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Thanks! Land-based thru my LDS is at Anthony's Key Resort.

I'm trying to decide between a land-based or liveaboard trip to Roatan this year. Wondering if it is worth the extra $$ for the liveaboard to visit dive sites in Utila and do more dives overall? Have you been diving there recently? Are the dives sites very different from what I'd see diving from...

Thank you all for your input! I have 1 week of diving on the Spoilsport and then was planning 2-3 weeks of non-diving activities. Another person on the trip suggested the leafy sea dragons in Adelaide, so that's why I asked about that. Some other friends are planning to fly to Alice Springs...

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I will be diving the Yongala wreck and the GBR in March 2023 on board the Spoilsport. Then I'll probably spend another 2-3 weeks touring around. Definitely plan to visit Sydney. Would it be worth it to head to Adelaide to dive with the leafy sea dragons? If so, any recommended dive ops? Also...

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I believe regular US plugs (120V, 60 Hz) will work on Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. Can someone please confirm? Thanks!

A few random questions before I head off to Egypt next week: 1. Any need to bring my reef hook? (used in the Maldives and in Palau) 2. Any need to bring my pointer stick? (used in the Philippines) 3. Can I bring a dive knife? (one lives on my BC, but I can take it off) 4. Can I bring my...

From the Red Sea Aggressor "Know Before You Go" page: Local Fees/Taxes There is a USD $50 Port Fee per person and a USD $100 Marine Park fee per person to visit Ras Mohamed and Straights of Tiran. These fees are paid onboard the yacht and may be paid by Visa, Mastercard, or cash. The yacht...

Thank you for your (as usual) incredibly helpful trip report! I'm heading to the Red Sea in March and will be doing both the Aggressor III and the Nile Queen cruise. We also added on a trip to Cairo at the beginning of the trip (and had to book a separate flight on Egypt Air from Cairo to Marsa...

Arriving with a group of 15 divers on April 6, 2022! Five are staying for 1 week and 10 decided to stay 10 days. About 50/50 for first-timers versus repeats. Staying at Buddy Dive.

Just starting to plan a trip for April 2022. Group of 12 California divers went in April 2016 and had a great time at Buddy Dive. Not sure how many of us there will be this time (14 have expressed interest so far), but we'll probably stay at Buddy again just for the ease and having everything...

Qatar Airways. DOH to MLE is 4 hours, 50 minutes. (MLE to DOH is only 4 hours, 25 minutes.)

Nitrox on every dive and making sure I stay in shape. (I work out with a personal trainer via Zoom three times a week. Doing squats with 60 lbs means I can crawl out at Monastery Beach in Monterey, stand up, and walk up the hill back to the car pretty easily.) I just turned 60 and most of my...

Hi Dan, great trip report! And thanks for sharing your videos! I'm heading to the Maldives in September. My longest trip yet. (Beating out the Philippines for the longest single flight and Palau for longest overall travel time.) Flying from San Francisco to Doha to Male. Any tips for...

I've seen people get pushed back towards the beach and get rolled around in the shallows if they can't get their fins on fast enough. A few Monastery dives ago one of my buddies decided to swim out a bit with his fins on his hands to get further past the surf zone before donning his fins. It...

Find a copy of Waves and Beaches: The Dynamics of the Ocean Surface · by Willard Bascom

My homemade brownies! Best if I can leave them in the sun in the car during the dive so they are warm and gooey. Otherwise usually a Clif bar. Or half of a turkey sandwich.

Hadn't planned any trips this year, so nothing got cancelled. Couldn't dive locally March/April/May since Monterey County was shut down, but made up for that once things opened up again! Dove 3 Saturdays in June and 3 Saturdays in July (with some spectacular conditions!) and now I'm back to my...

Interesting. I had a first stage freeze closed a number of years ago. Fortunately, I discovered it just before getting in the water. I'd set up my gear on the boat and was able to breathe off the second stages. Got on the inflatable, and just as we were all about to backroll off, I put my reg...