DreadnoughtNH
Contributor
Hey all!
I'm looking to do a long weekend 5days-ish of diving for my 40th birthday in October, and I'd like to bring my non-diving partner with me. She likes traveling with me and is very content to lay on a beach or in a hammock all day reading while I'm out diving, and is extremely low maintenance in terms of needing to be entertained. I'm trying to get her into diving, but she's not super comfortable in the water and eels (and anything remotely snake like) is a real phobia for her, and I'm letting her choose the right moment to try diving.
Typically we go on far flung trips, but we just bought a home together and don't want to break the bank on this one. Therefore, I'd like to keep the trip closer (we are based north of Boston), so I'm thinking Caribbean and Central America. I'd like somewhere (in no particular order):
1) easy to get to/out of,
2) excellent diving/reef stewardship,
3) reasonable cost (I recognize this is a relative term, and maybe need to define it...),
4) good/comfortable accomodations,
5) nice beach and non-diving activities or opportunities to explore for her,
6) interesting things for us to do post-dive.
In the region, I've dived Roatan (currently my top contender to do again) , SXM (not great reef stewardship), and Grand Cayman (awesome but pricey). I'm looking for alternate ideas, in terms of location, operation, and lodging.
Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm looking to do a long weekend 5days-ish of diving for my 40th birthday in October, and I'd like to bring my non-diving partner with me. She likes traveling with me and is very content to lay on a beach or in a hammock all day reading while I'm out diving, and is extremely low maintenance in terms of needing to be entertained. I'm trying to get her into diving, but she's not super comfortable in the water and eels (and anything remotely snake like) is a real phobia for her, and I'm letting her choose the right moment to try diving.
Typically we go on far flung trips, but we just bought a home together and don't want to break the bank on this one. Therefore, I'd like to keep the trip closer (we are based north of Boston), so I'm thinking Caribbean and Central America. I'd like somewhere (in no particular order):
1) easy to get to/out of,
2) excellent diving/reef stewardship,
3) reasonable cost (I recognize this is a relative term, and maybe need to define it...),
4) good/comfortable accomodations,
5) nice beach and non-diving activities or opportunities to explore for her,
6) interesting things for us to do post-dive.
In the region, I've dived Roatan (currently my top contender to do again) , SXM (not great reef stewardship), and Grand Cayman (awesome but pricey). I'm looking for alternate ideas, in terms of location, operation, and lodging.
Thanks in advance for your help!