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I have researched this very heavily but I wanted to ask a couple questions...... First off, I am leaving for a trip to Lembeh Strait in 1 month. I am a US Citizen and I'll be traveling through Seoul, South Korea as well as Singapore before catching a Garuda flight to Manado with a connection...

I was thinking about looking into a September trip on Caribbean Pearl in Utila and Roatan for September. That's quite a ways out, but I was told by their reservation staff the boat is "out of commission" until further notice. I have asked what the reason is (since their is no time frame as to...

Hey all....I haven't posted in a while but I am starting my 2016 dive trip brainstorm session. I do know this....next year I will be finally making the purchase of a DSLR kit - camera, housing, lights, lenses....the works. Last year I did a trip on the Febrina in Papua New Guinea and it was...

PLEASE excuse me showboating and having next to no point for this thread.....with the exception of... I will be providing a very detailed trip report up to date for the Febrina diving north New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea. This will be my second time there and in 2010 (my first trip), I...

I've been using the same fins (open heel fins with booties) for 16 years.....but I'm interested in getting some full foot fins. Now, when I did my first liveaboard in 2009 I learned the need to use lycra socks inside my dive booties or the skin on my feet would get really torn to shreds. I've...

Has sealife ever considered making a macro lens that can be attached externally just like the fisheye lens? I know that there is a macro mode, but a lens would be ideal wouldnt it?

I was wondering what some of you folks out there think about how underwater photographers - who want to take good pictures and often times must take a little longer to do it - should keep up with groups? I've found myself in drift diving instances or guided diving situations (because I'm old...

I'm new to diving in California - I've dove the Puget Sound for a drysuit course 5 years ago and loved it. I have a very unique opportunity to head out with Truth Aquatics and dive the backside of Catalina Island the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. I've dove PNG, Palau, Cocos Island, Hawaii...

I really miss reading good trip reports about PNG. Anyone been there recently to either north or south New Britain Island? What about Milne Bay, Tufi, or Kavieng, or Loloata (near Port Moresby)???? I am in the midst of a count down and I just got inside the 6 month mark before I go back.

Well today, I finally pulled the trigger....now comes the agonizing 10 month wait for the trip to finally happen. I am on my way to Papua New Guinea to dive north New Britain Island. It's the first time ever that I'm returning to a destination AND diving the same area that I dove in 2010. I...

I'm REALLY wanting to upgrade to a full DSLR rig.....Canon T3i, Sea&Sea housing, twin strobes, macro and wide angle lenses and housing ports.......but alas, that's going to have to wait another year. Instead, I have a Sealife DC1000 with one strobe (that's broken now - I have to get it...

I have just found out that Star Dancer will run her last trip in PNG on November 20, 2012. I'm booked in February so the company has graciously given me three options: 1. Stay booked on the boat and re-join it in Thailand in March, 2013. 2. Cancel my reservation with full refund 3. Re-book on...

I'm going to be purchasing the Canon T3i before a February dive trip next year. I'll be looking to get the RDX-600D housing by Sea&Sea. My hope is also to have the 18-55mm kit lense, the 60mm macro lense and the tokina 10-17 fisheye. I'll have a flat port for the housing and a dome port as...

I'm looking to buy my first DSLR rig this January before departing on a south Pacific dive trip in February. I have all but settled on the Canon T3i since its reported to be a nice introductory DSLR. The Sea&Sea RDX-600D will be the housing of choice. I'd like to get a Tokina 10-17 fisheye...

Aloha all! My name is Eric! I've been a scubaboard member since 2008. I'm getting ready for a 10 night liveaboard on the Star Dancer in Papua New Guinea to dive Milne Bay? Are there any divers in Hawaii that might want to join me? I love diving locally but travel diving is really my passion...

Ok....I did it. I broke down and decided to go back to PNG. I went there in 2010 on north New Britain Island...the experience was life changing. I went to Palau last year to compare and contrast. And while Palau was awesome, I always assumed my next stop would be some place like Belize...

I'm planning for a dive trip in feb/mar 2013. I've done the Kona Aggressor, the Star Dancer in its north New Britain itinerary (but now its in Milne Bay), and the Tropic Dancer in Palau. I'm much more of a critter diver and that's why PNG (Milne Bay) on Star Dancer OR Komodo National Park on...

I'm curious if anyone has done the Star Dancer in Milne Bay? Or has anybody been to Milne Bay? I'm considering November/December 2012. I've heard Milne Bay has its best conditions in nov-feb...is that right? I've done the star dancer when it was on north new britain island and it was...

I noticed they're running a 25% off buddy week on the Komodo Dancer June 5-15, 2012. Sometimes buddy weeks on Aggressor and Dancer Fleets tend to be planned during times of the year when the weather is off - but I know they only visit Alor during certain times of the year - so this might not be...

Well my third liveaboard trip is in the books. I have forever wanted to be able to say I dove two places so I could compare/contrast the two - Palau and Papua New Guinea. They're not terribly far apart geographically but the type of diving you do in each spot and the stuff you see truly is WAY...