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So the answer to my question is that reef hooks are not allowed in certain areas and generally are not needed in this part of the Philippines.

Do I need to bring a reef hook to Visayas et all? Are they even necessary or allowed? Thx

Well Don I’m thinking that this proposal will crash and burn! I know that a number of my friends will not stay there if this is enforced. All inclusive……I think not!

Aqua Safari sold their dive op to the Palace four or five years ago. I’m afraid that the dive op has being going downhill since. Perhaps the Palace thinks that by charging this pier fee that divers will use their dive operation as opposed to others. Sad to see the decline of what was once a...

Good move!

Our first dive was at Canterel (eagle ray wall) and our second dive was Villa (Aldora) wall.

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Alex we were not at Maracaibo.

Almost all of the airlines in Indonesia are in the worst ten airlines rating. You really have very little choice when travelling in Indonesia. That being said the risk is still very small.

I agree. The first week on the boat they did not have the usual dinners so was a repeat buffet similar to the lunch. It was a request by one of the groups and was not discussed with the rest of the passengers. Next week back to normal with a la carte dinner and deserts. Dani aka Batman is one of...

Yes as I understand the fees collected for the marine park go into the general Mexican coffers not back to the Cozumel marine park. There is a marine park pass that will get you a year of diving in any marine park in Mexico for around $20 however we tried to get it here in Cozumel and the marine...

Expecting the port to be closed tomorrow but Aldora has moved boats to the east side. Possibly diving the east side if conditions permit.

Thank you Dave! A great cause for a wonderful lady! For those that don’t bid on your generous offer then any donation on the site that Northernone posted I know would be greatly appreciated!

I bought my Oceanic mask at the Aldora shop. A very nice comfortable mask and will replace it with another one if I need to!

I wish you had have said that you like to play hearts!! I would have been in for sure!! Nice meeting and diving with you and Jo! Hope to see you again.

Hola Dave. Was there not a meeting approximately four weeks ago that said there was going to be a crackdown on enforcing the marine park rules? Specifically targeting the use of pointer sticks, gloves and knives as well as advocating that dive masters report on other ops that they see in...

Please read point #2...go figure?https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/sea-turtles/diet-and-eating-habits

This is very atypical for turtle behaviour even though I have no doubt that this one has been trained to eat lion fish. I would like to see a marine biologist's opinion about green turtles eating any kind of fish aside from invertebrates!

Oh ya!! A green turtle! Likely the same one. As I have said I have not seen this turtle behaviour before! Most of us were surprised that it would go after a fish other than invertebrates such as jellies. I will no longer hunt lion fish in certain dive sites in the parc such as Cedral due to the...

@macado Hey Mike. Was that a green turtle that was harassing you? You may recall our good friend and dive buddy Gary W. posted on Facebook in February about his encounter with a turtle attacking his stringer. I believe that was at Punta Sur Sur and he was with Jorge. I had never heard of a...