I tried tacking this on to an existing thread, but didn't get much attention, so here's an entirely new one
My wife and I are heading to St Maarten for a week the second week in August. We're also thinking of doing an overnight trip to Saba. The main thing we need to find is a very good dive operation that does all the (what should be) standard predive "orientation" and will take a little extra time at the beginning of the dive to ensure everything is set before swimming off.
Both my wife and I are AOW certified, but really only dive on vacation so she needs to be extremely confident in the dive operator to feel comfortable enough to dive. The smaller the group the better. We've had a few trips aborted due to insufficient comfort level for her.
The ideal situation would be to get at least one day of diving off of St Maarten to get comfortable and then book an overnight to Saba. I'm just concerned that we would need more advanced reservations for diving, lodging and perhaps even transportation to Saba.
Any input on who to dive with to make my wife more comfortable and the best way to arrange for the Saba overnight is appreciated.
One last thing - my wife is Nitrox certified, but I am not. Would it be worth while to get certified before the trip, especially now (IIRC) that it can be done out of the water?
Thanks.
My wife and I are heading to St Maarten for a week the second week in August. We're also thinking of doing an overnight trip to Saba. The main thing we need to find is a very good dive operation that does all the (what should be) standard predive "orientation" and will take a little extra time at the beginning of the dive to ensure everything is set before swimming off.
Both my wife and I are AOW certified, but really only dive on vacation so she needs to be extremely confident in the dive operator to feel comfortable enough to dive. The smaller the group the better. We've had a few trips aborted due to insufficient comfort level for her.
The ideal situation would be to get at least one day of diving off of St Maarten to get comfortable and then book an overnight to Saba. I'm just concerned that we would need more advanced reservations for diving, lodging and perhaps even transportation to Saba.
Any input on who to dive with to make my wife more comfortable and the best way to arrange for the Saba overnight is appreciated.
One last thing - my wife is Nitrox certified, but I am not. Would it be worth while to get certified before the trip, especially now (IIRC) that it can be done out of the water?
Thanks.