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Hi Folks - I'm looking for your assistance and any recommendations. We will be traveling to 3 Greek Islands in early October - Paros, Naxos & Santorini with 3/4 days on each island. Of our small group only 2 of us are divers. I was wondering if it was worthwhile to bring our C-Cards with us...

Complete equipment set in perfect working order, $1800.00 CAD The following underwater camera equipment is for sale: Nauticam NA G-15 underwater housing c/w Deluxe Arm and Auto Sensor, right and left handles, tripod mount. Nauticam 8” (125mm) double ball arm, size 8 Nauticam Strobe mounting...

Hi all - As I search for suitable and affordable vacations I'm finding some condos over in the Wailuku area on the other side of the island from the popular Kihei & Lahina areas. Can you folks help me determine if this side as suitable dive spots and operators, or if we'll end up driving to...

Hi all... We will be dividing our vacation between Roatan and Utila and have decided to take the ferry back and forth. We're heading over to Utila the end of February and returning mid March. Our accommodations are booked for Saturday arrival and departure on Utila. Is it important to book our...

We are coming to Utila for a couple of weeks in March and have accommodations booked very close to Utila dive Center, Alton's and Underwater Vision. I'm trying to decide which operator would be best for us... is there anything that distinguishes these operators apart? We are a retired couple...

Hi folks hubby & I will be traveling to Fiji in a couple of weeks and staying in the Pacific Harbor area for a week (self catering at the Fiji Palms) and we'll be bringing our own dive gear. I would luv to hear from you about your preferences with either Aqua-Trek or Beqa. We plan on doing 3...

We had a great shore dive last week at Playa Lagun. The operators at Bahia Dive Shop, a PADI facility located right at the beach have a nice clean shop. They gave us some great tips on where to look for the seahorses and the frog fish.... we found both seahorses and the frogfish... yay...

So I've found over time the Jet fins that I've been using to be to have become too heavy over the years; causing strain on my ankles and knees and having tired legs when swimming against current or on my back surface swimming out to the reef drop off. I felt like I really had to work... and in...

Hi everyone - hubby and I are planning a 4 - 6 week trip to Australia (April to early May) for general sight seeing and diving of course. We wondered what great (and economical) dive destinations can be easily accessed from Australia. I was thinking to take a week to 10 days to explore 1 or 2...

Hello to all you SB experts with a fuzzy upper lip. My BH has trouble with a leaky mask due to his mustache. He's tried a variety of ointment and stick type mustache sealants with hit and miss success. He also is diligent trimming especially right under his nose but again no tried and true...

We've recently booked our winter vacation (end of Feb) to Salt Caye and I'm having trouble locating much in the way of comments about Salt Caye, yeah I know it's a tiny place, but all the comments here on SB (that I've found) are circa 2007 - 2008. Can anybody share anything more recent...

We are divers, but will have friends who only snorkel arrive for a 1/2 day on one of the cruise ships. We're about to arrive on Bonaire for the 1st time so at this stage we're not familiar with the best snorkel locations. They arrive in the early morning and we need to have them back at the...

I wasn't sure where to post my request. Here is my dilemma, some months ago I purchased one of those on-line coupons for having a photograph printed on canvas, regrettably the coupon expires the middle of February and the company would not extend the coupon until the end of March (which is...

Thanks to Leanne at Beachcombers and the folks on Bonaire Talk did I discover United changed our flights. Apparently this change takes effect Jan 1st but I suggest anyone travelling before then ck their flights just to make sure. We are traveling in February and were originally scheduled on...

Earlier this year while in Curacao we bought a SIM card to use in a cell phone we had kicking around. Can anyone tell me what the likelihood is that a SIM card purchased in Curacao would also work in Bonaire? ... or will we need to buy on BON :confused: We sure found that a handy and economical...

Thank you to all of you for your information and insights on my earlier post to figure out where to stay.:thanks: I pulled 2 "all-nighters" reviewing & reaching out to properties as there are several to choose from. We'll be staying at Beachcomber Villas the end of Feb to early March...

My hubby and I are planning our next dive vacation and hope you can help us decide where on the island is the best to stay. Here is a list of our "must haves" We will rent a car so getting around is not an issue. These were the areas listed on VRBO that we would want to consider...

We recently purchased a GoPro3 for our upcoming holiday, then commenced shopping on-line for accessories for it. One item was the very necessary red filter which we purchased from Polar Pro Filters. The trouble began with the US Postal Service and their international priority mail, (we are in...

I was on another website where a diver was listing the marine life he observed on a dive on the west side up near Westpunt. One critter was Sea Wasps. When I looked up what they were I discovered they are highly poisonous. A responder to his post stated that these highly poisonous Sea Wasps...

I'm not sure if this post belongs here or on an equipment forum... But here goes, we are taking a Nitrox course in a week and I see from reading the course materials that one requires an analyser to verify the O2. Is it common for the dive shops on Curacao where you are renting the enriched...