Hello All,
My wife and I are traveling to Roatan in June, and staying in a condo with some (mostly non diving) friends right on half moon bay. We plan on doing our AOW certification while there, having just learned to dive last year, and done 9 post-cert dives (2 in belize, 1 cozumel from a cruise in june, and in 6 key largo in October). Have no night-diving experience at all.
We spent one day last year in roatan, mostly around half moon bay (snorkeling, eating). So have at least a basic feel for the area.
We are planning on doing a night dive as part of our course while there. It had crossed my mind that it might be fun (for us, as well as our non diver friends), to go out and try night-snorkeling there in half moon bay. As of now, though, we don't own lights.
What I am trying to decide is, should i buy a pair of lights for us before we go? Is snorkeling at night in that area likely to give us some interesting sights? We are staying at one of the condos on the south side of the bay, though i think we should also have access to a kayak to get out along the penninsula. I figure the dive shop would have lights for us to use during a night dive with them, so i don't know if buying my own light would be worth it just for a night or two of snorkeling. In the near future, we are likely to only go diving about twice a year....
The light i have my eye on is the Princeton Tec Miniwave LED Divinglamp (337 lumens), which runs about 110$. There are several cheaper options by princeton, also a 45$ light by Dorcy (Dorcy 41-1467 220 Lumen Super Flux LED Submersible Dive Light) that is not as bright, but much cheaper.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
--steve
My wife and I are traveling to Roatan in June, and staying in a condo with some (mostly non diving) friends right on half moon bay. We plan on doing our AOW certification while there, having just learned to dive last year, and done 9 post-cert dives (2 in belize, 1 cozumel from a cruise in june, and in 6 key largo in October). Have no night-diving experience at all.
We spent one day last year in roatan, mostly around half moon bay (snorkeling, eating). So have at least a basic feel for the area.
We are planning on doing a night dive as part of our course while there. It had crossed my mind that it might be fun (for us, as well as our non diver friends), to go out and try night-snorkeling there in half moon bay. As of now, though, we don't own lights.
What I am trying to decide is, should i buy a pair of lights for us before we go? Is snorkeling at night in that area likely to give us some interesting sights? We are staying at one of the condos on the south side of the bay, though i think we should also have access to a kayak to get out along the penninsula. I figure the dive shop would have lights for us to use during a night dive with them, so i don't know if buying my own light would be worth it just for a night or two of snorkeling. In the near future, we are likely to only go diving about twice a year....
The light i have my eye on is the Princeton Tec Miniwave LED Divinglamp (337 lumens), which runs about 110$. There are several cheaper options by princeton, also a 45$ light by Dorcy (Dorcy 41-1467 220 Lumen Super Flux LED Submersible Dive Light) that is not as bright, but much cheaper.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
--steve
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