there we also managed to get our check dives done for our deep and nav specialty courses. We...

My wife and I spent 30 nights at the Sunscape Curacao Resort from mid-August to mid-September, 2021, with me diving and snorkeling, and my wife snorkeling. Overall, it was a great trip with excellent diving and good snorkeling. I took all of my own dive gear except the usual tanks/weights, so my...

I got home Saturday night from a week on the TCEXII. It was a good trip. The crew were all friendly and helpful - except for the cook who occasionally came across a bit curmudgeonly. Everyone on the boat was slated for Nitrox. On the 2nd day (I think), the low pressure compressor for driving...