OceanicRocks
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The wife does not dive... I do. B-day coming up and she asks what would I like for your present. Like I should know the answer to that one. LOL So she sais off the top of your head name anything. That made it easy... I said I'd love to go diving. She immediatly said than thats your present. She was seriouse. Well, I live in a cold climate north east US so I need advice where to go. This one I will be on my own. No kids, no wife cause she's recovering from an auto accident.
Been to and dove turks and caicos, mexico, cozumel, jamaica, curcau and the bahamas. I have heard lots of stuff about Belize, Cayman islands, Bonair. I would like to keep my budget at $2000 for air, hotel and diving for a 7 night accomodation 5 day diving trip. But I'm not penny foolish and willing to spend a bit more to go somewhere the corals and diving are hot. I don't want to spend all of my time in an airplain getting there and know that some destinations mentioned will take 7-8 hours or more door to door. I would like a place as close as possible and dive in so no Hawaii, figi or anything like that. I think it will need to be no farther than Bonair is from the north east.
I have about 50 or so dives logged and purchased all of my gear last year except the tank. I love drift diving and looking at corals... live corals work for me not the dead stuff. I don't dive to go deep. not into that. I'm into seeing the coral life under there. I've been to 120 feet but wasn't for me. The wreck was cool but darker color and no/little corals. most of the corals are at 30-70 feet where I've been so far and thats fine with me.
So, if you had this opportunity? where would you go? and why? please share any expierience with specific dive operators, destinations, and hotels you enjoyed or disliked. I need to decide within a week so I can book it and go by this time next month.
Thanks so much!
Been to and dove turks and caicos, mexico, cozumel, jamaica, curcau and the bahamas. I have heard lots of stuff about Belize, Cayman islands, Bonair. I would like to keep my budget at $2000 for air, hotel and diving for a 7 night accomodation 5 day diving trip. But I'm not penny foolish and willing to spend a bit more to go somewhere the corals and diving are hot. I don't want to spend all of my time in an airplain getting there and know that some destinations mentioned will take 7-8 hours or more door to door. I would like a place as close as possible and dive in so no Hawaii, figi or anything like that. I think it will need to be no farther than Bonair is from the north east.
I have about 50 or so dives logged and purchased all of my gear last year except the tank. I love drift diving and looking at corals... live corals work for me not the dead stuff. I don't dive to go deep. not into that. I'm into seeing the coral life under there. I've been to 120 feet but wasn't for me. The wreck was cool but darker color and no/little corals. most of the corals are at 30-70 feet where I've been so far and thats fine with me.
So, if you had this opportunity? where would you go? and why? please share any expierience with specific dive operators, destinations, and hotels you enjoyed or disliked. I need to decide within a week so I can book it and go by this time next month.
Thanks so much!