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You will be a long way from the Westpunt, maybe an hour or more depending on the time of day.We'll be a the aquarium so I think we can do some dives right there but most days I want to hit the other sites. Maybe some night dives locally.
We kept tanks/weights for several days - I don't recall if we paid for every day but probably. Mostly we changed tanks around lunchtime so I can't answer your questions but the shops I mentioned have websites.For the tank places you mention, do you know if you can pick up tanks the night before (for night or early morning dives) and return the next day?
Royal Seaquarium condos? The main Ocean Encounters shop is about 1/8 mile across the channel (there's a road) I did the dolphin dive with them but don't know their rental policy. 100' away you can go in off the beach at Lions Dive.We'll be a the aquarium so I think we can do some dives right there but most days I want to hit the other sites. Maybe some night dives locally.
Sort of/not exactly. Sometimes there's a sign for the beach, at a couple sites - including Jeremi - there was a red painted rock with the name on it - similar to Bonaire. But don't spend a lot of time looking for it. Most of the sites have a ball indicating the mooring or the drop but it's pretty obvious since you can see it from the surface if you put your mask under. Even the ropes stand out on your return.Are the dive sites marked as dive sites with a flag or do you need to tow one?
As I think I have reported there really is no need to lug tanks. Tanks are available on most sites and for the $8-$10 that you pay for a tank you get all that the shop offers as well which can be nice.
Its all about personal preference. Unlimited air at Gowest is $33 and a single tank is $10 so you need to do 4 to make the unlimited worth it. On our last trip I was able to decide day by day whether I went unlimited or by tank. If I knew I was going to be diving al day at the house reef at Lagun Blou or Nos Krusero I paid for unlimited. On other days when I would be driving to other shore dive sites with ops I would pay by tank. Still a heck of a lot cheaper than a boat dive. At Lagun Blou I just kept track and settled up at the end of the stay. At Gowest I let them know day by day but sometimes at the end of the day if I was not sure in the beginning.
Yup. On the last trip I split our trip up: 3 nites at Lagun Blou and 4 at Nos Krusero. The op on site at Lagun Blou is Wedefoort but I never actually saw anyone from the shop. There was a supply of tanks and weights and a sign in sheet. I just kept track of the tanks and weights we used and settled up at the desk for the resort and ended up paying by tank because it made more sense. Tanks were available 24/7.Are you saying you paid for your tanks afterwards and they charged by single or unlimited rate depending on which was lowest?