Advice please?

[dacruz831]

So I am a brand new diver just got my open water. I plan on doing some dives before in PVR in a few weeks and a few in Thailand in June.
I want to take a solo trip the 1st week of September byself and do some diving. I have narrowed it down to Curacao and Ambergris Caye.
Ambergris Caye will be easier to get to, but Im worried about weather and being too boring.
Curacao is harder to get to but looks like may be too touristy.

Considering being early September and I wont have buddies to do shore dives with, what should I go for? Can i pay people to be my shore dive buddy LOL?
Thanks so much!!

 

[Damselfish]

I didn’t think there was shore diving from Ambergris. Only boat diving so you’d presumably get buddied up with someone on the boat and/or be diving with the DM.

Curacao is a big island. It’s as touristy as you want, or not, depending where you stay and go. Plenty of shore diving and boat diving. If you want to shore dive and need a buddy, consider looking into using the Dive Bus.

 

[Doc Harry]

If you stay at a dive resort, then you'll meet people with whom you can dive. Be real friendly and introduce yourself.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

I was married on Ambergris key. Spent 3 weeks there. I was not bored, but I may be an easy keeper.

it was your honeymoon, I really hope you weren't bored. Easy keeper or not.

 

[BoltSnap]

I was married on Ambergris key. Spent 3 weeks there. I was not bored, but I may be an easy keeper.

Did you leave your bedroom at all?

 

[Wookie]

it was your honeymoon, I really hope you weren't bored. Easy keeper or not.

What to do for the other 23 hours, 58 minutes?

 

[Wookie]

Did you leave your bedroom at all?

Dude, there was diving.

 

[Pedro Burrito]

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[Doc]

Dude, there was diving.

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[BoltSnap]

Dude, there was diving.

What kind of diving?

 

[Wookie]

What kind of diving?

Well, we went to Blue Hole, it was terrible, but Half Moon Cay was awesome.
I found Ambergris Key surprisingly good for what it was. It was 22 years ago, but the reefs were as healthy as anything else in the Caribbean (remember, I was chartering in the Flower Gardens, so it's tough to compare coral health with anything else), we took my dad and step mom to Shark Ray alley, it was just decent spur and groove diving.

The bonus was that we made life long friends with the boat crew, and have been back a number of times to dive with them. They made Mel a gift of a conch shell for blowing. I liked it and will continue to go back.

I have not been to Curacao, so have no comparison.