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Thanks for the post! It turns out we are going the 2nd week of July and my son is going to do everything here at home. Since there will be 4 of us, we won't have to worry about dive partners, just getting someplace to treat us good. Glad to hear someone had a good experience with Scuba Caribe.

Thanks for all the replies. After going to the Underwater Show in Chicago and talking to the family more, we have revised our trip. We would now like to do an all-inclusive. We are also open to going back to the Riveria Maya area of Mexico. Any opinions on good all-inclusives that...

Thanks! Well I guess Punta Cana is out. Looking for an AI in the Carribean or Mexico. Maybe back to Riveria Maya again.

Thinking of taking a late June/early July trip to the Grand Pallidium this year and saw that Scuba Caribe is the on-site operator. I'm guessing they are like Dressel Divers when we stayed at the Barcelo. Any experience with them? Are they cattle boat? What good dive operators are close? 3...

Thanks! I'm trying to compare two places I'm thinking about diving this summer. Someday, hopefully I'll get to the South Pacific. I'm taking it by your comments you would say Hawaii is the better dive spot :D Thanks! Anyone else dive both and can give me some insights?

Our family is going to be SCUBA certified this summer and while we want to do scuba diving on the vacation we have other land considerations. I have read about a lot of the Mexican Riveria area and some Caribbean islands, but how is the diving at these locations - Punta Cana and Hawaii. Of...

We are planning on going to this on Sunday. Never been before, so I'm not sure how long it takes to get through the exhibitors. I was hoping the answers/suggestions in this thread would help me narrow down who I needed to spend time with at the show. Thanks for the suggestion since I...

Thanks for all the suggestions so far! The Cozumel trip sounds good, but I think we need to travel sometime during the 1st part of July because both boys play multiple sports and have summer camps. We have taken many cruises and done lots of snorkeling, especially at Grand Cayman, Belize...

My wife, 15 year old son and I are scuba certified and have dived a few times in Cozumel and Riveria Maya. My youngest son who is turning 10 this summer would like to get certified. We are looking to do the pool & classroom work here in Chicagoland, but do the open water while on vacation...

I'll check out American Dream II. georoc1, please let me know what you do over Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the replies and help!

Makes sense. I'll do some more research on the east coast diving, but if anyone has some pointers, that could help. Thanks!

My wife, son and I just got certified in May for our June trip to Mexico and had a blast. Every year we go to Naples to be with family between Christmas and New Years. We would like to maybe try to scuba while in the area, but the only dive shop I could find in Naples is closing. We only have...

Just got into scuba diving for a trip in June and not sure how much I'll dive in the future, but hoping for a lot;) I got a $100 for my birthday and would like to buy a dive watch. I don't even know what questions I should be asking or what information to give so I can get good...

Thanks for all the replies! I just signed up for the DAN membership! Will look into the other items this week. Thanks again!

My wife, oldest son and I just got certified for a trip we are going on in about a week. We bought the fins, mask, snorkel and boots, but nothing else yet. We plan on renting the rest of our SCUBA gear while on vacation. My question is there any other personal equipment we should be...

Thanks again for the all the responses. I know I need to get to a LDS for more information, but the closest one (the one I used to get certified) is almost a hour away from home while Gander Mtn is 5 minutes. Also I wanted some opinions from this board before being steered into what the LDS...

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll look into those BCDs! A couple of really newbie questions: 1) What is lift capacity? I'm guessing something to do with weights, but don't quiet understand. 2) What do you use the D-rings on a BCD for? I see the number advertised as a feature on...

I'm new to diving (just got certified), but think I need to get my own BCD because of my size. I'm 6'2", weigh 315 pounds, have 51" chest and 48" waist. During my open water dives I was using a 5XL 7mm wetsuit and a XL BCD which I could just barely get snapped. I was carrying 36 pounds of...

We are certified! Looking to finalize our decision, so thanks for the replies so far and I welcome more if anyone has more opinions.

Yaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! We are certified! My wife, oldest son and I just completed our open water dives and have our temporary cards! Now to find a dive operator for our trip in two weeks to the Riveria Maya area - Barcelo Maya Colonial to be exact! Can't wait to actually see some color (did...