Hi!
I know, oddly worded title....
For the last 4-5 days, I've been researching, trying to put together a last dive minute trip for my birthday the last week of February. Because of time & money constraints etc., I've been looking at Central/South American and Mexico. (I'm coming from San Francisco.)
But, no matter how I try to put a trip together, when it comes down to maxiumum bottom time, it really seems like a liveaboard is the most cost effective, efficient, and easy way to go, especially if you are traveling alone. I did Belize on the Nekton last year. It was nice (great crew of course) but not wildly exciting diving and quite cold for me. So, the only other location for a liveaboard is the Bay Islands Aggressor (BIA).
Unfortunately, I can't find that many reviews on the BIA on the internet, so I don't really feel like I can make a fair judgement. As far as I can tell from the comments, the diving is only so-so. What might be appealing about BIA are warm waters, lots of nudibrachs, seeing at least one seahorse.... But my questions are:
Are the waters warm w/plentiful nudibrachs & seahorses?
Is the diving on the BIA less interesting than Belize?
Is the boat still not up to the standards of other Aggressor boats?
Should I save my money & "delay" my birthday until I can go to Bali or Thailand or Truk or Palau or etc....?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!!
I know, oddly worded title....
For the last 4-5 days, I've been researching, trying to put together a last dive minute trip for my birthday the last week of February. Because of time & money constraints etc., I've been looking at Central/South American and Mexico. (I'm coming from San Francisco.)
But, no matter how I try to put a trip together, when it comes down to maxiumum bottom time, it really seems like a liveaboard is the most cost effective, efficient, and easy way to go, especially if you are traveling alone. I did Belize on the Nekton last year. It was nice (great crew of course) but not wildly exciting diving and quite cold for me. So, the only other location for a liveaboard is the Bay Islands Aggressor (BIA).
Unfortunately, I can't find that many reviews on the BIA on the internet, so I don't really feel like I can make a fair judgement. As far as I can tell from the comments, the diving is only so-so. What might be appealing about BIA are warm waters, lots of nudibrachs, seeing at least one seahorse.... But my questions are:
Are the waters warm w/plentiful nudibrachs & seahorses?
Is the diving on the BIA less interesting than Belize?
Is the boat still not up to the standards of other Aggressor boats?
Should I save my money & "delay" my birthday until I can go to Bali or Thailand or Truk or Palau or etc....?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!!