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I'm nearing halfway through our two week trip and though I would capture some random observations so far on this my 11th (I think, may be 12th) trip to Bonaire. Reef condition is good and really looks like it always has to me. Fish life is still great. The island is busy, parking lots are...

Now that the water temps have cooled below stressful levels I am wondering if there was any bleaching. Looking at the NOAA site it appears it got a little warmer and stayed that way a little longer than last year. I did not notice much bleaching at this time last year. Heading there in a few...

Bula! Just wrapped up packing and figured I would start my trip report. My LDS organized this trip with 5 nights at Beqa and 7 at Volivoli. We departed LAX at 11:30 Saturday night on Fiji Airways and landed just prior to 6am on Monday morning. All on time. Fiji Airways runs A330s and is fine...

The best part of every dive trip is making new friends. This one was no exception. I was lucky to meet up with a couple of folks from the board as well as meet some new friends that reside on Bonaire. This is the first time I was on island for New Years Eve and that was a blast. Literally. I...

Bula! I will be diving in Fiji in March 5 days at Beqa and a week at Volivoli. Our package includes shore diving at both locations. My question is if it is doable with full foot fins or will I need dive booties? My preference is the full foot as I love my old Cressis and can save a bit of...

My wife and I are returning for trip 11 on December 27th. We are actually heading to ATL on the 26th to avoid the 2 AM wakeup call. We are returning home to the frozen North on January 6. We are staying at Bamboo Bali and getting our tanks from Wannadive. I plan to do a day or two on the east...

We arrived Saturday and finished day two of our 3 dive days. This is my second time to Roatan and first here. The first was at Mayan Princess in West Bay. These two are sister resorts but there is no way to tell that. Mayan Princess is a beach resort that offers diving, this is a dive resort and...

There is an article in the Bonaire Reporter about the top meter under the water line needing to be scraped so the coral and sponges need to be moved. BNMP is doing the coral work but they are training volunteers to do the sponges as they are more forgiving. It would be a fun thing to do but I...

Wind, more wind and yet, more wind. Those were the conditions all last week on the T&C. Wind aside, the trip was really fun. This was my fourth Aggressor charter and they are consistently fun. Typical Aggressor in that the boat is a bit tired, the heads a bit small and the beds a couple inches...

After too many flights and not enough sleep the last three weeks I finally got the crap everyone else has been dealing with this Winter. Based on that I have had some quality TV time between coughs and nose blows. I watch everything through Roku and when I launched it there was an ad for a show...

I'm looking at doing a trip with my daughter to the Keys after her college school year wraps up this Spring. She has dived Bonaire, Cozumel, Curacao and Hawaii but been out of the water for a few years. I will get her in the pool before we go but her preference is always easy, shallow, fishy...

It is too quiet here this weekend so thought I would try this to see if I could get some conversation going. I know I got back a week ago but am heading back in 8 weeks. Will be there February 10-17, staying at Divi and using their tanks. Getting my truck from Island Car Rentals. This is a dive...

OK @uncfnp, @diveallthetime, @Trailboss123 and any other Scubaboarders that will be on island next week here is our thread. The plan, meet at the public portion of Bari reef on Wednesday morning at 10. Dive Bari reef and then head to B2B for a lunch. Since we will be in a part of the...

I watched this tonight and was surprised how much violence there is in Cancun now. I know in the context of the number of visitors Cancun receives it is not large, but a look at what has happened tomthe resort cities on the West coast is frightening. I’m hopeful it does not ruin Cancun, spread...

Spent the week on the Bahamas Aggressor diving in the Tiger Beach area. Ironically, we did not dive TB as the sharks didn't come in. That didn't matter as we had tons of sharks at Hog Fish and Shark Paradise. Pretty much every dive had Caribbean Reef sharks, most had Lemon Sharks as well. We...

Due to some unforeseen in-law family health issues my lovely bride will not be able to come on this trip. I have been able to get a long time dive buddy to free up some time and come along for this trip. A mid winter visit is new for me! I am happy to say that at current it is 80 degrees F...

Hi all, Got back from trip number 6 to Bonaire last night. I thought I would pull my thoughts into a quick trip report. Travel: MSP-ATL-BON on Delta RT. No issues at all. Lodging: Plaza Resort in a Jr. Suite. Room was huge as was their property. The room was nice and had an old fashioned...

Fourth trip to CZM but the first time getting hit with it. I was the only person in my group of 24 to get so definitely not blaming Scuba Club. I must have not been careful enough in the shower or something. I think it started a bit Tuesday but I was able to fight it off until yesterday when we...

I have been keeping an eye on these as I get ready for my trip next week and I don't like what I am seeing. Windguru shows winds shifting to the NNW late Saturday and staying there most of the week: WindGURU: Mexico - Cozumel Windfinder agrees: Wind, waves & weather forecast Cozumel Centro -...

Hi all, Just wanted to see how folks on island are viewing this forecast. WindGURU: Mexico - Cozumel Is the port closed? If so, how long do you expect it will be closed? Just trying to get my expectations for January set correctly. Thx!