cubbiegirlem
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I booked a last-minute trip for the Kona aggressor next week and I am still debating which wetsuit to bring (3mm or 5mm). I don't tend to chill easily, but I've also never done more than 3 dives in a day, and I understand I may chill more than I am used to. (And when I say I don't chill easily, I mean it. I dive Lake Michigan in a wetsuit... Although I do want to get my dry suit cert this year.). Would it be overkill to bring them both? I'm thinking it might be nice to wear the 3 mm during the days and a 5 mm at night or for deeper dives. But I know it is imperative to pack light on a liveaboard... I don't want to commit a faux pax.
Anything else I should bring for a liveaboard that I may not have thought of having only done land based trips? (I know to bring not much in the way of clothing or shoes. ). And does anyone know if there is any land-based storage nearby? I am doing some hiking and a horseback ride topside after the trip and need real pants and real shoes, but I hate to haul that stuff on the boat where I most certainly will NOT use it. I am staying at the king kamehameha the night before the trip but am not staying there after (when I'll be venturing past Kailua-kona), so I'm wondering if they would let me stow my stuff.
Any other tips or advice is much appreciated. (Or stories!). I am so excited and have been doing nothing but troll the Internet reading and I think I may have reached the end of the Internet, so new reading material will make me happy.
(Side note-I checked the big island divers website because I hear they post manta counts for the night before and it says 35 today. That CAN'T be right, can it? It must be 3-5 or something...)
Anything else I should bring for a liveaboard that I may not have thought of having only done land based trips? (I know to bring not much in the way of clothing or shoes. ). And does anyone know if there is any land-based storage nearby? I am doing some hiking and a horseback ride topside after the trip and need real pants and real shoes, but I hate to haul that stuff on the boat where I most certainly will NOT use it. I am staying at the king kamehameha the night before the trip but am not staying there after (when I'll be venturing past Kailua-kona), so I'm wondering if they would let me stow my stuff.
Any other tips or advice is much appreciated. (Or stories!). I am so excited and have been doing nothing but troll the Internet reading and I think I may have reached the end of the Internet, so new reading material will make me happy.
(Side note-I checked the big island divers website because I hear they post manta counts for the night before and it says 35 today. That CAN'T be right, can it? It must be 3-5 or something...)