What if an emergency happens and you'refar outat sea? Are live aboards safe?
What are its advantages vs going to a resort in bonaire like buddy, cayman beach resort etc?
Do these live aboards stop in the way at smaller islands? And beaches?
Btw I'm the only one traveling, I'm 45 and don't drink (love island food though lol)
Pls share....
I am by no means an expert on liveaboard diving (having only done one and booked on another one), but I can provide you with some info to start the discussion.
There are many destinations that cannot be done via a day boat from land. It's just too far. These include, for example, the Galapagos, Malpelo, Cocos, Soccorro. Then, there are other destinations where you can do certain dive sites from land, but boat rides are still so far as to be inefficient, especially if one wants to be diving upto 5 dives a day. People who go on liveaboards are looking to do a lot of dives (upto 5 a day) over a 7, 10 or 14 day period.
Some of these liveabaoards do stop on islands with beaches, but that's probably not a normal occurrence with most liveaboards and even if they do, it's just maybe one or two sidetrips.
Yes, emergencies can and do happen when you're far out at sea, but they can also happen when you're close to land. The boats have some measure of safety protocols (oxygen, satellite phones), and many divers also carry safety gear such as SMBs, personal locator beacons (PLBs), etc. to minimize risk. But diving is an activity that has risks. We just try to do our utmost to minimize them.