sharky60
Contributor
I would suggest the Occidental Grand, it's a beautiful property with large rooms & good food, not the same thing day in and day out on the buffets.
most of the dive sites are just a short 10 min. boat ride away, because of the hotel being so far south. the drawback is that it will cost almost $20 one way for a cab if you want to venture into town. I think Dive Paradise is the on site dive op, they usually get good reviews.
we schedule our first 2-3 days of diving early in the trip with our dive op so we can get on the schedule, this not only ensures you a spot on a boat, but helps the dive op with their scheduling, and as the week progresses we let them know when we are going out at least 24 hrs in advance from there.
Now seasickness, that's something I can relate to.
1.) make sure you have something on your stomach. the fluids in an empty stomach sloshing around down there on a boat can contribute to seasickness. You don't need a huge breakfast, but get one. a lot of time I just have some yogurt, fruit and breakfast bars.
take some breakfast bars or crackers, saltines are the best, on the boat with you and keep your stomach full on the way out and between dives.
2.) get plenty of rest, don't overdue alcohol and keep hydrated, sounds like "mother's advise" but it it's true.
3.) keep your eyes on the horizon while on the boat. another factor in s.s. is if you are laying down or below decks or just looking down and not arround and can't actually see the horizon moving, you body will try to compensate for the boats movements and sea sickness happens.
4.) Take a motion sickness pill every morning before diving when you get up. they take an hour to start working.
5.) the bad news is if you are prone to s.s., no matter what you do, sometimes it just happens anyway.
6.) if you are not too sick to move, sometimes getting in the water and under it will bring you out of if it, this has worked for me many times. I've felt very bad and managed to suit up and get underwater and in just a very few minutes I've felt better.
this doesn't mean it won't come back once on the boat, but at least you get a comfortable dive in rather than bobbing up and down on the boat for an hour while everyone else has fun.
most of the dive sites are just a short 10 min. boat ride away, because of the hotel being so far south. the drawback is that it will cost almost $20 one way for a cab if you want to venture into town. I think Dive Paradise is the on site dive op, they usually get good reviews.
we schedule our first 2-3 days of diving early in the trip with our dive op so we can get on the schedule, this not only ensures you a spot on a boat, but helps the dive op with their scheduling, and as the week progresses we let them know when we are going out at least 24 hrs in advance from there.
Now seasickness, that's something I can relate to.
1.) make sure you have something on your stomach. the fluids in an empty stomach sloshing around down there on a boat can contribute to seasickness. You don't need a huge breakfast, but get one. a lot of time I just have some yogurt, fruit and breakfast bars.
take some breakfast bars or crackers, saltines are the best, on the boat with you and keep your stomach full on the way out and between dives.
2.) get plenty of rest, don't overdue alcohol and keep hydrated, sounds like "mother's advise" but it it's true.
3.) keep your eyes on the horizon while on the boat. another factor in s.s. is if you are laying down or below decks or just looking down and not arround and can't actually see the horizon moving, you body will try to compensate for the boats movements and sea sickness happens.
4.) Take a motion sickness pill every morning before diving when you get up. they take an hour to start working.
5.) the bad news is if you are prone to s.s., no matter what you do, sometimes it just happens anyway.
6.) if you are not too sick to move, sometimes getting in the water and under it will bring you out of if it, this has worked for me many times. I've felt very bad and managed to suit up and get underwater and in just a very few minutes I've felt better.
this doesn't mean it won't come back once on the boat, but at least you get a comfortable dive in rather than bobbing up and down on the boat for an hour while everyone else has fun.
