Sea Shelley
Registered
Hi Scuba Board-
Many of you avid divers gave me great advice about using Poppy on Bonaire, Dive friends for unlimited air, and also a great recommendation to stay at Villa Ganshi which we loved last year in May, as we could dive every afternoon at Something Special from our back porch. (Somehow my user name seems to have went away according to Scuba Board administrator file, so I started a new one.)
As we can only really swing 1-2 dive trips a year, and of course there are so many places to go, we found Curacao on the Top 10 shore diving destinations, so we are booking an October/November trip this year to go there. It seems similar to Bonaire from the research I have done so far, I understand that each dive site is a little more driving inland and back to shore to reach, but we're excited about the new destination all the same and I need a little more guidance.
Here are my thoughts...along with a request to correct me on anything I am not thinking straight on...
Booking a property near a dive shop that offers unlimited air package-
Is there 1 or 2 you would recommend?
We loved having Dive Friends various locations to fill tanks at, although, we really only used 2 and the one within 1 mile of our house rental primarily. We are thinking while we'd like a home rental on the ocean (3 or 4 bedroom), by looking on vrbo, we haven't found one near a dive shop. 1/2 the group will do some boat dives and some shore dives, and the other half of the group will be shore diving only. Are there other often used "search for diver friendly house rental" websites, you might recommend that I try? Also checking through airbnb now.
How far West should we stay? Researching Franko's dive map, seems like we'd have lots of dive sites to do if we did book a place West and use Go West dive shop. (for 10 day trip) Good idea?
Have you rented a 3-4 bedroom house on Curacao that offered you a dive site from your background? if so, where, and would you recommend it to rent?
lastly, who should we rent auto from? (thank you for recommending Poppy on Bonaire. Great outfit!)
thank you for your time reading and replying if you have some insight and recommendations for me.
Kindly,
Shelley
Many of you avid divers gave me great advice about using Poppy on Bonaire, Dive friends for unlimited air, and also a great recommendation to stay at Villa Ganshi which we loved last year in May, as we could dive every afternoon at Something Special from our back porch. (Somehow my user name seems to have went away according to Scuba Board administrator file, so I started a new one.)
As we can only really swing 1-2 dive trips a year, and of course there are so many places to go, we found Curacao on the Top 10 shore diving destinations, so we are booking an October/November trip this year to go there. It seems similar to Bonaire from the research I have done so far, I understand that each dive site is a little more driving inland and back to shore to reach, but we're excited about the new destination all the same and I need a little more guidance.
Here are my thoughts...along with a request to correct me on anything I am not thinking straight on...
Booking a property near a dive shop that offers unlimited air package-
Is there 1 or 2 you would recommend?
We loved having Dive Friends various locations to fill tanks at, although, we really only used 2 and the one within 1 mile of our house rental primarily. We are thinking while we'd like a home rental on the ocean (3 or 4 bedroom), by looking on vrbo, we haven't found one near a dive shop. 1/2 the group will do some boat dives and some shore dives, and the other half of the group will be shore diving only. Are there other often used "search for diver friendly house rental" websites, you might recommend that I try? Also checking through airbnb now.
How far West should we stay? Researching Franko's dive map, seems like we'd have lots of dive sites to do if we did book a place West and use Go West dive shop. (for 10 day trip) Good idea?
Have you rented a 3-4 bedroom house on Curacao that offered you a dive site from your background? if so, where, and would you recommend it to rent?
lastly, who should we rent auto from? (thank you for recommending Poppy on Bonaire. Great outfit!)
thank you for your time reading and replying if you have some insight and recommendations for me.
Kindly,
Shelley