KentB
Contributor
Hey so my group of diving friends all want to do a liveaboard and no one has yet. so a few of us are going to plan it and set dates and tell the rest of the group this is whats happening and when ect they can tag along or not. a couple of us have been talking about it for probably 6 months and nothings happened so Id like to get the ball rolling here
1) being the first liveaboard we have all done we don't want to spend too much since its the first one but were looking for something fun and a good location. keep in mind most liveaboards seem to be in USD and were canadian so we need to add 30% for exchange rates
2) were not picky as to anything specific we want to do or see
3) all of us have min. AOW with Nitrox
4) we are all from Vancouver BC and all learned to dive here so all of us just have cold water drysuit experience for the most part. a couple of us have a couple wetsuit dives in mexico.
5) most of us are self employed so dates arent a huge factor although as I own a heating company Id prefer it to be after the initial cold snap in october/ november.
6) not a deal breaker but we would probably all prefer if bigger tanks (100+ were available) one person in the group has only dove side mount and she barely breathes to start with.
any suggestions on locations or liveaboards? im thinking the caribbean somewhere but Ive only dove in mexico on the pacific side.
or would we be just as satisfied doing a week of shore diving in belize?
1) being the first liveaboard we have all done we don't want to spend too much since its the first one but were looking for something fun and a good location. keep in mind most liveaboards seem to be in USD and were canadian so we need to add 30% for exchange rates
2) were not picky as to anything specific we want to do or see
3) all of us have min. AOW with Nitrox
4) we are all from Vancouver BC and all learned to dive here so all of us just have cold water drysuit experience for the most part. a couple of us have a couple wetsuit dives in mexico.
5) most of us are self employed so dates arent a huge factor although as I own a heating company Id prefer it to be after the initial cold snap in october/ november.
6) not a deal breaker but we would probably all prefer if bigger tanks (100+ were available) one person in the group has only dove side mount and she barely breathes to start with.
any suggestions on locations or liveaboards? im thinking the caribbean somewhere but Ive only dove in mexico on the pacific side.
or would we be just as satisfied doing a week of shore diving in belize?