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After diving all over the Caribbean, we consider Curacao our favorite dive destination. The reasons: It's a beautiful island with a wide diversity of activities, from diving, to fishing, gambling, visiting beautiful beaches. It is an island with 130,000+ but has the largest population centered...

Thanks for the video and input. The reefs look healthy/shallow (elkhorn coral/ surge). We'll check out the Boqeron area!

We're tossing around the idea of a dive trip to Puerto Rico (cheap to get there from FL.) and need some input. Anyone been diving there lately? Need to know where to go and where to stay, and if the diving is worth the trip. Thanks!

Sorry I haven't answered your last post until now- I just found it tonite. I'm sure by now your Keys trip has come and gone, as has mine, but to get back to the WPB question, we prefer WPB for several reasons: 1) It is deep enough to get out of the surge. Most dives in the Keys are shallow...

We're headed to Marathon in a few days and it's probably our first trip there in 3-4 yrs. Anyone been there recently that can give me a health update on the reefs and fish? Lotsa critters? Declining biomass? We're diving with Halls as usual. Anyone know if Matt or Fred are still captaining the...

Thanks for the input. How were the dives? We did a few dives around the Freeport area years ago (Theo's wreck, Mt Olympus, and a shark dive somewhere in the vicinity) but I am curious about how they are now.

Has anyone out there ever tried the deal Cheap Caribbean offers to Grand Bahama, staying at the Wyndam Fortuna Beach Resort on Grand Bahama? They always have a ridiculously inexpensive offering for an all inclusive stay including air. (Currently $309 for 4 nights). Just wondering what the...

Closer to 60 than to 50 Live in Clearwater,FL Dive in warm water ONLY (unless we are surprised by a cold upwelling) Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida (when the water is warm enough).Favorite Florida place to dive is West Palm Beach. Trying out Curacao next month. Favorite dive shop isn't really a...

Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions about Cozumel! I ended up buying the 5mil and am not regretting it. (We are in Cozumel as I write this.) I have been comfortable on every dive so far temp.-wise. The extra lead does take some getting used to, but I'm not whining. So far the...

Having only been to Cozumel diving as cruise ship day trippers, and now going to be there for a week beginning Jan 1st, I could use a little help from those who have been there in winter before. Got a brand new sweet 5mil wetsuit for Christmas and am wondering if I would be better off with it or...

You can add 2 more to the Jan. list, Rosebud and RB's hubby, staying at Scuba Club from Jan 1st-8th. First time we've ever stayed in Coz, but have dived there 4 times as cruise ship passengers. Finally got the hubby convinced we need to get more of the actual Coz experience. Thousands of people...

Steve, Having dived with Stuart Coves for three weeks over a period of three years I can say that the greatest problem they face is the number of inexperienced/unsafe divers that they deal with on a daily basis. A certified/properly trained diver is in charge of his/her own equipment and is...

My husband and I are experienced divers with about 350 dives each and have used at least 20+ dive operations around the world.We dove with the same organization you spoke of (Diver's Down) just a year ago (May 2008) for ONE dive trip. We could hardly believe the way the dives were handled...

Stuart Coves will pick you up at the the condo developement or wherever your pre-arranged place will be. They don't charge anything for the delivery service, but some folks do tip the drivers. The good news for you is that if you go with Cove's, from Sandyport you will be one of the last...

We've been to Eleuthera twice. It is EXTREMELY laid back and low key. At the time of our second trip (2 yrs ago) they had just opened a dive shop at the south end, a good 2 hrs from the main town, Governor's Harbour. The weather was awful (30 mph winds and 8 ft seas) so the boat didn't go out...

Can anyone recommend a good dive operator in the northern or northeastern part of New Providence (Nassau)?? Or does anyone know how the diving in those areas is? We usually stay about 10 miles west of Nassau and dive with Stuart Cove's, which covers the west and south of N.P. but are wondering...

PUHLEESE!!! PRETTY PUHLEESE!!! Make a scuba diving show! I have to watch the fishing shows just to get my underwater scene fixes, and those only come in brief snippets after having to watch some guys in boats reeling and reeling. And then when they use the grappling hook on those fish they've...

Thanks for the advice, Doc. We had decided that CoCo View was the place we wanted to go, largely because of all of the posts on this board and at the CCV chat we've been reading over the last year, several of which were yours. If the most "seasoned" divers go there again and again,and if they're...

Has anyone out there ever stayed at the Playa Miguel houses(specifically house #11) that CoCo View uses for their overflow/wait list guests? There wasn't any availibility at the resort the weeks we can go but they said they could book us in one of the houses adjacent to the resort for the same...