Howdy from Houston

[DescentHobby]

Hello from Katy/TX, welcome!!!Im going to Belize next week its another good destination from Houston as well…

I do quick Friday to Monday out and back usually. I was told with Belize, once you made it there, you would need to take a puddle jumper to get to diving areas? Not sure how time consuming that is?

 

[DescentHobby]

Here’s the last time I was there. About time to do it again.

Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

 

[Dan]

I do quick Friday to Monday out and back usually. I was told with Belize, once you made it there, you would need to take a puddle jumper to get to diving areas? Not sure how time consuming that is?

I think so. Here’s my Belize trip report:

Trip Report - Belize Feb 2021 Trip Report

Summary This is an eight-day (6-13 February, 2021) diving trip to Belize. We stayed in Ramon’s Village Resort, Home - Ramon's Village Resort in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize. The itinerary, as shown in Table 1, includes 6 days of diving, 2 dives / day, in Ambergris Caye. We took 3-tank boat...

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[drrich2]

but also people saying they didn't know they were prone to seasickness before that trip, and found out the hard way,

The Caribbean Sea tends to be relatively calm (compared to the open Atlantic Ocean), and since diving is often near an island, dive operators can often put you on the leeward (sheltered from wind and big waves) side (and in Bonaire, shore divers mainly dive the leeward west coast; perhaps you saw the east coast with waves pounding the shore).

I haven't done the Fling. It's far enough from me I'd need to do air travel, they cancel fairly often due to conditions, and I'd need a couple of back-to-back trips to make it make sense. Too many crack in the sidewalk in that plan for my liking. But if I lived close and could drive to catch the boat? That could be different.

I have dove out of Morehead City, NC with Olympus Dive Center years ago, for the deep offshore wreck diving with sand tiger sharks (which rocked!). That entails a roughly 1 1/2-hour boat trip out over the Atlantic, with no islands nearby. It can be a decent ride...or a rough one.

You will want to know whether you're prone to sea sickness and even if not, have measures to take ready. Prevention is better than cure. Don't eat a greasy breakfast and try not to be sleep-deprived (trust me on that!).

 

[Rafael Moreira]

I do quick Friday to Monday out and back usually. I was told with Belize, once you made it there, you would need to take a puddle jumper to get to diving areas? Not sure how time consuming that is?

Yeah depending where you going to stay it will require some extra planning… I’m going to stay in San Pedro the hotel I’m staying (not fancy) is in front of the diving center, most the dive sites are 10 minutes from dock, this simplify a lot of things..

 

[Rafael Moreira]

I think so. Here’s my Belize trip report:

Trip Report - Belize Feb 2021 Trip Report

Summary This is an eight-day (6-13 February, 2021) diving trip to Belize. We stayed in Ramon’s Village Resort, Home - Ramon's Village Resort in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize. The itinerary, as shown in Table 1, includes 6 days of diving, 2 dives / day, in Ambergris Caye. We took 3-tank boat...

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That was an amazing report, thank you for sharin.

 

[Dan]

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Just one spot left: Raja Ampat on the Blue Manta, Feb 2024 - $1065 off

We have space for just one more diver in our group for Raja Ampat, 19-29 February 2024, on the Blue Manta. The trip was originally scheduled for February 2022, due to Covid, Raja Ampat was still closed at that time, so we rescheduled it to February 2024. Unfortunately, not everyone in the group...

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[Mo.Diver]

My contribution from the MV Fling from last month. I got way more pictures than I am allowed to post here. I'll definitely try to go at least once again this year.