Saba/Statia/St Kitts

[erichK]

Solo cert -- only thing I learned was that I hate having a pony bottle slung on my side, I'd much rather have it mounted to my tank out of the way, like I've always done previously. I seriously doubt you'd have much to learn from it either.

Is it possible to rent a pony and the necessary--preferably tank--mounting hardware in Saba? We're going in Dec, and I'm a bit concerned about my air usage on long, deep dives. Of course, they seem to also have 100 cf tanks.

 

[mandrake]

Is it possible to rent a pony and the necessary--preferably tank--mounting hardware in Saba? We're going in Dec, and I'm a bit concerned about my air usage on long, deep dives. Of course, they seem to also have 100 cf tanks.

Whoa, this thread was resurrected from the dead. I was on a live-aboard so can't answer your question. I know there is at least one dive shop on Saba, but didn't do more than walk past.

 

[alcina]

This is one thread I am glad was resurrected! I hadn't seen it before (was in Hawaii in Feb, I think).

Love the photo gallery...some nice angles on some of the critters makes a lot of difference to the "common" critters!

 

[ChrisM]

As am I, we are doing this trip over New Years. Any specific advice to share? Land tours? I've heard various things about which ones are worthy,.

And very very nice work. I like the WA on the wreck

Re: solo cert. Why did you get it? Is it a requirement of the boat?

Chris

 

[mandrake]

As am I, we are doing this trip over New Years. Any specific advice to share? Land tours? I've heard various things about which ones are worthy,.

And very very nice work. I like the WA on the wreck

Re: solo cert. Why did you get it? Is it a requirement of the boat?
Chris

Solo Cert was a requirement for solo diving. On this particular trip I had plenty of potential dive buddies and they weren't paranoid about people becoming slightly separated from their buddies, unlike some places I've seen. In the end I only got the certification and resumed buddy diving (more or less). I just wanted to have it.

Land tours: I'm glad I went on the Saba tour, but I skipped Statia in favor of 1 or 2 dives. I didn't want to be piled into a rickety old van with 15 other people again, but the people who went on the trip enjoyed it. I most likely would not have. St Kitts didn't interfere with any dives (last day) and was a lot of fun. If you want to dive and don't care about touring, which is usually the case for me, then dive away.