Oh and a note to others. As stated above that I ended up going through Royal Caribbean to book the dives. It was more expensive than others, but it included transportation. We ended up diving with Dive Bermuda, which was apparently not who we were originally going to go with as we had to fill out waivers again once we got to the dive shop. I am very glad with went with them. The divemasters on board were extremely helpful. Let's just say I was a tad seasick on the boat. It was rocking A LOT, but my stomach was already upset from rockin' on the cruise. I apparently have problems with seasickness, which, unfortunately, is a family trait. It took all my energy not to vomit while getting my gear ready on the short boat ride to the dive site. I was hot and, apparently, hyperventilating, as I became hypocalcemic. My hands were cramping to the point where I could barely get my fins and mask on.
I debated not diving, but hoped that the seasickness would go away once I hit the water as it does for many divers. They were watching me very carefully while I was putting on my gear and forced me to put on my own mask and fins, which I'm sure was a way to gauge how bad I was doing. I got in the water and my stomach was still upset. Unfortunately that day the surge was very strong. I was able to keep the nausea under control during the dive, but it was hard to enjoy it while feeling like that. I was cool seeing on the coral and the St Mary Celestia wreck.
We surfaced after about 35 minutes and I reboarded. As soon as I was on board and removed my regulator I vomited over the side of the boat. I was very proud of the fact that I could make it to the side and that I didn't get the divemaster all covered in it. I felt awful after throwing up still and had stomach cramps. After only a few minutes of deliberating in my mind, I aborted the 2nd dive. There was no way I could do it again. There were 4 divemasters or instructors on board our boat and every single one of them checked in on me, some of them several times. Once they knew I wasn't going to do the 2nd dive, they offered to take me back to shore. My husband, who is a divemaster candidate, had never heard of or seen a crew do that. I was perfectly fine after getting on dry land. Hubby dived the 2nd dive and had a wonderful time. There was no way I was going to let him miss out on diving just b/c I was sick.
Once the boat returned from the 2nd dive, all of the crew members checked in on me again. I was very grateful for the treatment I received. If I ever go to Bermuda again, I will dive with them again and I recommend them to anyone going to Bermuda to dive. Next time I go on a boat dive I'm going to get some prescription seasickness medication b/c I do NOT want to feel like that again. Ugh!