ScubaBoard Invasion Central 2024 Bonaire

[Moonie]

I have my boots!

And my mask, ready to go diving... Hee, Hee!

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

The additional stability of being a tripod is significant. Especially as I get older, I would like to avoid falls.

I completely agree. The problem of being a tripod for me, personally, has always been the tripping hazard.

 

[Jake 10]

 

[Moonie]

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and there's Moonie Diving! Hee, He, Hee!

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

and there's Moonie Diving! Hee, He, Hee!
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Warhammer!

 

[Brett Hatch]

Newbie question - footwear. Currently Gayle and I have relatively flexible soled dive boots (mine more than hers) and have read that having a hard, molded boot is important.

Question is just how important … a ‘if you don’t it’ll be like walking barefoot on Lego’s’ or ‘it’ll be uncomfortable at times but nothing a post-dive drink won’t solve’?

I would not recommend shore diving without shoes that are plastic or hard rubber on the bottom, because there are rocks and broken bits of coral in the surf zone. I took a pair of NRS paddling booties last time I went to Bonaire, and it went fine, I'll be bringing them again on this trip. I think the boot part is 3mm neoprene, with a plastic bottom. But nowhere near rock boots, those would work but are overkill.

https://www.rei.com/product/200937/nrs-freestyle-wetshoes-mens

 

[Jake 10]

There are plenty of YouTube videos of Bonaire Reef Shore Diving that show entry/exit areas and how to navigate the shore line rocks and corals

 

[cardzard]

ENJOY
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[cardzard]

6 Days To Go
ENJOY
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[BoundForElsewhere]

Is it every husband's responsibility to sit on the edge of the bed and comment on each of 18 different dresses which should be packed?